When you find a brand new, two man tent in the Salvation Army shop in Evesham for just £8, it would have been rude not to, especially with the school holidays now upon us.
....... however, it's erection was not quite so romantic, hence no pictures!
Let's just say, there were tears and, shamefully, some choice, ungentlemanly and unladylike words of the four and five letter kind ......
...... until tent poles were thrown unceremoniously in frustration and we withdrew from the garden to the lounge in the hope of finding a YouTube video that demonstrated, simply, exactly what the instructions failed to tell us!
Gradually calmed and fortified by several cups of hot sweet tea, it took a while, but in the end we found a film, although completely unrelated to our own brand and type of tent, explained exactly how to fix the poles into a mysterious "do dahs" that were attached to the tent body, which immediately made sense ........ and within minutes we finally had a fully operational tent standing loud and proud!
The relief felt was both robustly tangible and palpable, after scenes that were almost reminiscent of the carryings on in a Carry On film. Needless to say, it didn't take our little ones very long to move in and make said tent a home from home.
........ taking care of all the blowing up and filling, all on his own, bless his little cotton socks.
Never has soaking a pair of hot feet in freezing cold water ever felt soooooooo wonderfully glorious and decadent, oooooooooooo happy, happy days!
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