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Pop-up beach tents

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Nanaeloc Thu 06-Aug-26 16:41:55

We are collecting three grandchildren from “up country” on Sunday to come and stay for a couple of weeks. We live in Cornwall, so beach trips are a favourite thing to do together. We ALWAYS have trouble packing away the bl**dy pop-up tent!! It goes up with no problem! So we are currently in the back garden practicing (as we haven’t used it since last August - and we’ve both had birthdays since then 😬) I have left DH to it as he doesn’t like it when I laugh at our efforts 🤣 Anyone else know our pain?

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Astitchintime Thu 06-Aug-26 16:45:45

Leave it to the kids……..they’ll crack it in no time 👍

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NoodleNut Thu 06-Aug-26 16:50:39

Don't even mention that someone (usually me) has to lay in to stop it blowing way until you've collected enough rocks!1 LOL

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tanith Thu 06-Aug-26 17:35:28

My daughter has a pop up tent for camping and its very good viewing sat with a bag of popcorn while she struggles to get it back in the bag from whence it came. Its quite large.

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midgey Thu 06-Aug-26 17:53:20

Those tents are made in hell! Have struggled in the past with one at school…..only for someone else to sail in and just do it in a second. So annoying!

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madeleine45 Thu 06-Aug-26 18:05:44

I think the master designer of those tents is the same one who designs those shopping trolleys with wonkey wheels that wont go straight !

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Jbp1 Thu 06-Aug-26 18:26:04

Sat above a beach the other day cuppa in hand ,very entertained at pack up the tents time . Most just give up and shove them under an arm ready to fill up the car boot 😂

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Jbp1 Thu 06-Aug-26 18:27:23

PS. I’ve been the entertainment many a time 😊

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GrannyGravy13 Thu 06-Aug-26 18:29:46

You have my upmost sympathy.

We had over bed pop up tents in the GC bedroom, they either cooperated and folded first time or if they didn’t I admit to using words my Grandparents would not have believed I knew…

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Farmor15 Thu 06-Aug-26 20:28:04

Yes, I sympathise! I was with daughter, toddler and 6 month old at beach a few years ago, with pop-up tent for baby to nap. Daughter went off to get ice cream while I packed up. Of course couldn't get tent folded, so walked up beach with baby under one arm and tent in other. Saw a couple of women and asked one to hold baby while I struggled with tent. By the time daughter and toddler came back, everything (including tent) was under control !

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Flippinheck Thu 06-Aug-26 20:49:57

I have a pop up laundry basket and I can’t even get that to fold down. Good luck.

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V3ra Thu 06-Aug-26 21:22:09

Not a pop-up, but I have two of the sort of beach tents that have three elasticated collapsible poles to thread through the channels and form the half-circle shape.
One side-to-side and two front-to-back.
I was putting them up last week and mis-threaded the longest, side-to-side pole so it ended up cock-eyed. Unthreaded it and corrected it.
Then proceeded to do exactly the same thing wrong with the second one 🙄
There is no easy solution 😂

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