Who took the Bongo out over Christmas?

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Re: Who took the Bongo out over Christmas?

Post by Baldrick » Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:19 pm

:) I asked my bongo out for christmas but sadly she declined. :D
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Re: Who took the Bongo out over Christmas?

Post by Bob » Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:28 pm

They can often be swayed with the promise of some nice, fresh, diesel, a dab or so of de-icer on the important little places, mabe some massageing with a bit of Autoglym... 8)
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Re: Who took the Bongo out over Christmas?

Post by Baldrick » Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:43 pm

Ah ha i will try those tips next year :D
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Re: Who took the Bongo out over Christmas?

Post by Jillygumbo » Thu Jan 04, 2018 12:52 pm

Markas wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2018 12:53 pm
Jillygumbo wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2018 10:21 am Recommend Carnon Downs Caravan & Camping Park, between Truro and Falmouth for comfort, although I had to ask to be moved after the first night when I nearly lost the quechua in the wind - only didn't because I packed it away at 2am! Even with rock pegs on hardstanding, the wind was lifting it up!
Happy New Year Jilly,
Sounds like a great adventure, a large dog does make a great hot water bottle :)
Have you tried adding storm straps to your awning? They're spring loaded so high winds stretch the springs instead of ripping the lot out the ground. With a drive-away you need 2 sets.
It was a Quechua base tent, so no way to add awning straps really!
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Re: Who took the Bongo out over Christmas?

Post by Markas » Thu Jan 04, 2018 9:04 pm

Jillygumbo wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2018 12:52 pm
It was a Quechua base tent, so no way to add awning straps really!
I've just googled it - brilliantly easy to put up. Found a video where the guy did it in under 2 minutes, Takes me about 20 mins to get to the same point with my Movelite Cayman :?
In the same video at 2.09 I thought I spotted some clips that storm straps could be attached to on the corners of the awning.
Here's the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAi2_aomWT8
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Re: Who took the Bongo out over Christmas?

Post by Jillygumbo » Fri Jan 05, 2018 12:44 pm

Markas wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2018 9:04 pm
Jillygumbo wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2018 12:52 pm
It was a Quechua base tent, so no way to add awning straps really!
I've just googled it - brilliantly easy to put up. Found a video where the guy did it in under 2 minutes, Takes me about 20 mins to get to the same point with my Movelite Cayman :?
In the same video at 2.09 I thought I spotted some clips that storm straps could be attached to on the corners of the awning.
Here's the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAi2_aomWT8
There are no clips to attach storm straps to on these base tents. In the video he struggled to open up the tent. If you peg down one corner it makes it very easy to pull the 4th corner out to make a square! Same procedure when taking down! Especially in wind!
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Re: Who took the Bongo out over Christmas?

Post by BongoBongo123 » Thu Jan 25, 2018 10:06 am

I was using it Christmas this year but not.. out, out, if you know what I mean. Need to keep them running in winter whenever it is possible, a good long run with a air con on for a bit etc. and raise roof once a month seems to do good here.
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