20th June
Thunder storms all night and the forecast for today was the same. I thought of various options but the sensible one seemed to be to stay where I was. After a late breakfast in the tent I got to the bar/restaurant during a lull for a coffee.
The heavens opened then and the thunderstorms continued with a vengeance, effectively trapping me in the bar until 18.00 when it finally stopped.
Had some interesting conversations during the day, some of which I understood!
Decided that a dry bed would be nice and one was available in the dormitory for the night.
When I got back to the tent I found the expected problem. In heavy rain and strong winds it drives in under the flysheet, everything was dry because it was on the mattress but under the mattress was a different story.
Emptied out the tent and retired to the dormitory leaving it to dry.
I have had the same problem with this tent in the past (Tarptent Notch Li) and had wondered whether to bring it on this trip , but it is light and Spain is dry!
It will be retired after this trip.
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| Looking out after the rain |
2 comments:
At least you were able to have a dry bed for the night. Andy
glad you weren't washed away!
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