Last week Spudballoo mentioned something about her camping holiday. Something, which made me stop dead in my tracks. She mentioned that she has a ‘tent carpet’.
Clearly us Northerners do things differently, our luxury camping item is a pack of baby wipes, and usually it’s only half a slightly dehydrated pack.
I just couldn’t believe that anyone would take a carpet on a camping trip with them. I asked the beautiful Mrs Spud for photographic evidence of the tent carpet. I might have referred to her as a Southern Pansy too.
Here is said photo …
Fighting through my sniggers I came over all Peter Kay … and showed The Husband Mrs Spud’s specialist carpet.
It went a bit like this …
… It’s a tent … carpet? Tent? .. carpet? Tent. Carpet.
To my shock he looked impressed if not slightly jealous of the tent carpet.
When I said “… and her Husband makes her vacuum their tent carpet” he was totally overcome with awe. I have visions of him forfeiting his sleeping bag’s space in our car for his very own tent carpet for next years trip.
21 Comments on "Really? A Tent Carpet? A Carpet For A Tent?"
Some people camp in a better style than others. Can you imagine this tent without carpet?
I blame glamping. Actually the thing I love best about the picture (apart from the gorgeous children) is the fact that there is a plastic cover underneath the table, presumably to protect the tent carpet from any mess!! Brilliant.
Although this summer I insisted on taking a duvet with us as I’m always freezing in my sleeping bag. BEST camping decision I’ve ever made
HA! you see….everyone loves the tent carpet
MrSpud is a ‘rough’ camper but knew he’d never persuade me to give it a try unless it was ‘fancy’ camping. But even he is now converted to the tent carpet’s allure (cf vacuuming).
Erm, no…that’s not me in the photo…! x
We have a tent carpet! But I don’t hoover it – honest *cough*
I have a house tent, which is admitedly just a tent I put up in Kaede’s room, is that too Southern as well?
A tent without a carpet is an unbearable thought. As a Northerner I’m used to camping in the Lakes in all manner of weather (normally cold and wet!) and a warm carpet under your toes of a morning makes a massive difference. My tent also has electric hook up, so a heater, kettle, fridge and all mod cons.
I’m less of a camper and more of a glamper ;o)
It appears that myself and Glummy Mummy need to join forces and stop this ridiculous camping trend.
You should all be ashamed of yourselves, what would Bear Grylls say?
Deb @carrotsandkids mentioned these on Twitter last week and I was, frankly, shocked. What’s wrong with a ground sheet which doesn’t meet the sides of the tent and is an amusing trip hazard when you are stumbling about in the dark trying not to wake the kids? …oh… *goes off to Google tent carpets*.
We’ve not done the camping thing yet. But when we do? I’m soooooooooo having a tent carpet.
I have a tent carpet, purely because the husband refused to go camping if he had to rough it. I had a similar reaction to you . I have to say it is fab, keeps your feet warm when you get out of the pod sleeping bits.
I have never heard of a tent carpet and i have never been camping, most *because* of the lack of things like a tent carpet.
I am now beginning to see the allure..camping hear we come ;D
Erm, we too have a tent carpet and we are pretty Northern. Our tent was bought when Mini was crawling, so a carpet made it better for him. But I have never hoovered it, just given it a big shake!
Tent carpets? I have never heard of them until now! What’s the point in them, though? Surely camping is a way of having a break from the mucky carpets at home….! x
A woman after my own heart …
I love my tent carpet. New to us this year. But made camping with a crawling baby so much more pleasant!
Another tent carpeter. I am shocked.
Hey, I had a tent carpet. Well, a rug. Well, a child’s car mat rug thing for driving toy cars on. It looked stylish… We could go to Mike’s Carpets and get some off-cuts for next time? I work opposite Mike’s now – can never work out if he’s still in business or not.
Spudballoo – your carpet is a triumph!
I think you should be barred from commenting on this post.
1. You are letting your Northern friends down … and
2. YOU HAVE SILVER CAMPING GOBLETS
Snort, sniffle…oh how I love that Peter Kay sketch (in an affected southern way although, sssssshhhhhh, actually all my family are from Up [shudder] North].
It’s so hard to know what is worst about that story. The tent carpet…the fact that The Husband asked me to hoover it….or the fact that I did it?
You decide
xxx
I thought that was you in the photo with your lovely cherubs, until I noticed the amount of arm hair …
It wasn’t you was it?
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