At the start…
Arrive first.
“Ooh, aah, wonderous nature!”
Relax.
Put up new tent.
Relax some more.
Friends arrive.
Much swearing ensues during tent erection period.
Drink beer.
Make dinner.
Laugh at antics of made-inept-by-anger friends.
Later…
Gusty.
Tent fucked.
Drink beer.
Begin tent resurrection.
Much swearing ensues and friends snicker.
“I don’t want your advice, this tent is a piece of crap, obviously!”
Tent resurrected, looks a bit shabby.
“Don’t say a fucking word!”
Beer.
Very early morning…
Gentle pitter patter of raindrops.
“Ooh that’s nice.”
Take a photo (virtually the only photo from the weekend).
Buckets down.
“Shit!”
Tent leaks.
Gear wet.
Little bit pissed off.
Refuse offers of alternate accomodation.
Because I can look after myself!
Later still…
Travel to big town.
Buy newer, bigger, stronger, kick-arse tent.
Whilst away male friends surmise tent demise due to female installation.
Arrive back and find a resurrected tent (you helpful idiots did you not realise how this would piss me off?)
Thank yous through clenched teeth.
Fortuitous wind gust.
Tent fucked.
“Oh…it is a piece of crap.”
Put up new tent.
Lovely tent, home away from home tent.
Wind gusts.
Tent a-ok.
Relax.

8 Comments
Shit!
Sexual, biblical, meteorological, engineering inferences in one post! Genius!
Much later still….
Yank pal buys camping trailer
Posts no longer used 6 person tent to Aussie gal pal
Oh wait, you said the last tent works. Oh well.
I was once driven to buy a tent out of of psuedo-penis-envy. My friends all had these HUGE tents, and I had a teeny-weeny tent, and I felt so… inadequate.
ha ha, tent cool, tent cool
Fortuitous wind gust, indeed!
Loving the tent colours, angles and raindrops…
This is wonderful. The first time ever someone manages to make a camping trip sound interesting to me. Really interesting photo and this is my favourite:
Fortuitous wind gust.
Tent fucked.
Perfect.
Rich: Next stop…camp trailer!!!
Richie: To be honest, I DID have a teeny-weeny amount of tent-envy and so very nearly bought a huge 3 room tent. It was only the reality of having to erect it on my own that stopped me. This is all a bit phallic, might stop now.
Peach: bike cool, jacket…safe
Ani: Hating that tent!
Smiler: Camping good.
I like the italic bits. Some subtle humor in the emphasis.
Hey lp…
Never got to tell you how amazingly clever I found this piece - so I thought I’d do so now…
“You’re such a clever cookie mate - well done!”
I really enjoyed it…
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