Waiting for la Poste

Arcade of green boughs,
tyres roll smoothly on asphalt -
spring is nearly gone.


While we have been stationary here we have been going through our cycling and camping gear and working out what we will be needing for the coming months.

One of the things that we have decided to replace is the tent. With only 2 small vents in the foot and one larger vent in the door, our Vango Spirit 200+ might do for a northern European summer but it will be way too stuffy for a hot southern European summer. We loved having the large vestibule but found the tent a little too low overhead for two people to comfortably sit and read, play games or work on the computer during spells of inclement weather. And the pegs...

The good, the bad and the downright ugly: the two types of pegs on the right are all that is left of the pegs supplied with the tent, the ones in the upper left are what we borrowed (in case we needed them) from our old Mountain Hardware Trango 2, and the others we had to buy along the way...

So every morning of late we have had to wait for the postie before going climbing or cycling.

Our new tent arrived this morning. Naturally we had to unpack it and have a play. We had been thinking of purchasing an MSR Hubba Hubba because it now comes in green (when we were looking at tents late last year it was only available in orange) but were pointed in the direction of the Nemo Losi by Sam who had tested out a number of tents before their trip (Sam and Shan stayed with us in Dublin last year on their round the world cycle).

The exciting moment - unpacking.

And what a cool package...

The tent has it's own gear roll.

Complete with star chart !

What it says on the tin.

Now someone's thinking - pegs with a loop to help pull them out of the ground.

Light and simple.

Innovative ball joints.

Heaps of head room and plenty of ventilation, free-standing too.

We are impressed with what looks like a well designed, lightweight tent. Thanks for the suggestion Sam. Even with import duty from the USA it worked out to be slightly cheaper than a locally sourced Hubba Hubba. We'll see how she goes once we're on the road...

For pics of the full tent complete with slime green fly, you'll just have to wait until we're off again.

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Words by Gabby, images by Neil