should i tarp or tent?

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gairym
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Re: should i tarp or tent?

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Has anyone ever had any issues with animals (food theft, sleeping with them, etc) under a tarp?
I got hassled out of my tent and ended up in a tree in my pants in the freezing f*#king cold by a gang of angry wild boar (though in France not the UK).

One of 'em was stood chewing the grips on my bike as I watched clutching my swiss army knife and shouting loudly (but doing nowt).

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France sounds a hoot!
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danielgroves wrote:Has anyone ever had any issues with animals (food theft, sleeping with them, etc) under a tarp? I've always been nervous of the idea of having something surprise me in the night.
Thought I heard a rattlesnake, turned out to be a palm rat. I don't like thinking about these things in the night and slugs give me the creeps.

I tried putting my mat inside the hunka, but I was as stiff as a corpse, could barely breathe. So it's mat on the ground for me.
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Has anyone sprinkled salt round the mat?
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Has anyone sprinkled salt round the mat?
I've said it before, there are no demons or evil spirits out there!
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Re: should i tarp or tent?

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s8tannorm wrote:
Has anyone sprinkled salt round the mat?
I've said it before, there are no demons or evil spirits out there!

I wae thinking about the slugs :)

Talc works in the jungle
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