JaneSmith
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dk168|1390346492|3598016 said:My first 3 tents for camping did not have sawn-in-groundsheet (SIG) or zipped-in ones (ZIG), and I kept finding creepy crawlies inside my tent, including spiders, and I gradually grew more tolerant of them.
My current tent has a ZIG and a big spider still managed to get into the tent, probably when the tent door was opened while I was cooking in the front of the tent, and hid behind my tent organiser. Gave me a fright when I saw it at eye level while striking camp, as it was not small!
I let it go though by catching it with a doggy poo-bag covered hand, as it meant no harm.
DK
My hubby and I were near the end of a three week camping trip around southern Africa, and we were in the Kalahari when the zipper gave out on our tent. I had the least sleep that night, imagining all the spiders, scorpions, and snakes that would come in for a snuggle.