An unfriendly Good Companion
- Thread starter Tengu
- Start date
-
Come along to the amazing Summer Moot (21st July - 2nd August), a festival of bushcrafting and camping in a beautiful woodland PLEASE CLICK HERE for more information.
If you enlarge the picture the two middle tents look as though they may have a single pole in the middle.
To be fair even most campers don't know the name of their own tent never mind a "famous" one. I found this out when on holiday a couple of years ago when I asked people what their tent was when I was looking to buy a new one and had spotted something that caught my eye. It's a "Vango I think" was about as helpful as most people got.
The thing about fame is it does have to cross borders. It is not just about being well known in particular circle Take footballers for instanceDarren Anderton Played for England in 1996 as did Paul Gascoigne. Most people who are not big football fans will have only ever heard of Gascoigne though due to the fact that he became a public "character" and was featured in Newspapers and TV for both good and bad reasons.
The thing about fame is it does have to cross borders. It is not just about being well known in particular circle Take footballers for instanceDarren Anderton Played for England in 1996 as did Paul Gascoigne. Most people who are not big football fans will have only ever heard of Gascoigne though due to the fact that he became a public "character" and was featured in Newspapers and TV for both good and bad reasons.
You must have been rich in those days Oldtimer! The Icelandic at £11 19s 6d - gadzooks, a veritable fortune! I could only afford the Pal-O-Mine standard at £6 19s 6d. The Blacks Pal-O-Mine range of sleeping bags and tents - now there's a name to conjure with! Standard and Super Pal-O-Mine tents and the Good Companion Major and Minor tents - with or without extended flysheet. Have I stirred any lost memories? 
Regarding pitching the Good Companion: I don't remember how it was done but it couldn't have been too complicated. My mates and I managed it ok - aged 12.
Regarding pitching the Good Companion: I don't remember how it was done but it couldn't have been too complicated. My mates and I managed it ok - aged 12.
Yup - the poor-mans option
The single pole is set at a sloping angle to give max floor space.
You guys look like you know a lot about the good companion tent i have been given one with an extended fly sheet does it have extra poles? does it still pitch the same?
thanks in advance.
Jeff
thanks in advance.
Jeff
You could.......perhaps with a little extender on top of the upright pole?
Normally with the extended fly, the tent is suspended beneath a substantial A frame which leaves the tent space free and keeps the flysheet clear of the tent. From this fits a ridge pole and again to an upright supporting the front of the fly extension.
The tent alone will stand just with the A frame. Peg out floor then eaves and tension. Fix ridge pole and upright and throw fly over this and peg and tension out.......Very simple.
For "Hang On Ice"...its a seminal tent design, made in 3 sizes predominantly, by Blacks of Greenock, from around the 1950s to 1970s or thereabouts in the final design. (It changed a bit throughout the early pre 50s....)
Brilliant tents with a slightly cultish following.
Normally with the extended fly, the tent is suspended beneath a substantial A frame which leaves the tent space free and keeps the flysheet clear of the tent. From this fits a ridge pole and again to an upright supporting the front of the fly extension.
The tent alone will stand just with the A frame. Peg out floor then eaves and tension. Fix ridge pole and upright and throw fly over this and peg and tension out.......Very simple.
For "Hang On Ice"...its a seminal tent design, made in 3 sizes predominantly, by Blacks of Greenock, from around the 1950s to 1970s or thereabouts in the final design. (It changed a bit throughout the early pre 50s....)
Brilliant tents with a slightly cultish following.
Does this thread ressurect at regular intervals?
I only ask because I'll mark my diary for next year if it does
I hadn't noticed the zombie revival aspect.
