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or just a fibreglass collapsable pole from one of those new fangled dome tents. lightweight, strong and flexible, plus with alittle cord they can be used as an A-Frame so gives you lots of possibilities with different tarp set ups.
I'm with NAT, My vote goes for the Wilko Clothes line prop. Picked up two in the Jan sale. Will lift the tarp well above the head and will fold down when not being used.
I always use walking poles since they are not a bad thing to carry anyway if you have dodgy knees (like me) and this means they serve more than one purpose which is always a good reason to carry something.
The pics were taken up in the far North of Scotland, I was walking from Cape Wrath down to Kintail. The river shot was the only dry spot in the entire valley, just north of the Five Sisters somewhere. Can't quite remember. Don't camp under a tarp up there during midge season though! I'm off at the end of April again to the Knoydart peninsular, so the tarp and poles will get some more exposure...
Actually, there are two different tarps in the pics. The first one is a 2.5x1.8m one, army style, but I thought it could be a bit small, so I got a Kathmandu Trekking 2.5x3m which is really light (600 grammes) and packs up small, and I had some extra loops put on to give more flexible pitching options. Kathmandu are good, but take some getting hold of. However, I noticed that Bison Bushcraft have Kathmandu Tarps on their stand at the Outdoors show, so you could give them a go.
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