Here is the Lanshan 2 with no pegs in the ground – just rocks as ballast and a handy dried tuft of grass roots in the right position. Spent the night and now know that I don’t like a sloping – left to right – sleeping mat!

Set up the morning before to full taughtness in the fly sheet then slackened off until night time to lessen any impact from a day in the sun. The trekking poles started at plus 135 cm at each end giving a very high end to the doors – below. Constant stable weather in Zimbabwe helps!

I have a permanent ‘S’ biner thingy between the outer fly and the hook on the inner (pics) which very occasionally I over-ride to lift up the inner for more awkward occasions.

What follows is for we Lanshan owners only as it is getting a bit geeky already. IE it’s quite alright to sign off here!

Next, the morning after…

Unsightly spots from dead spiders which came up from under the pines trees – dozens of baby ones!

There is a sting in the tail – all this fine stable weather comes at a price – four months after a very poor rainy season.

Next a before and after slider – with no slider.

Here is the same section a week later (bush fire).

I just checked and found the slider jobby in the app!