Around the CAMPFIRE

PEG AND GUY ROPE TIPS

I feel that if I have certain knowledge and tips that I should share it with my fellow campers.

A simple patent that I have been using for more than 15 years always draws attention from other campers: It is a peg for the base of your tent poles that prevents the pole from moving or sliding when the wind lifts the sail.

It also serves as a place to fasten your side sails. You don’t need any tent pegs to anchor the side sails to the ground.

When packing up, you can easily pull out the peg with two fingers, but when everything is set up it is held tight.

Another tip for the campers who have so many guy ropes: I use the V-method to anchor my tent. It is much more stable and you only need one peg to do the work, and this peg is out of the way.

Nicolaas Constavis Smith

KALAHARI SERVICE IS KING

In March this year our family (from Johannesburg and Cape Town) planned a reunion at Mata Mata.

Us oldies were asked to organise the meat for eight days. Our son Kolja, the camping expert, insisted to buy the meat from no other than Kalahari Vleishuis in Keimoes.

The only problem we encountered was that the