Has anyone ever had any issues with animals (food theft, sleeping with them, etc) under a tarp?

I got hassled out of my tent and ended up in a tree in my pants in the freezing f*#king cold by a gang of angry wild boar (though in France not the UK).

One of 'em was stood chewing the grips on my bike as I watched clutching my swiss army knife and shouting loudly (but doing nowt).

A fun evening!

France sounds a hoot!

danielgroves wrote:Has anyone ever had any issues with animals (food theft, sleeping with them, etc) under a tarp? I've always been nervous of the idea of having something surprise me in the night.

Thought I heard a rattlesnake, turned out to be a palm rat. I don't like thinking about these things in the night and slugs give me the creeps.

I tried putting my mat inside the hunka, but I was as stiff as a corpse, could barely breathe. So it's mat on the ground for me.

Has anyone sprinkled salt round the mat?

Has anyone sprinkled salt round the mat?

I've said it before, there are no demons or evil spirits out there!

s8tannorm wrote:

Has anyone sprinkled salt round the mat?

I've said it before, there are no demons or evil spirits out there!

I wae thinking about the slugs :)

Talc works in the jungle