I flatpacked my tent! Wasdale Head campsite - arrived earlier than my two compannions, so pitched my tent, a cross pole semi geodesic and piled everything inside, sleeping bag, cooking gear, rollmat, clothing, boots, two rucksacks etc. has a can of lager whilst doing so. Still no mates so off to pub where I was relying on a decent meal. Pub packed out and over an hours waiting for food, so had two pints beer and a packet of crisps.
Back to tent, mates there pitching their tents, they gave me another can of lager - happy days.
All back to pub and left there several hours and 7 more pints later.
Into campsite, bent down to undo tent zip and rolled over into tent. Had difficulty getting up as only had tent fabric to push on, which was no use so struggled but everntually made it. By this time my two pals convinced that I was very drunk came flapping, pulling me up and generaly treating me like I was paraletic, especially after I tried again with the zip and same thing, over again I went, only this time broke two poles and my tent flattened on the grass.
One mate especially annoyed me some at this stage with his flapping about, over anxious, advice - I was completley unfazed and eventually persuaded him to go see to his to his own tent, I mean the man was more drink affected than me!
I calmly unpitched, gathered my tent up like a big sack with everything inside and trapsed off to my car in which I slept.
Following morning I found my tent outer on the ground - as I had gathered it all up I firgot that this tent unlike mt others, the outer was not attached.
Of course much banter, and no matter how I tried I just couldn't get them to believe that the reason I had destroyed my tent was down to my dodgy knee giving way, not the drink - honest!
Back home tent repairs and two new pole sectioned, cost - £50..