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Buying a lightweight folding parasol

carmel11
carmel11 Posts: 375 Forumite
in Overseas holidays & travel planning
Going somewhere shadeless, remote,need to take something in my luggage for the beach? Can anyone recommend one?

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  • Gloomendoom
    Gloomendoom Posts: 16,551 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    We are taking a full size Fosters pub brolly. It is surprisingly light. About 2kg IIRC
  • glenn77
    glenn77 Posts: 70 Forumite
    Found this on amazon -seems like the sort of thing you are looking for ---

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/KoolSun-Shelta-UV-Fold-a-Brella/dp/B0019HQKNE/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1340375646&sr=8-11
  • photome
    photome Posts: 16,735 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Bake Off Boss!
    buy one when you get there and then leave it there, wont cost much
  • Gloomendoom
    Gloomendoom Posts: 16,551 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    photome wrote: »
    buy one when you get there and then leave it there, wont cost much

    We did that in 2007 but buried it just before we left. We went back in 2010, dug it up and used it for another two weeks. :p
  • photome
    photome Posts: 16,735 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Bake Off Boss!
    Gloomendoom wrote: »
    We did that in 2007 but buried it just before we left. We went back in 2010, dug it up and used it for another two weeks. :p


    Tell me thats a wind up! IF it isnt its a great money saving exercise :rotfl:
  • Gloomendoom
    Gloomendoom Posts: 16,551 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    photome wrote: »
    Tell me thats a wind up! IF it isnt its a great money saving exercise :rotfl:

    Nope, it isn't a wind up. :p

    We buried it, took a couple of photos of the location along with a GPS fix and a rudimentary "X marks the spot" treasure map. When we went back three years later, we retrieved it. It was surprising difficult to find the exact spot despite all that info though.

    xmarksspot600.jpg
  • photome
    photome Posts: 16,735 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Bake Off Boss!
    edited 23 June 2012 at 12:34PM
    Gloomendoom wrote: »
    Nope, it isn't a wind up. :p

    We buried it, took a couple of photos of the location along with a GPS fix and a rudimentary "X marks the spot" treasure map. When we went back three years later, we retrieved it. It was surprising difficult to find the exact spot despite all that info though.

    xmarksspot600.jpg


    that is awesome and made me smile
  • laura_mac_2
    laura_mac_2 Posts: 21 Forumite
    Gloomendoom wrote: »
    We did that in 2007 but buried it just before we left. We went back in 2010, dug it up and used it for another two weeks. :p

    Now that's what I call money saving! Genius!
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