Buying a lightweight folding parasol

carmel11

Going somewhere shadeless, remote,need to take something in my luggage for the beach? Can anyone recommend one?

Gloomendoom

We are taking a full size Fosters pub brolly. It is surprisingly light. About 2kg IIRC

glenn77

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

buy one when you get there and then leave it there, wont cost much

Gloomendoom

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.

photome

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.

Tell me thats a wind up! IF it isnt its a great money saving exercise :rotfl:

Gloomendoom

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.

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.

photome

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Nope, it isn't a wind up.

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.

that is awesome and made me smile

laura_mac_2

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.

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