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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pete woodall" data-source="post: 1483665" data-attributes="member: 4213">In the mid-70's I was with a school party camping on the shores of Lake Kariba (Zimbabwe) half-way up the lake in wild country and far from the fancy hotels and resorts at the eastern end.It was August and it never rains then, so we were just in sleeping-bags under mossie nets. One night the clouds rolled in and dumped a bucket on us. There was a mad scramble for the only shelter - under vehicles. I managed to bag a spot under a Bedford truck, much better head-room than under the landies (Land Rovers).</blockquote>