The
Wilton Windmill Society has 3 marquees available for hire, each being 8 metres
x 4 metres.
We have two
joining pieces (gutters) and can thus provide a unit of two tents, making 8
metres x 8 metres or three units making 8 metres x 12 metres (the picture
above shows two tents joined together).
The tents are available for hire at a rate of 100 per
tent per weekend. Payment is required before the tents are erected.
Concessions are available for Windmill Friends & Members of 50%. The
hirer must take responsibility for the value of the tents and for replacing
any missing or damaged bits. Maximum Liability is 250 per tent.
The tents are colour coded for ease of use (red, yellow
and blue).
The hirer is required to provide the labour to put up and
take down the tent(s).
The Wilton Windmill Society will provide supervision and
direction. We hope hirers will be responsible in planning for this
operation. It will need four or five helpers and a leader to put up a
tent which takes about 45 minutes. Please liaise with us over the
planning or putting up and taking down times.
The site on which the tents are to be put needs to be flat
and accessible by a small truck.
There is no provision for lighting and the hirer must make
their own provisions in this regard.
The hirer is expected to provide insurance against
any claim arising from the use and erection/dismantling of the tents and will
not be covered by The Wilton Windmill Society, Wiltshire Council or their
insurers.
For more information or to book, please contact
jctalbot@waitrose.com
Safety & Security of Marquees
The tents need to be secured to the ground when unattended
- for example overnight.
There are good ground pegs and straps which
can be arranged to hold down the corners.
They are also supplied
with tie-down straps which go over the top and are fastened to ground pegs.
Also the sides must be attached before the tent is left.
There is a
risk that if the wind
gets into a tent, the whole affair can be lifted and carried off to wreck
itself and cause potential injury and damage. Therefore sand bags should also be used
to weigh down the corners of the tents if bad weather is forecast or if you
are in any doubt (sand bags
are not supplied).
Safety and security
is the responsibility of the hirer.
