guy rope

The kid would push the clutch pedal down and the tractor would slide down the guy rope. Then he would release the clutch pedal and the whole process would start over.

It took us an hour and a half to work out the difference between a fly sheet and a guy rope - and a further hour to tease the whole thing into a shape that could remotely be described as "igloo".

Obviously you'll look bit of an idiot wearing this Coleman CXS+250 BatteryLock Headlamp, but you'll be able to keep both hands free as you weave through the sea of tents - and you'd look an even bigger idiot if you fell over a guy rope and face-planted someone's floral patterned teepee.

It was originally thought an accumulation of ice caused a guy rope to snap which led to the structure collapsing, but a committee of inquiry later attributed it to a vibration caused by steady gusts of wind.

Fracking is no danger to anyone, only if the drillers trip over the guy rope of a tent full of protesters.

There's no toilet I haven't braved, no unwilling pop star I won't stand next to, and no guy rope I haven't tripped over.

A guy rope has snapped and snagged on the castle weather vane which means the Welsh Dragon flag is no longer dancing gracefully in the wind.

There was a sudden lurch as, tripped by a guy rope, the horse pitched into a bell tent.

The guy ropes holding the UK together are being hacked away - in front of our very eyes and from the London end of our "precious union".

The central pier is home to a 29m tower of lights, including reflective globes and plates supported by guy ropes.

He said: "I got hold of the guy ropes and stopped the spinning and looked down.

"There are lots of healthand-safety tasks that must be completed on the day too; we have set times for vehicles to drive on and off the field, and I go around checking that any guy ropes attached to gazebos won't trip people up.

During his victory speech on Tuesday, Johnson urged the country to ''ping off the guy ropes of self-doubt and negativity'' and pledged to unite a badly divided country.