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I have had some awful nights under a tarp with being bitten, once in france sharing with @Hulsroy. I sinched my bag down as tight as i could round my face, rolled my wooly hat as low as i could go, and then covered my remaining exposed face with my hand. Woke up with zero bites on my face but 15 on my hand...
The thing about a tarp for me is its versility, @platypus and I have used one in front of a fire to bounce the heat back at us on a dry night, but also used one to create a low and tight wind proof shelter when, in a ditch (which would have been too narrow for a tent prob), on the side of a bare hillside (which, btw should have been a forest, but had had been logged days before!)
all that being said, I do like a tent a lot and if i was on a longer trip I would use one.
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A tarp/ground sheet combo can be fun, and you feel like a seasoned explorer + get to take lovely gramable photos, but when you're really knackered, being able to just mindlessly put a little tent up, rather than having to think about how you might pitch your tarp for optimum comfort given the conditions is something I can do without.
Also, where are you all camping where there are no midges? I've been bitten to smithereens everywhere from Exmoor to the Highlands and having a tent you can get in to properly to escape is is something I'd now class as essential.
We're supposed to be off for a trip round Torridon and the Fisherfield Forest (not actually a forest) in July and I'm already worried about the midges.