Posted on 23/03/2018 22:10
So first proper holiday in the caravan coming up and the forecast is rain! Given the high likelihood of coming home with a wet air porch awning I'm just wondering how we go about drying it when we get home? There is room on the drive to put it up but no option to peg down, plus a bit easy to pinch. But in the back garden where I can put on grass there is no caravan! Hints and tips gratefully received :-)
Posted on 24/03/2018 11:28 by moulesyIf it's dry and sunny when we get home, we drape ours over a rotary washing line.
If it's not, I put up two step ladders in the garage and drape it over them, spread out as much as possible.
With the new materials, it doesn't take long to dry off - I remember days gone by with canvas tents and awnings - nightmare!
(PS - I can see steam coming out of a certain poster's ears with you starting your OP with that particular 2 letter word, Daisy!!!
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Posted on 24/03/2018 17:27
Thank you all for your suggestions. Coming from a motorhome where we rarely even wound out our Fiamma awning, the need for an awning is new to us. Our caravan is very compact though and the extra space is going to be quite beneficial. Great suggestions, although sadly we don't have a garage or conservatory. Putting some awning rail up may well be an option though. I guess I need to leave enough payload in the van to accommodate extra weight if the awning is wet? Fortunately the awning isn't large (Kampa Rally Air Pro 200) so hopefully it will dry fairly quickly. Or better still, we might get some dry weather and not need to worry 
Posted on 24/03/2018 17:18 by Daisy2You are of course correct Moulesy that beginning a sentence with 'so' is not the most eloquent sentence structure, or should at least have been followed by a ','.
Posted on 24/03/2018 22:52
If we are coming towards the end of a holiday and the awning is reasonably dry, we sometimes drop it the evening before we leave, it makes less work on the day of departure. Even if it doesn't rain during your last night the awning can still be wet with the overnight dew. For a long weekend away we don't bother with it and leave it at home.
Daisy2
Motorhomer