When is an awning not an awning?

Well first of all it was 20 years ago and therefore we can't be sure if the same response would be given today?

As caravans can go in either nose in or reverse the awning can certainly go on any side but it's some combination of car caravan and awning (OK the caravan has to be in the middle) and what the warden may been referring to is having both the awning and Fiamma at the same time? 

However the only applicable rule now is maintaining a 3m distance between parts of neighbouring outfits. So yes it would be allowed if the car could go under it and the edge of the Fiamma would be 3m from the next outfit, or there is a clear 3m space if it was car, Fiamma, caravan, awning. Not usually possible on club sites although it does happen on the end of a row for example.

But in reality I've only seen one such occurrence in over 20 years of using club sites and that was the wardens' caravan who had a full sized awning each side, and it was certainly well away from anything else. I can't see it being a problem or rather happening although I suppose a MH could if so desired?

Geoff,   We reached the stage of life where any sort of awning or canopy was too much trouble, so we gave them all up and carried on without any of them. We relished the time and trouble it saved and the mobility we gained, 

But a friend who was similar in age and also beginning to struggle felt he had to give up caravanning altogether because he simply couldn’t grasp that it was possible to continue without any sort of awning. 

Your turn to choose!