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I'm sure most of us have suffered the same intial trepidation erecting the awning for the first time in the full glare of our fellow caravanners.  We had  our first awning experience, now some years ago at what was "The Covert".  After a few hours of stuggle we had errected something resembling a shanty town stucture, but we were very proud of ourselves.

Several times through the process the warden had passed on his little tractor, simply smilling at us in a knowing way.  When we had finished he passed again and simply said, "First time eh!. Well done"  He had obviously seen this many times before.  The moral of the tale?  If you are feeling embarrased by your first attempt don't be, we have all been there, and it's supprising how quickly you become adept.

We have been caravaning and errecting awnings for over 25 years and this year we switched to a small porch awning. Well, in this 2014 season I have dragged the awning through the slot upside down i.e. roof inside and on another accassion errected it with one of the outer poles in the middle. 

I hadn't been drinking, I just put the awning up on auto-pilot now which means I must have looked like a newbie. You gotta laugh...