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My Hubby made these videos for a laugh but they may also help you visualise the general process.

Trailer Tent 1

Trailer Tent 2

The trailer tent is a Conway Camargue so there are some slight differences between it and a Corniche but the general idea is the same. Incidentally to explain a few things that might not be obvious....

1) Firstly we're putting pieces of wood under the steadies and bed legs to stop them sinking into soft ground. About 6" x 6" is perfect. If you screw a jamjar lid to four of them this stops the bed legs skittering off the wood.

2) You'll note we're working together to put up the cabin poles...me at the back, Hubby at the front. It helps to work in mirror image and work round the pole set putting it up one button at a time. If you try to put up one side too quickly or to far the poles jam.

3) When I vanish inside the cabin it's to push the canvas out at the corners, well clear of the bed boards. This shows Hubby where to peg the corners.

4) We were moving between campsites in these videos so we left the awning canvas zipped on for the moves, jusy folding it up on the cabin roof for transit. You can unzip the awning and pack it seperately of course, just zipping each section on on after you erect the relevant piece of frame. Your choice.

5) Once the awning canvas is over the frame (be careful of the front corners...popular place to rip the canvas!) then all the shaking around is us tensioning the roof poles out to get the canvas nice and taut. Take your time here, get the zips lined up with the poles and the roof canvas smooth.

6) Once the canvas is up and the corners pegged, Hubby pegs out the guylines and rubbers and I go inside and do the cabin liners, undertents (though it's easier to hang them before the cabin canvas goes down, as in Video 2), groundsheet and various other inside bits. It helps to have two mallets with you for this.

Hope this helps, together with the instructions of course! Incidentally once you've got the frame up properly mark the poles with coloured electricians tape. Makes life a lot simpler next time round.