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16/3/2014 at 11:58pm
 Location: Lichfield
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You can't understand some people who want a caravan without a fire or an oven just for the sake of not having to buy gas. If they made modern caravans now without either appliances people would be friggin' moaning as you may as well just co camping under canvas for that matter.


18/3/2014 at 7:12am
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Hi lobby, just saw your message. I like it, sometimes has condensation on it in the morning but that's not a major issue. I can easily put it up myself which was the reason I bought it. It's ok for a few days and has survived major winds when I went to The Woods near Stirling. That picture is actually taken at Witches Craig which is my favourite site.

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18/3/2014 at 9:08am
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17We got rid of our oven and gas fire because they weren`t working properly.  I imagined only small things were wrong, but the gas fire was a pain to light, simply not worth the effort with all those stupud controls and stuff.  The oven had a thermocouple fault.  We do not want to use it except for Fray Bentos steak and kidney pies (which we can live without for a week or so) so . . .out they went

The grill`s useless, too.  So it`s true we use very little gas (only the 4 burner hob which is brilliant for steaks etc).  A 6kg bottle should last 2 years at least . . .Now, I might be a miserable ole geezer, but gas costs had nothing to do wi this, honestly . . . !



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18/3/2014 at 9:30am
 Location: Argyll Scotland
 Outfit: 1997 Bailey Ranger 470 4
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Quote: Originally posted by tag 18 on 18/3/2014
Hi lobby, just saw your message. I like it, sometimes has condensation on it in the morning but that's not a major issue. I can easily put it up myself which was the reason I bought it. It's ok for a few days and has survived major winds when I went to The Woods near Stirling. That picture is actually taken at Witches Craig which is my favourite site.



Our Porch Awning on the FC at Witches Craig.
The reason I like it is that I can open out the front and it will stay without guylines, so I can have the dogs on their leads and they will not get tangled in the lines.




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18/3/2014 at 5:48pm
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Yours looks like the bigger version of mine, I think mine is only 2.5m x 2.5m.

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18/3/2014 at 9:05pm
 Location: Argyll Scotland
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Your right Tag, mine is 3m X 3m.

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18/3/2014 at 10:14pm
 Location: East Herts
 Outfit: 1992 Elddis Wisp 450CT + X Trail
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Hi Lobey, What awning is that? I am looking for one for my 1988 Elddis Tornado, do you know if it would fit? Being retired I don't have a very big budget, so nothing too expensive.

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19/3/2014 at 12:07am
 Location: Argyll Scotland
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Hi Colin, it is the Outdoor Revolution but I don't know if they still make it.

As in the picture, I used it with my folding camper, but when we sold that we kept the porch awning to use with my caravan.
The drop from the awning rail to the ground on my van is 91" and the drop on the porch awning is 90".
I have not yet tried the porch awning on the van but I'm sure it will do okay.

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19/3/2014 at 9:33am
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Thanks for that Lobey, I like the look of that awning so I'll have to do a little research now I know what it's called.

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19/3/2014 at 4:07pm
 Location: Glasgow
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Sorry guys I know we've went off tangent a bit.
Lobby, mine is a Sunncamp awning but I bought an Outdoor Revolution awning second hand last year but it was missing the pole. It is a tech lite 1 I think. Is that what yours is because I've been trying to source a replacement but the manufacturer wants £50 for it. Is it one of those bendy poles that goes all the way through because I was going to try and get one cheaper. If it is the one pole could you tell me the length of it.
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19/3/2014 at 4:29pm
 Location: Argyll Scotland
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Sorry Tag I don't know the length of it but I do know that mine is not a bendy pole.
Quite the opposite. It is a very rigid steel pole and even an aluminium pole would not take the strain that this pole is under.
It is the rigidity of the pole and the way it stretches out the base and forward part of the awning that means that it will stand on its own with no guylines.
I'm afraid that you would need the proper pole to get this awning to work.

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19/3/2014 at 5:04pm
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Some of the caravans you see abroad look to be twinned with the Ark. Talk about ancient. They dont share the same snobbery values as the Brits seem to. Often you will see a 20-30k motor pulling a shed on wheels. It seems as long as it does its job, it doent matter that its older than its owner.

I saw one with an arched doorway - split in two. It was a belter.


19/3/2014 at 5:19pm
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Oh well, worth a try, thanks anyway.

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19/3/2014 at 5:33pm
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AS long as it does the job.  I like that.  She likes that. . . . everybody`s happy! I ain`t met no snobs yet.  Nobody talks to me so I don`t know if they`re snobby or not . . .(only kidding)

Everybody talks to Her.  She amokes, that`s why . . . .



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19/3/2014 at 6:07pm
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The storage site where I bought my van on had about 200 vans on it.
Mine had sat there for probably about 6 years and was suitably Green and Mossy and blended in well with its surroundings. The other vans and the hedging!!!!

However there were also a few newer vans all pristine, bright and shiny, but they looked very out of place.

Mine could now (just about) join the bright and shiny brigade, but only after weeks of scrubbing, washing and polishing.

My point is, that it doesn't matter a dam what your van looks like, as long as you can afford to buy it and the interior suits your needs, then everything else is down to your imagination and elbow grease.

Our 1997 van will not be in use until the end of next month, but by then it will have everything in it that we require and it will be ready to take us wherever we wish to go, in comfort.

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19/3/2014 at 7:06pm
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Well our van is a 1988 model that we bought just before Christmas. It is ours, bought for cash, and I couldn't care less how old it is. We have yet to use it, but we are looking forward to doing so as soon as we can. It is booked in for its gas check next week, and I have a few more little jobs to do, then off we go!

Regarding snobs, I don't know what things are like these days, but we didn't find many snobs when we used to go caravanning years back. We don't care what van others have, old or new, and we don't care whether they are rich or poor, we don't judge anyone that way, and we will talk to anyone if they want to talk to us. If they don't it's their loss. We have always taken the attitude that a stranger is just a friend we haven't met yet.

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