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how many are as sad as myself and keep a compass in the unit so as to ensure to get the setting sun on the front of the awning ???   nothing worst than setting up to find its in the evening shade.

its worked twice in the last five years and I have caught the sun on the day ( tuesday I think it was about 4pm)

but serious it works well esp if the weeks forecast is weather from a certain direction.  I can then if needed ensure the awning is part protected from the wind and rain by the vans body.

Quote: Originally posted by Chalkie56 on 13/3/2011

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I must admit when the kids were younger we used a lot of commecial sites and usually we were put where we were told. Sometimes lucky but mostly not. Now we are going to less commecial or club sites. Just as a matter of interest which way do you point your towbar for optimum sun setting?

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porch awning always in evening shade so as to be a cool store and main awning into the sun. I dont stay on site where I am put. I am paying I get to choose. but have never been told what way to set the unit up just the pitch area/location. if I dont like it I change.  and always google the site to select at point of booking so as to be not near water and WC areas.  a polite and requesting word and they always try to help. but I am fit and unit is very easy to move so its no problem to spin it around. plus I have no problem reversing a trailer.   only draw back is at times I have to park in the carpark as to the unit size when setup. but a walk is no prob to me and I am not a worrier about the car. (its insured and lifes too short to worry)

and dont bother with the mid day sun as am always away durring the day at beach or whatever, cant see the sense in driving dozens if not hundreds of miles and sitting in what is my own garden all day.

Quote: Originally posted by Chalkie56 on 13/3/2011

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So am I right in saying that when you have the porch awning you point the towbar East, and with full awning point towbar west. 

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Quote: Originally posted by karter on 14/3/2011

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If you don’t have a compass with you, just use an analogue watch face. You don’t even need a real watch face as you can just visualise it. You just need to know the approximate time of day.
Position the watch face so that the hour hand is pointing towards the sun. Split the difference between this direction and the 12 on the watch face and you have the direction which is true south. E.g. the time is 4 pm… point the 4 at the sun, dividing the arc between 4 and 12 you arrive at the fact that that 2 is pointing due south. 2nd example… the time is 10am… divide the arc between 10 and 12, and you find that the 11 is pointing due south. This works because, if you ignore Summer Daylight Saving Time, in the northern hemisphere the sun is always due south at noon. If on Daylight Saving Time you have to use the 1 on the watch face instead of the 12. If you are in the southern hemisphere point the 12 (or 1) at the sun, divide the arc between that and the hour hand and you will have true north.

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