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Subject Topic: Sleeping in an awning?
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Personwissymo
13/2/2014 at 3:37pm
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Hi everyone,
Having never been in an awning before im just wondering if you could sleep in one on a aerobed? or would you need to buy an annex if you planned to sleep in it?
Are they fully enclosed like an Outwell Wolf Lake tent it?


PersonRonni54
13/2/2014 at 3:47pm
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I sleep in my awning on an Intex double height airbed during the summer months but I do have an annexe. As long as your awning is big enough, you could do without the annexe but I would definitely advise you to get an inner tent to keep out the draughts and the creepy crawlies.

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Personwissymo
13/2/2014 at 4:00pm
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Right...On that note,do awnings get many bugs and things in?
Im not too great with creepy crawlies!
We are looking at an Isabella penta concept awning with the click clack flooring and leaving it up all season!


PersonLobeyDosser
13/2/2014 at 5:11pm
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Many people do sleep in awnings, but there are some disadvantages.
Firstly most sites these days insist on ground cover that still allows the grass to grow under them and if sunlight can get through one way, then "creepy crawlies" can get through the other way.
Secondly, if anything is going to get damaged by the wind, the awning will be the first to go.
Twice we have woken in the mornings to see other people's awnings nothing more than twisted canvas and metal poles.
Had anyone been sleeping there, well it would have been a very dangerous place to be. A steel pole, snapped in the wind could do you some serious damage.

Personally I would never sleep in an awning.

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Personjayc001
13/2/2014 at 5:54pm
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I can't see how sleeping in an awning is much different to a tent.

Yes you can get bugs in it and yes you can have them ripped apart by gales but both can be said of tents.

My sister, her boyfriend and child sleep in our awning whilst away without issue.

If the wind gets up they can all ways bed in the van with us.


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Personbobmel
13/2/2014 at 7:19pm
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We bought a small pop-up tent from Tesco for sleeping in the awning. Snug as a bug in a rug as the saying goes, no condensation on the sleeping bag in the morning.

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A full sized awning is a big space so it doesn't heat up like being in a tent. To keep warm you need an annexe or an inner tent to help retain your body heat. Inner tents can be purchased for about £30


Personbobmel
13/2/2014 at 7:33pm
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pop up was £5 and end of season sale Tesco


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PersonJo Parker
13/2/2014 at 11:39pm
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My 2 granddaughters (13+15) sleep in our awning have done for a few years and love it. We bought a pop up first but now they have an inner tent. Plenty of room for a double blow up. Hides all their mess


PersonMarilyn51
14/2/2014 at 12:53am
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We sleep in our awning and have done for five seasons. We really love it and I sleep better on my Intex double height queen size than I do on my water bed at home. Our set up is:- timber floor, rubber backed carpet, airbed with 13 tog duvet, fleece lined mattress protector, electric blankets (2 so they can be used in the caravan on single beds), jersey sheet (from Lidls) topped off with 15 tog duvet. When it's really cold in March & October we use a calor gas heater for 30 minutes before bed. We are so cosy although hubby gets up early I like a lie in. We don't have an inner tent but do have an annex for which I have tab top curtains to cover windows and to separate the bed from the rest of the awning. As for creepy crawlies I use a spray around the edges of the carpet for keeping spiders at bay.

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PersonRachlN76
14/2/2014 at 6:31pm
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I've slept in an awning in an inner tent when my parents decided to buy a two berth caravan, despite having me! I wonder if they were trying to drop a hint!

Always seemed fine to me, and from memory you can lift the base if the inner tent during the day and kind of hook it to the ceiling so that the grass gets a rest.

Wouldn't want to sleep in one without an inner tent though for all the reasons mentioned - bugs and cold.


PersonJOHN BYRNE
15/2/2014 at 6:39am
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Quite a lot of sites will not allow sleeping in awnings unles a proper side bedroom annexe is used.
Worth checking before you book.
John


Personwissymo
15/2/2014 at 9:05am
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Thanks everyone!
Definitely got some food for thought here.
So many decisions to be made re van,awning,site for season pitch!! So glad this website is here to help out!


Personmacaw
15/2/2014 at 9:08am
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We slept in a awning in France without an inner tent, no way would we do it again.
It was so hot we thought it would be more comfortably in the awning on camp beds, I was woke up by my other half in the middle of the night saying there was something on her legs I just said it's probably a spider, to which she replied no it's heavy and is laying on my legs to which I freaked and jumped up and shouted, all we heard was some sort of creature scrabbling to get out of the awning it was pitch black so couldn't see what it was.
To this day we have no idea what it was, other half says it was to heavy to be a cat.
So enjoy sleeping in awnings and don't have nightmares LOL
macaw


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15/2/2014 at 9:11am
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Hahaha ooo that's not good!
Did you have flooring in your awning or were you just on the grass?
Think that would put me off for life!


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Also - be careful where the flue for the cooker/fridge exits your caravan - don't want those nasty fumes when you are sleeping out in the awning!



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