Having a Caravan Awning Is Brilliant
Bealers was most definitely right to insist we budget for buying an awning to attach to the side of our new caravan. Having an awning doubled our living space which was especially great for the 24 hours when the weather was ferocious.
While the 60km winds whipped around the campsite and horizontal freezing rain lashed at Big Bertha we were all cosy inside either the main cabin or the rather lovely Dorema awning. Men folk (Bealers and Karl) got busy with a gastronomic feast of fried breakfast delights while the ladies and little ‘uns stayed extra snuggly inside with colouring, reading and chatting.
Unfortunately we did not think to purchase storm straps for the new awning so each evening during the gales Bealers spent a good deal of time (dressed in all-weather gear) hammering each peg back into the ground over and over again for fear of seeing our newest investment carried away into the Cornish sea. It was not in vain either as many of our fellow campers had their tents destroyed or carried off and had to abort their bank holiday fun and drive back home. Meanwhile I was snug as a bug in a furry rug with a hot water bottle, a mug of tea and a large selection of DVDs to watch on the laptop mildly wondering whether I should be worried about the furious rocking of the caravan or whether Bealers was still alive.
