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our old girl is being hammered to in devon, just added a car tow rope to the awning poles as well as my storm strap, its very worrying at the minute.

mike

Hi All,

  I can confirm that the weather down here is terrible as im currently staying on brook lea caravan club site just down the road from stowford farm meadows

 I can understand why your sister's partner is worried im out in my awning every 5 mins checking the awning poles & the pads that go against the caravan.. i have even parked my car next to the awning  & so have most of the other people on site to try & block some of the wind but does not seem to help much also had to wind down the caravan legs twice as the ground is soft after all the rain we have had hopefully wind will die down abit tomorrow......

 cheers eddy & co

Quote: Originally posted by mikecandsarhab on 15/7/2010

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our old girl is being hammered to in devon, just added a car tow rope to the awning poles as well as my storm strap, its very worrying at the minute.

mike

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this is the worse weve had in 3 years, calm now but lets hope it stays that way.

mike

 thanks to the people who simply walked on by while me & the wife were struggling to hold it down, nice one...!!!

we never do that as we have helped quite a few with strong winds.we in turn have been helped by others when setting up,especially at blackpool.i call it windy city.there was a time at moffat we had the pushchair and peg box tied to the awning,up all night keeping it from blowing away.a few lost there awning that night.i fit storm straps all the time now even summer days.

Quite bad here at Dalston Cumbria last night.

It's calmed down now and the sun is shining.

we went to twywn last year and got hit with the tail end of hurricane Bill was awful thought the van would go over luckily the awning and van witheld but there were a couple that didnt make it (awnings not people)  dh wasnt happy as i woke him up to see if he was scared :)

hope that you are all ok xx

I just had a phone call from the site where my van is to inform me my awning has come down in the wind ,OH DEAR means a 200 mile trip tommorow

Hi All, weather seems to be better yesterday & today the sun has come out to play lol

 i too could not walk past anyone struggling i always think if that was me i would like someone to offer to help me, infact when i put my storm strap up other day i managed to break the clip in buckle so had to use a piece of washing line lol    then following morning a kind gentleman acroos from me came over & offered to lend me so arrodite strong glue to try to mend the buckle done job but not tried yet..

 cheers eddy & co

Quote: Originally posted by FarrellJ on 17/7/2010

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If people just walk on past and don't give a helping hand then they are not what I call proper campers.  There is an unwritten rule when camping/caravanning that if you see someone having trouble you go over and ask if they would like any help.  We always do.

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