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We've just bought a second hand awning which we are having resized. No instructions came with it. It has alloy poles. All I have been able to find on the internet is a diagram with part numbers which is not too helpful. Does anyone have an instruction booklet they can email me? Or alternatively...

We have been offered a full size Bradcot awning. Our van is a 2002 Coachman Amara 450/2. There is nothing in the manual but having done a google search it appears the the correct awning size is 899cm. The awning we have been offered is 975 cm. Is this just too big or would it fit? Thanks Fiona...

I am a financial adviser and attended a presentation by Invesco Perpetual last week. The topic was sovereign debt and the speaker gave figures for the UK and the USA in terms of household expenditure as follows (Edited by moderator - as Hypertext format in pasted in text was causing forum...

Hi Rick, I can only support Dustydog's comments as we had a run in with CG over a stolen caravan. It took about 8 months to get sorted out and it all hinged on their interpretation (or should I say misinterpretation) of phrases they used in their initial questions about the security at the...

Hi We bought our caravan second hand last year and the smaller Towsure awning was included in the sale. Agree that it is easy to put up.However looking at Alimac's detailed instructions we don't have foam pads referred to in section 5 and no corner poles either as mentioned in point 7. Do you...

Hi, We have been to La tranche sur Mer for the last 2 years. The first year we crossed to Calais and stopped overnight at Beaumont sur Sarthe as did one of the other posts. The second year we had a week in Houlgate first so did not need to stop. Or so we thought until the car broke down. We...

Hi, We stopped at pont deL'Arche in September on the way back to Eurotunnel. Nice site on the riverbank but yes do follow the campsite signs. John and Fiona

Just following up on our earlier post. Where can i check if the power is getting through to the booster box just in case this is why the red light is not coming on? Thanks

We are thinking of buying a small fan heater for the awning just to take the chill off these autumn evenings. I am not in the least technically minded so am concerned about tripping out the electrics. Most of the ones we have seen are 2kw output. Is this too much? Any thoughts welcome. thanks...

Hi. I can strongly recommnd that you use Red Pennant.We just got back today from a 2 week trip to France and I took out the Red Pennant policy for the car and caravan. We spent a week in Normandy and were heading to La Tranche Sur Mer in the Vendee a week past Sunday. About 20 miles north of...

Hi, I meant to leave these links to the campsite and the webcams which cover the beach areas at La Tranche. <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; panose-1:3 15 7 2 3 3 2 2 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:script...

Hi. We went to La Tranche last year and stayed at Camping Baie D'Aunis. My French isn't too bad but they do speak English.Lovely site only 2 minutes walk from the beach. Nice pool and toddlers pool as well. Restaurant and bar on site. No shop but you can get bread and croissants from reception...

Just sitting at a roundabout this afternoon in my Freelander waiting for a gap when a young lad decided to give me a helping hand. Got out to inspect the damage to find he was firmly impaled on my towbar. The spare wheel had dented his bonnet. With the help of some other drivers we managed to...

We also seem to have a problem with the status aerial. Tried it out at the weekend for only second time. On looking at manual it says there should be a red light on in the box in the cupboard but no red light to be seen. Any ideas would be welcome. Thanks John and Fiona

Received an email and text message from our storage site this afternoon. The heathland at the back of the site was on fire and although under control they wanted us to go and take the wheel clamp off the van so they could move it if necessary. Checked with CC insurance that this would be OK and...