Thank you all, for your replies, seems to me the lean is toward a pole awning. However I do have one/two questions, caravan insurance policies, appear without exception, to not allow an awning to be left unattended, one well known insurer, does allow upto 48 hrs, however seasonal pitch implies we wouldn't necessarily be there 168 hours, (7 days). Therefore is the answer, to take the awning down every time we leave, in order not to invalidate our policy, or indeed, as we see so many left erected, is there a company that caters for extended erection?