Thank you for your comments gents.
I finally put up the awning Tuesday. A friend who has a static about twelve miles further than the CL I was on called via my house on his way to his van and my wife gave him the pump from the shed. So all was eventually well. However I had to suffer the usual banter regarding my organisational abilities.
I must confess to being very disorganised but I usuall do a bit of a check list especially when going off on my own for a few days fishing. And everything on the list was present in the van or car. The moral now us to add the pump to the checklist..
Well Gagakev I once had a two week touring holiday in Scotland with my wife, a tent in those days and after blowing up the air beds every two or three days using the old lungs I resolved to get a mechanical pump of one sort or another.
Blowing up the awning in the same way never entered my head. I think I would still be there now if it had.
Sprockets link to the electric pump has certainly given me food for thought.
That could soon be on my list of must get items.
I'm back home now but can certainly recommend the CL SITE I Stayed on in Ruskington Lincolnshire. With the added bonus of the Battle of Britain memorial flight very often in the sky in the surrounding area.
Thanks again for your comments.