Away for a couple of days from tomorrow, glad the temperature is due to settle low 20°s, finally fitted the extended awning rail to enclose the habitation door.
Two days is not long enough to warrant taking the full driveaway awning, but, we have a Vango Airbeam Sky Canopy which utilizes the same channel and is much quicker and simpler to install and, with the sides zipped in is reminiscent of the awning
Just been and got my beer for the weekend, if I had forgotten it I would have been like that guy on the advert who’s suitcase with the Baked Beans in it goes missing at the airport
The sun canopy trial wasn’t good, we bought this off someone who had only used it once and after inflating it we found that two long straps called “Storm Straps” were missing, we went to the camping center to get some new ones but the design of the attaching clamp has changed so, I have had to contact the manufacturer.
Bit of better news with the Ace bike computer, I haven’t fully mastered route planning but, I can roam anywhere because I can use the navigation to retrace my steps so, can’t get lost, to be legal just have to get used to pedaling again
Had a fight with the windbreak on the pitch we were on the weekend, it was hard standing so I had to use the small lump hammer to drive in the support tubes (instead of a rubber mallet) into the ground which are made of aluminium and are hollow with an inside diameter of 20mm. Using the lump hammer had the effect of burring over the inside of the tubes making it difficult to insert the upright poles so, when I got home I had to file off the burring and to avoid future damage, I have bought a single m20 X 50mm bolt which will be inserted into the tubes the head of the bolt being struck like a drift.
Here is a geezer putting one of these windbreaks up allbeit into very soft ground
The Carrera would have been a much better choice, averaging 10 mph on a commuter bike on this surface can be uncomfortable and unsteady, the 260ft gradient was hard going even with the pedal assist