The sun was up really early this morning and after a very clear night when you could see an amazing amount of stars in the sky there was a little due on the grass which must dry off before we start the process af taking down the awning.
So a lighish breakfast and by 10.00 the grass was dry and time to start emptying the awning of tables and chairs and all the other bits and pieces that mount up over the course of a month. First their is the flooring which must stay down so that each individual bit of the awning can either be brushed down and/or the bird droppings removed.
The awning which attaches to the side of the van is about 6.5 metres long and 3.5 metres wide and complete with even the lightweight poles weighs in at around 90 kilos and so its quite a chunky thing to move around. Isabella Awnings have a good reputation and for this size of awning four our van it would cost around £ 2000.00 to replace it and so we need to take good care of it. With plastic windows where we have special non-static sheets to be attached and also around the bottom following the heavy rains of a week ago there was a certain amount of mud to be cleaned off but overall it was not too bad really. Well after almost four hours of tolling away in the sun we finished the task and loaded it in the car to keep dry and safe. Now it was time for the pool visit and the swim was great and helped us feel les tired.
We have placed our table and chairs in John and Sue's awning, across the way, who have invited us to an evening BBQ and of course the odd glass of wine or two. We had a great evening with them but after a hard day we all decided that around 10.30 we all drunk and eaten enough and now it was time for bed.
It was a great night and we slept soundly except for Noel's snoring...
