The little metal pin is supposed to go up the bottom of the pole. Helps secure everything in place. Peg the ring into the ground.

SAD is awful I suffer from it too and count down the days until lighter nights. I grump my way through the dark nights from October to late January when the nights slowly get lighter. We have watched you guys for a couple of years now and you have given us so many helpful tips. I remember we found your channel on our first outing in our wee Susie the Swift caravan when we had an issue with the loo and managed to fix it thanks to you guys. We’ve since upgraded to our very first new van a Bailey GT75 Brindisi 😊 It’s lovely to see you both back out caravanning and uploading content again ❤

As 3872 says they should be fitted up into the poles, that way you should get the correct tension when pushing up the final bit of the pole, something to do with if you are on a sloping pitch. kind regards Keith & Trish

Hey guys. Just wanted to say how much I've loved watching your videos. Me and the wife have just purchased our first tourer and have our first holiday coming up in north Yorkshire which is where we call home. Bit nervous for our first trip but extremely excited. First time towing for both of us😬 If we have as much fun as you guys do then it will be worth it. Keep the vlogs coming. Love you guys.❤

When you can give your wife an awning for her birthday, Keith, you know you are winning at life.

Happy Mothers Day to you too. 💐💐

You’re set up looking good 😀

The pins go into the end of the poles, you then tighten the strap and they help hold them in place

Happy Mother’s Day Michele. Another great vlog. Love your decor in the van xx

You're right Keith, Michelle has made the caravan look beautiful. x

I would rather do what I do thread the top rail press a button then a few pegs ,that awning is like going back to the dark ages !!!

Hi Keith and Michele Glad to see you both back on the road enjoy your weekend lovely Van 💖💕👍

I’m with you Michele, I loathe the winter primarily because the days are so short.

have a wonderful time..misses you😘😘😘

Another amazing video. Thank you both. A happy Mother’s Day to you too Michele xx

Your videos are totally ace. Like we are there with you. Fantastic food by the way.😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

Hi Keith, the steel spikes go up inside the porch awning poles to give it shape 😍

i Have to agree with kieth, Michele you make the caravan feel like home from home, when we had a caravan my wife made it look perfect.

Love the van she looks very homely .both looking great and well .Great vid and tour of the site .❤

Thanks, you have rekindled our Caravan holiday this year! Take care Malc and Marilyn

Lovely vlog you two, you both look well, love your van 😊 hope you had a good weekend thanks for sharing. Take care xx

Your not alone Michele My Wife Sara hates winter the cold and wet has always said should have been born in a warmer country...lol great Video thank you both

They are to put under the pole to keep it from flapping about

Thank you for the vidéo and have a wonderfull time away in your caravan 🌞🌞

Have the pole slack, poke the spike up the end of the pole, then extend the pole so it keeps the awning taught.

Hu Keith &Michelle great vlog as usual caravan is l looking nice and homely glad you asked about those pin things often wondered what they were for engoy your weekend 👍

Aren’t the spikes for clipping up inside the bottom of the poles? Great update video both and site review 😀😀 I’m totally like you hate the winter months everything feels so much better in the spring 😀😀

Happy Mother’s Day 💐 xx

Happy Mothers day Michelle. We have a small blow up awning from Aldi in the sale. So easy to put up.

Hi Keith and Michele once again a brilliant vlog. You have made your caravan look so homely, looks beautiful! That dinner looked lovely, especially when you added the wine lol. So lovely seeing you guys enjoying your caravan what a lovely birthday present Keith well done. All the best David and Joey x

Hi Keith and Michele. Lovely video as always. The site looks lovely not to mention your chicken meal😋Must try that one.👍❤Amanda and Paul

Happy mothers day 🎉🎉 have a great day 🎉🎉 XX

Have to say I do love your caravan, and the pin go’s up the pole as someone else mentioned 😊

Thank you Michelle and to you we have two awnings as well small one for weekends but they are both air awnings but we are pensioners less fuss have a lovely weekend thanks for the vlog

Keith is looking well and you obviously Michelle where at Mablethorpe we now have a static caravan but it’s windy and raining and horrible. Hope you have a great Mother’s Day x

Get yourselves a piece of Visqueen plastic membrane from your local builders merchant. Same size as your awning carpet. Use it on hard standings, stops damp coming up and protects awning carpet from stone damage. Keeps your socks dry too 😂

Like someone else says, the pins go up the corner pole. There should be a hole in the bottom of the pole that locates the pin.

Keith and Michele, We have 2 awnings - bought the same 200 that you have for the same reason- lightweight and ideal for short breaks. Love the channel by the way. All the best, Steve and Margaret Finch

Happy belated birthday looks like you had a nice weekend apart from the noisy road and trains xx

Keith must have Scottish roots …we go out and about without jackets etc sometimes at this time of year 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Hi both...lovely simple awning you have there..........seems dead easy to put up too.we had an air porch awning ad it took less than 15 mins to put up and peg down...lovely to see you're having fun .take care Paolo and Rog 'The Camp Caravanners'

Yes the pin at the corner of the awning pushes up the corner pole then peg down through the ring to secure it more

We are away in are new caravan listening to the rain, glad you like another caravan related birthday present 😂 I really love our Kampa related caravan stuff. My wife has a birthday caravan present every week aswell😉

Good morning to you both, happy mother's day 🎉 What a great looking site and looked lije you had nice weather 😀. Lovely honest review about the site and noise 👌. Each time we watch the van seems to get more homely. As for tge spikes I think you know now 😉. Take care and enjoy your trips. Paul and Joanne 😊

Great vlog , looks a lovely site , we have an awning like yours and it’s great for weekends away , like you we have a bigger one for longer holidays.We also have 2 canopy’s I think most of us will have a few of everything.Enjoy the van and continued good health Gillian, Ian and Millie the dog xx

Hi both. Good idea small awning for short stays especially packing away if the awning is wet easy to dry off when you get home. Always take ours for short breaks. Looks a lovely site. Shame about the trains and traffic noise. Thanks for sharing 👍

Our caravan came with a 4m air awning .. used it for summer then sold it. I like the look of this small porch awning, especially over winter, just not sure we’d ever put it up 😂. We have same sink/drying rack in our Unicorn. I usually slide it over the sink/washing up bowl when cooking to free up more bench space. Unicorn has a great sized kitchen for Caravan Cooking Show!

Great vlog both of you and great to see you out again . Weather looks a lot better than it’s been up here in the frozen Norf. That dangly ring thing is so you can attach the awning to your key ring and you don’t leave it at home and it’s always handy to put up when you get on site . 😉 Glasses of water noted 13:23 Howard & Sandra x

Love Henlow as a little local getaway, we were there a few weeks back. We are off to concierge camping this weekend for the first time, cant wait. It’s also my birthday so very much looking forward to it. Look forward the next video 😊

Happy Mothers Day to you too Michele. Looks like you are living life to the full. We are waiting for a car, to tow ours (should be end of May) But I sit out in it all the time and dream about being away with Rich and the two dogs! We have a queue of grandkids who want to come with us too, so it’s gonna be fun times ahead!

Love the site!!!

Nice little porch awning 🙂 I think plenty of people have told you where the spike goes…. Up the inside of the pole 😉 Seems like you have settled back into caravanning very nicely. We are very envious of your van. Our favourite caravan was a similar size to yours. Compact and comfortable, perfect for two. Safe travels 😃💙 Trev n Sue

Lovely video as always ❤

Lovely vlog, you have wonderful content and its nice seeing you both. A question if I may. Does the van and soft furnishings etc not smell of cooking if you cook inside? x

What a lovely site. Yes it's fab keeping your caravan at home. Ours is on the drive. Well Michelle your wine time is same as mine😂. We're away tomorrow for few days. I'm off to Churchyard in a bit to put flowers on my mum. 😢. Alison. Xx

The pins locate in the bottom of the outer pole legs just need to let the adjusters off

The little pins go up inside the pole keith

You seem to like roads and railways, hello Michele and Keith, not looked at the comments yet, but hope someone has told you what the short strap with ring thing was for, we have something very similar on are awning, thanks again for sharing your video, 👍❤️.

Used to go by Henlow bridge lakes twice a day on the way to/from work at one time, never have stayed there though. Can wholely understand that there could be some noise at times. Only about 25 miles from home though, will definitely book up for a weekend later in the year. Loved the awning limpits, will be ordering some of those for ours. Thanks again for a great vid 👍

Aren't you the lucky one Michelle I know if I had bought an Awning for my Mrs birthday she would have told me where to shove it + the poles Ouch!! 😅 ❤❤

Ah, awnings a divorce in a bag😅. We went for an air awning after battling with a poled one, it’s so much easier and much sturdier than I thought it would be.

Put it upinside the pole have fun

That pin goes in bottom of pole

Hi Keith & Michelle your both looking really well must be to do with the carvan life quick tip re: your new carpet we found that by putting a breathable carpet down first then your main carpet it will save it from stones pushing through same with step we found by putting a thick interlocking square matt underneath it stop feet pushing through you new delux carpet stay safe paul & kate 13:20 13:20

Happy Mothering Sunday to you too, my husband hadn’t realised until he heard you say. Lost my mum last summer so thank you for your kind wishes. I’m so glad to see someone else cooking properly in their caravan, I had begun to think it was just me. I’ve just taken delivery of my plate and cup/glass holders following your previous video. I’m delighted with them so thank you again.

Hi Keith & Michelle I used to go there a lot as my parents and sister live just up the road in Stotfold, unfortunately not now as my caravan was stolen 2 years ago. Have you tried the caravan club site in Ashwell about 30 mins from Henlow very quiet site not as big as Henlow but very friendly.

Seasonal affective disorder is improved vastly, with vitamin D, which north of manchester is total devoid from sunlight, during the winter months, leaving us to last on vitamin D stored in our fat cells and liver over winter. Vitamin D is also found in oily fish like Mackerel. If you don't like fish, take one of the cod liver oil capsules regularly, they swallow without taste. The inuits from Alaska eat a lot of fish and mammals that also eat a lot of fish, which they get all their vitamin D from. They live far north in Alaska but still have dark skins, because all the extra vitamin D from fish eating has prevented the need, to evolve white skin, to absorb more vitamin D from sunlight, which we have done because vitamin D from fish has never been a large part of the northern European diet. The other thing to improve affective seasonal disorder is to go to Benidorm or Tenerife, twice every winter like we do, you can go to Benidorm for twice the time for the same price as once staying at Tenerife, as well as vitamin D absorption, it is warm as well. Vitamin D also reduces bad cholesterol levels naturally, which is very important for particularly your hubby but for you also !

Hello, love watching your videos. We are picking up our first caravan next week! 🙂 What happened to the air awning you bought? This looks different

Hi, please can you post the recipe for the chicken meal, looks delicious! Clive&Sally Ps what no towing cover?😅

Hi guys , great vlog thanks, Would be interesting for us here in Australia to see how much it costs for the site fees, if that's OK? It's a lot different to how we use our swift , Thanks again.. cheers.❤

Not asking your address guys but what area are you from? If you dont mind sharing.

Great vid, lovely site its huge. I bought a porch awning same time as caravan 4 years ago. It's never been out its packaging😂 4 berth caravan for 1 and a porch awning, bit of overkill me thinks. I'm with you Michele with SAD, i loathe the winter and dark nights, always glad to get past Dec,Jan and Feb. You have the inside of your caravan looking fantastic, so homely and welcoming. X