Home made Guy ropes.

We bought a shade for the side of the caravan the other day, it was a purchase through ebay from a camping store that also does on line sales.

It arrived as is and no guy ropes to peg it out, they went on the shopping list.

  Even though Maggie two the caravan came with a full annex if we are staying just overnight or a couple of days, its too time consuming to put up and we like the extra space that this cover gives without shutting us away from other people. We had one in Maggie and used it a lot.

Warren told me that he thought he could make the guy ropes, he had the rope and he had wood.

 This is one of the finished guy ropes. The ropes go to the top of the awning and then pegged out, the wooden block acts as a brake or tightener.

Love it when we can make something instead of buying even better if we can use stuff we already have at home, total bonus.

He has also made a power cord reel. It is usually my job to put out and pack away the power cord, if it has been damp, it can be a wet job, resulting in getting dirt dust and or grass on myself. He cut two rounds of wood and placed a cup holder inside and it can just roll up, the last addition was a bolt on the outside to act as a little wheel, Except for unplugging, I dont need to touch the cord,again all stuff already owned.