Drive Away Van AWNINGS & An AUTUMN GETAWAY | Ep 18 | Nissan NV200 Camper Van Build

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In this video, I'm delving into the world of drive away campervan awnings, and there’s no better time to show you my own set up than now - as I’ve just come back from a short trip away to North Cornwall in my trusty Nissan NV200 which I've been converting over the last year.

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0:00 - The Drive Away Awning
3:37 - Cardinham Woods
4:14 - Restormel Castle
4:51 - Fowey/Polruan
5:26 - Hurlers Stone Circles
5:43 - The Cheesewring
6:20 - Golitha Falls
7:04 - Rough Tor

While the van is great on its own for a day trip or a night away, nothing beats having the additional space and shelter that an awning provides when at a campsite.

With the van loaded up, we were ready to go and the van might be pretty full now, but the beauty of an awning is that you can unload into it and free up a lot more space in the van.

We were heading to Bodmin in North Cornwall, for a short four night getaway - to have a break, do some walking on the moors, and enjoy some of the early autumn colour.

Driving through the countryside, we reached our very quiet campsite and could set up our base in one of the fields for the next few days.

The drive away awning we have is the Sunncamp Motor Buddy 250. It’s the third holiday where we have used the awning and we wouldn’t be without it now.

The awning goes up just like most other tents - unroll the flysheet, put the 2 sets of elasticated poles together and thread them through the loops in the outside of the tent to create the structure.

Once the awning is aligned with the van, three guy ropes are thrown over the van and pegged into the ground, creating a weatherproof walkway into the van.

Having used the awning a number of times, and in some quite severe weather, I haven’t seen any damage to the paintwork of the van from these ropes being tensioned against it.

Our camping set up in the awning is a fairly simple one which works perfectly for our needs. Looking through the front door, down the left side we have the drawer and boxes from under the bed, and these are filled with food, cooking equipment and camping accessories, and next to these are walking boots and gas stoves. Over the top of this sits a small x-wing airer which makes good use of the space above.

On the right side is our folding table and 2 folding chairs, giving us a dry, comfortable place to eat, sit and relax.

The centre is kept clear for walking through and we have laid a groundsheet to keep it dry inside.

The Sunncamp Motor Buddy 250 drive away awning measures 2.5x2.5m inside, with the attachment to the van adding an extra 1m. There's plenty of headroom to stand up and walk about inside, and this particular model fits vans up to 245cm high.

On the front and back are large zipped doors and on both sides of the awning are windows that can be rolled up to reveal see-through plastic on the lower half and mesh window on the upper, so you can still let light in even when it rains.

To detach the awning, we simply unpeg the guy ropes, tie up the walkway to stop it blowing around and drive away.

So that’s a fairly short and sweet rundown of the awning we use when camping. Yet again it proved to be absolutely perfect for our camping trips and I thoroughly recommend getting one.

I thought I’d finish this video with a short edit of some of the places we visit in and around Bodmin.

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DISCLAIMER: In this video, I am in no way stating that this is the proper way to undertake the conversion of a van, however after research and experience using the van, I believe this to be the way that is best suited to my van and the way I intend to use it.