For those of you looking at this awning DONT buy one until you see my review. It is defanitly NOT designed for the Eriba Touring range. I just need to work out how to post pics and video to the post.

Walker awnings are great quality, very robust, and an excellent fit. That's my take on the Touring Plus. Not tried the winter one. My only criticism is the time it takes to put one up, but it's getting quicker each time.

It didn't! Looking at your photos you can see the problem. There is a gap u can get your fist through top and bottom. First night I used it the rain was flying in through the gap. If that had been snow the awning would have been full! It also moves in the rail in the wind and the bead is under massive stress just because of the design. One night and the stitching was pulling apart. I'll post the video I did. Needless to say it has been returned for a full refund dispitebWalker wanting me to send it back to them for evaluation. It may be a bomb proof awning on a regular caravan but the modification to make it fit the Pop top Eriba is very poor. They need to rethink the design or make one specific for the height and shaped sides.

Does anyone know of other porch awnings that are suitable for winter.? I have looked at the Adventure veichles one but can't find it for sale on line anywhere. Looks like a trip,to the caravan show will be required.

For the uninitiated..which photo please ?

The first one looking inside of the erected awning. You can see daylight from the awning rail,down to the door hing and again below the centre line of the caravan. Wind rain and snow will sorry does Howell,into the awning via these gaps that cannot be avoided because of the design. I'll post my pics later

Ok so here are the pictures and what I wrote to The supplier.

Dear Team

On Wednesday the 22nd August 2018 I bought a Walker Snow and Fun Plus Awning from you, which I want to be collected and returned to you for a full refund as it is not fit for purpose.

The Walker website claims;

Eriba Touring
For Eriba Touring caravans Walker developed special awnings.


There are a number of issues with it:

1 Awning fit
2 Stitching quality
3 Stability
4 General modified design


1. Awning fit

The awning has quite clearly not been designed for the shape of the Eriba Troll body. This was noticed as soon as I had erected it. There are large gaps at the top and bottom where the sealing pads are supposed to seal the awning to the caravan as protection from the weather. This was a problem on the first night with rain and wind driving through the gap. see photos 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Photo 1 - from the inside rearward end of the awning
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Photo 2 from the inside front end of the awning

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Photo 3 from the outside rear

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Photo 4 From the outside front

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2 Stitching quality

The awning would appear to be a modified version of the standard height version. The panel that has been added to enable the bead to fit the lower awning attachment channel is very poorly designed and stitched. After only relatively light winds on Sunday night the stitching has started to come apart: see photo

4. There is no way this would survive a week of the same winds let alone the expected life expectancy of a £500 awning.

Photo 5

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3 Stability

With the relatively light winds and with the storm straps fitted the awning was moving side to side in the channel which made the beads start to come out of the channel. see photo 5. You can also see the tension on the stitching point where to bead is attached to the panel marked in red which cannot be avoided no matter how the rear awning support poles are angled.


Photo 5 rear channel bead

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4 General modified design

The general modifications made to make this an Eriba specific awning make it impossible to weather seal the awning to the Eriba body shape, no matter how the support poles are positioned or how the sealing pads are manipulated. Therefore there is nothing to stop wind blown rain and snow entering the awning, let alone the wind.
The side to side movements cannot be prevented without the further addition of side guys or straps. In higher winds the bead would probably pull right out of the awning channel detaching it from the caravan and possibly damaging the caravan, at the very least the stitching would fail completely.

Pass its been returned and I have received a full refund. Looking your pictures yours had the same issue with the gaps between the pads and the van body. From these instructions it looks ike your cracked poles are fitted backwards. Mine did not have the extra pole that is in your picture