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THE LATEST BATCH OF BARNDOOR SHACKS, OUR REAR FITTING AWNING DESIGNED AROUND T4 / T5'S WITH DOUBLE REAR DOORS, ARE HERE..

This is our biggest model offering a huge footprint of 200cm x 250cm, to accommodate all of your gear whatever your chosen activity.

Sold to open water swimmers, hill walkers, camper vanners, fishermen, mountain bikers, mobile businesses and families it offers shelter, space and privacy wherever you and your van can get to.

Make Packa Shack part of your escape from the norm #packashack #outdoorsisfree

Who'd have thought that the privacy & shelter offered by the Shack tailgate awning would appeal to the glamorous world of TV & film, certainly not us at Packa Shack HQ...!

So, imagine my surprise when I got an email from ITV a guy called Graham, and I thought he was just using his work email to get in touch, but no... it turned out that he was part of the on-location film crew from Coronation Street and he wanted a Shack for the filming they were doing in Blackpool in November.  

How exciting, the Shack was going to be part of an internationally recognised media sensation...!

So, a Camper Shack was due-ly packed up and send off to Manchester, from whence the film crew headed of to the tropical shores of Lancashire to spend a couple of days filming in Blackpool, that well known holiday destination of the characters from Coronation Street, watch out for that tram, Alan...!  I didn't realise that I knew so much about the soap's story-lines...

The Shack worked beautifully, offering shelter to the Director, allowing him to direct the action from the comfort and warmth of the Shack, while the poor actors and crew battled with the elements.

Packa Shack: privacy, comfort & shelter in the great outdoors! #packashack

The latest batch of Barndoor Shacks, our rear fitting awning designed around T4 / T5's with double rear doors, are here..

This is our biggest model offering a huge footprint of 200cm x 250cm, to accommodate all of your gear whatever your chosen activity.

Sold to open water swimmers, hill walkers, camper vanners, fishermen, mountain bikers, mobile businesses and families it offers shelter, space and privacy wherever you and your van can get to.

Make Packa Shack part of your escape from the norm #packashack #outdoorsisfree

Roll up, roll up bargain hunters!

Get 'em while we got 'em!

We are having a clear out of old stock and samples here at Packa Shack HQ, so it's time for you to get a bargain.

We even found one of our very first Original Shacks, before we got all fancy and started adding skirting and shock cord and the like, so this is the one for you Old School-ers.

We have some of the 'Pyramid' versions of our Original & Camper Shack where the walls slope out giving you a bigger footprint than the current design.  We phased this one out due to the additional manufacturing and material wastage.

And finally some of our 'cube' style of Packa Shack.

With savings of at least £50, this is the time to snap up a bargain folks!

All of you lovely dog agility enthusiasts buying Packa Shacks, got me wondering what the heck dog agility is?!

So, here is Packa Shack’s duffer’s guide to dog agility...

First get a dog (you lucky, lucky people I really, really want a dog... well two actually, a Border Terrier called Chawley and a rescued Greyhound called Flash, not that I’m choosey)

Then train said dog to obey your every command without question.  In dog agility the handler can only use their voice, movement and body signals to persuade said pooch to travel round an obstacle course in the right order and as quickly as possible.  No toys or treats are allowed to encourage the dog round the course (I think Chawley might be better at this than Flash...)

The course consists of a set of standard obstacles laid out by the judge and anyway they choose in a specified area of ground, which can be on grass, dirt, rubber or special matting.

The courses are designed to be complicated enough that the dog required it’s human to guide it in the right order.  Because courses vary the human is allowed to walk the course decide the best and quickest way of directing their pooch around the obstacles.

If the judge is feeling particularly sneaky they can add in U-turns, have the same obstacle used more than once in different directions, or have to differentiate which of 2 obstacles placed close together should be tackled first.  Bearing in mind the name of the game is to do this as quickly as possible, so it can be easy to become flustered in the heat of the moment.

Scoring is based on the time taken to complete the course and how many faults are incurred in the round, this includes time penalties as the standard / expected course time has been decided by the judge in advance.

So, it would appear that a good dog agility team needs planning, speed & accuracy.

I think this is something Chawley, Flash and I might need to work up to if we are ever to consider taking up the noble sport of dog agility. Maybe we’ll stick to demonstrating the benefits of Packa Shack to the dog agility world instead.

Good news Packa Shackers! The Camper Shack has gone black & blue.

Our tailgate awnings for vans, offering you freedom, privacy & shelter where ever you and your van can get to are available in a variety of colour combinations.

We have the Camper Shack in 3 combinations;

• black walls with a red base
• blue walls and a black base
• red walls with a black base.

So, if you need a van for your chosen activity whether that's mountain biking, open water swimming, surfing, dog agility shows, on your camper van or taking your family to the beach, then you need a Packa Shack!

The Shack extends the space your van offers for you and your gear, enhancing your experience and helping to make it a great day out for everyone.