Trip 15: Whitby , York Moors part 1. So we head for the North York Moors, starting at Whitby for four nights and then south to Pickering at the other end of the North Yorks Steam Railway. This will be our longest trip of eight nights away, without electric hook up, so I will no-doubt …
Iona goes to the Peaks
Trip 14 : The Peak District Beckons From the seaside to the mountainside. This trip takes us to Derbyshire and the Peak District. The campsite is on a working farm near Castleton in Hope Valley. We arrived after a couple of stops to change my shoes because they were catching on the carpet and wedging …
Iona is now Charging
A twin 2.1amp USB charging point fitted. Auto-Trails, well our Imala, has no way to charge iPads and phones without the engine running unless you buy a cigarette lighter extension with USB ports to plug into the TV 12v socket. I did this and found that you can only charge one iPad and a phone …
Back to School in Norfolk
Trip 13: We are off to see the Sea We have been to two schools and one Sports club in Norfolk, Heacham Sports Club, and schools in Cromer and Wells Next to Sea. This year we are going to Sheringham High School for a change. The school is a bit further away from the coast …
Iona Goes to the Severn Valley
Trip 12: On track for Bridgnorth After we came back from Stratford I ordered a new dual step from Milenco. Although the motorhome has an electronic step we have been using a small plastic single step at about the same height, this is ok but on uneven ground , especially when we use the ramps, …
Iona goes to Shakespeare Country
Trip 11: Stratford upon Avon Racecourse THS Once fully loaded we set off towards Stratford Racecourse, stopped for some diesel and headed to Leicester and the motorway. Then around Coventry and down the A46 to Stratford, it was about 98 miles so it should have taken us about two hours. In the end it now us …
Welcome to Iona’s Blog
Iona is our second motorhome, this blog is a record of our adventures around England.
Iona goes to York
Trip 10: Yesterday we drove to Sleaford and filled up with auto-gas and diesel and then went to the Mountain Transport depot to use the public weighbridge. Our previous post tells of how we got on and we have payload to spare. This morning we rang the THS at York RUFC to check if they …
The latest upgrade
After watching the football, England beating Panama , I got bored so I decided to carpet the ‘garage’ in Iona. That will stop everything sliding around and probably stop some rattles.
Grafham Water Deliverance
Trip 9: The drive down to Grafham Water was easy and trouble free. We were not allowed on the campsite until 2.00 pm so we went to the car park by the Grafton Water visitor centre, here we had lunch and people watched. At 2.00 pm we headed back to the Shooters Hollow campsite. The …
Iona’s Travels 