A Brief diary of a Motorhome named 'Iona'
Trip 3: The Paddocks , Stockton, Nth Hants. Our second trip was to the Norfolk Coast and keeping to a water theme Trip 3 sees us headed to Stockton, Northants, next to the Grand Union Canal. We had an uneventful trip down to Stockton until we were in Rugby and we got held up . …
Trip 2: Burnham Deepdale , Norfolk. 2022. Brancaster Staithe Harbour Burnham Deepdale is a small village on the North Norfolk coast. We have been here twice before. The campsite is a comprehensive camping and backpacker’s site with full facilities plus a cafe,shop and garage. They also have a market with Pop Up stalls and Shops. …
Last year 2021 despite some 🦠 Covid restrictions we managed to visit new places as well as going back to old friends. Here are some of last year’s sights……… Ashbourne Bourton on the Water Bridlington Thetford Forest Foulden Chertsey Goodwood Revival Hunstanton Ripon Ripon Saltfleetby Sandringham Scalford Scalford Market Harborough Market Harborough following the Brampton …
Walking the Brampton Valley Way between Northampton and Market Harborough, taking in the Oxenden and Kelmarsh tunnels.
Trip 11: Poplars Farm, Hulland nr Ashbourne. The view from the van The weather forecast was not very encouraging but it was going to be a bit warmer. This trip we are staying at Poplars Farm campsite, a couple of miles from the Derbyshire town of Ashbourne. This is a 5 pitch site with 3 …
Trip 10: Sandringham Camping & Caravan Club site, Norfolk. Our Pitch by the woods This campsite sits in a wood/forest on the Queen’s Sandringham estate. The event, a THS, (temporary holiday site) was set up by a Local Camping & Caravan Club district association. We are joining it after the weekend festivities, which included a …
Trip 9: Goodwood Revival, Chichester. We were due to go to the Goodwood Revival last year 2020 but then Covid 🦠changed everyone’s plans. Goodwood was just one of the thousands of events cancelled. However we were given the option of a refund or carry the tickets over to the next year, 2021. This year we …
Our last trip to Bridlington was great even if the sun struggled to show it’s face for long. Birdseye view or Bomb run We now have a few weeks before our next outing which will be for 5 nights at a couple of different sites. Add to that the fact that the van has been …
Trip 8: Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club, Bridlington. Wine o’clock on the beach? There were issues to this trip. There was a huge funeral at Lincoln Cathedral so we had to avoid the city centre and use the new Eastern bypass. The new route was much easier and quicker than going our normal route. Then there …
Trip 7: Barn Farm, Scalfold, Melton Mowbray Looking forward to this three night break mainly because the boiler was repaired yesterday and this will be a working test before our next trip north. It will also be the first time we have been away with the new solar panel monitor. I contacted the farmer to …
Iona’s Travels 