Trip 7: October 5th 2020,Cotswold View Campsite. Charlbury.🌦🌧 We were here last year on a grass pitch which was fine but this year we have gone for a hardstanding pitch with electric.We filled up with diesel in the village and headed for the Cotswolds. On the way we passed a Shell garage at Bingham where …
Iona Sits on the Cliffs
Trip 6: September 14th; ⛅️💨☀️ 18.0°CWoodhill Park Campsite, East Runton ,NorfolkHighlights: Uneven pitch, Sea View. Our Cliff Top Pitch The drive down took three hours, the traffic along the A17 to Kings Lynn was nose to tail with lots of pushing in when we got to the dreaded Kings Lynn roundabout. Once we left Kings …
Iona Camps by a River
Trip 5: September 2nd 2020. 🌥🌤☁️ 18.0°C Clear intervals. Riverside Gardens, Bothamsall, Notts. Only 40minutes from home, there is no ehu or facilities due to Covid 19. We rang Mick when we were about ten miles away and he met us at the gate. We had a choice of pitches and we chose one in …
Iona goes back to Rutland
Trip 4: 21 Aug 2020. 💨🌥 Windy, Rain☔️ & 😎 intervals Lyndon Top, Rutland Water. Getting all packed for Lyndon Top.The drive down was uneventful, the A1 was not very busy, there were a few lorries overtaking us but nearly all flashed a thank you to us. When we arrived at Lyndon the first field was …
Iona heads for the Coast
Trip 3: Iona heads for the Coast Woodhill Campsite, East Runton, Norfolk. March 10th 2020 It took us just over 2.5 hours to get here. The campsite is on the top of some cliffs and quite exposed. It looked pretty uneven with quite a slope, but despite being instructed to reverse by using the ramps …
Iona finds a Forest
Trip 2: Puddledock Farm Campsite, Hockham, Thetford. For our second trip we had planned to go to the village of Ratley in Oxfordshire which lies next to the village of Edgehill. This is the site of the Battle of Edgehill. However we had an email from Mount Farm two days before we were due to …
Iona goes to the Norfolk Coast
Trip 1. Deepdale Backpackers Park, Brancaster. There is a storm rolling in that will have very high winds and it looks like we will still catch the end of it as we drive to Norfolk. We left home at 10.30am and headed towards Kings Lynn and then turned left towards Cromer on the North Norfolk …
Getting Ready for 2020
Iona gets ready for 2020 31 January 2020 We used the motorhome over Christmas as an extra bedroom. This year she is three years old and so needs an MOT. The MOT was completed in Grantham, and she passed. Next job was the habitation service which did not go so well. Richard found damp readings …
Iona Heads to Cambridgeshire
Trip 19: Fields End Water, Doddington, Cambridgeshire. This is primary a campsite with fishing, with a campsite with all facilities and in the summer it has a shop and Cafe. It is about 1.5 miles from the village of Doddington. I had set the sat nav up as a car with the dimensions of a …
Iona goes to a Pub
Trip 18: Another first for us. The Half Moon Inn is not a basic stopover but it has a rally field and campsite. The field backs onto the river Ouse as it makes it’s way to join the Humber estuary. An easy drive to Goole via the A1,M18 and M62 then 5 miles of B …
