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 gets repaired
Truma Boiler Repair at Saxilby by ACTS The good news is that Truma were able to supply me with the parts to repair the boiler and ACTS had booked us in at their Saxilby unit to do the repair. The route to Saxilby had to change because there had been an accident on the A15 …
Bourton on the Water beckons to Iona
Trip 6: Bourton on the Water FC, July 27th 2021 I visited Bourton in the 1970s when there was a National Model Flying Championship at RAF Little Rissington. I remember the bridges over the river but that is all, so I am looking forward to our visit. This is also the first trip with two …
Iona gets more Solar Power part 2
The final parts arrived. I did have to wait for the weather to change and we were away for a few days. The mounts were connected to the solar panel and because they were so smooth I did rough them up a bit to make the sikaflex adhesive hold better. The new extension leads arrived …
Iona goes back to School
Trip 5: Glebe House School,Hunstanton, July 13th 2021. We headed back to Norfolk and Hunstanton. We were here two years ago and really liked the town and seafront although we started by going to the wrong campsite. this time I knew where to go so we did not make any unplanned detours. We arrived just …
Iona gets more Solar Power part 1
Iona already has a solar panel and two leisure batteries and to be honest we have never run out on battery power. However with the lack of sun recently we were having to decide what to watch on TV at night and what lights to put on. The TV and the water pump use the …
Iona Heads for the Forest
Trip 4: Everett’s Farm , Foulden, Norfolk. 🌤 Our travels take us from the Cotswolds to Norfolk. The campsite is on a farm next to part of Thetford Forest. When we arrived after travelling along some quite narrow roads we were met by Tina. We are the only ones on the site at present although …
Iona goes to the Edge
Trip 3: June 2021. ☀️🌥⛅️☁️Mount Farm Park. 204 miles, To give you some idea of where we are. The village of Ratley is on the northwest side of the Edge hill escarpment about 200 metres above sea level. The village is close to the county border with north Oxfordshire some 7 miles northwest of Banbury.The …
Iona has 🦠E202H symptoms
No it is not a motorhome variant of Covid 19, but the boiler equivalent of a cold. Let me explain. We have had two trips this year and on both trips we have had this E202H error code come up on the heating system and then the boiler shuts down. I have posted the symptoms …
Iona Goes to Ripon
: Temporary Holiday Site at Ripon Racecourse. Trip 2: May 17th ; 🌧☁️⛅️ 10°C The Covid 19 🦠 pandemic has slowed although there is an Indian variant causing concern in some areas. The restrictions have relaxed and camping is allowed along with other forms of holidays in this country. We have not been to Ripon …