Merry Weather Farm, Chipping Norton:- Trip:11 July 3rd-7th, 2017. 🌖🌗🌘🌑 The Aluminum Baffle Before we even started to pack Iona there was a mod that needed doing. On our last trip in the hot sun the fridge was struggling to keep the temperature down. The gap between the van wall and the back of …
Carsington Water with Iona
Carsington Water, Hognaston:- Trip:10 June 19th-28th 🌖🌗🌘🌑 We left home at about 10am and headed towards Derbyshire, I got the sat nav to give us an alternative route via Nottingham, the route took us through Derby city centre which I thought was a mistake but we kept to the inner ring road and it …
Iona goes to Bakewell
Bakewell Showground THS - Trip 9 June 5th - 9th. 🌔🌓🌒🌑 We have been to this site before in our first motorhome, 'Matilda', but this is all new to 'Iona' so we will start again. The weather forecast is not brilliant. Today Sue went shopping and I prepared the garden. Sue packed Iona this afternoon …
Iona goes to Bridlington
Regatta Field, Bridlington, - Trip:8 May 22nd - 26th 🌖🌗🌘🌑 Our next trip is to Bridlington and we are still waiting for the cooker to be repaired under warranty. Luckily Nick rang on the Friday before departure to say he had the part and due to a cancellation he could fit it straight away. …
Iona stays by a Canal
Narrow Bridge Cottage, Hayton - Trip 7 May 9th - 11th, 2017. 🌘🌗🌖 It was an easy drive up the A1 and then to Retford and a bit further to the site. The entrance is down a narrow lane and over what looked like a steep hump back bridge over the canal. Luckily we …
Iona goes to Nottinghamshire
Midshires Barn, East Leake - Trip:6. April 25th - 28th,2017. 🌘🌗🌖 We were going to a Temporary Holiday Site at Epworth in Lincolnshire, there was not EHU (electric hook up) so we would have to rely on solar power. This is not a problem but the weather forecast suddenly changed to sleet, rain and possible snow. …
Getting ready for Woodhall Spa
Jubilee Park , Woodhall Spa - Trip 5 April 10th - 13th,2017. 🌘🌗🌖 Well, as you have read the warranty repair of the cooker is still ongoing. Nick is just waiting for the parts. In the meantime I have added rubber to the waste tank brackets to stop any movement.The new rechargeable sensor lights are …
Iona goes to Mining Country
Teversal Camping and Caravan Club site - Trip 4 March 21st -24th.2017. 🌘🌗🌖 We will call this Trip 4 although Trip 3 was one night outside our son's house. We are going back to Teversal in Nottinghamshire, to the site of Silverhill Colliery and the C&CC campsite. We have had an engineer come out …
Iona is off to Caistor
Caistor Lakes , Lincolnshire - Trip 2 February 17th - 20th 2017, 🌘🌗🌖 Packing the new van had been a bit of a worry. Where would the Aqua Roll sit inside the van, can we get the table and chairs on because the storage looks so narrow. Well we need not have worried everything went …
Iona is now ours
Blakemere Village, Northwich - Trip 1 February 2nd - 5th 2017, 🌘🌗🌖 We got the date to collect Iona from Spinney's near Northwick, Cheshire. We left home at 07.15 to start the three hour drive. Once past Nottingham we headed towards Stoke on Trent, all dual carriageway. We arrived at Spinney at about 10.15 and …