: 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 …
Iona’s First Trip of 2021
Trip 1: April 2021, The Vines, Saltfleetby, nr Mablethorpe,Lincolnshire. The Vines, Saltfleetby. On April 12th the Government started to relax some 🦠 Covid 19 lockdown rules, the main one for us is that camping is now allowed with some safety rules. As we imagined, camping at the weekend is very busy. We looked at campsites …
The planning has Started
The Covid 🦠 restrictions which we have lived with for months are being relaxed. There are still do’s and don’t but one of the Do’s is that camping in motorhomes and caravans is now allowed. We thought that everywhere would be rammed solid as foreign holiday travel is still banned, however some of the pictures …
Camping is allowed from April
Well we still have the pandemic but some restrictions are being relaxed. Staying away from home is one of them so this means camping can begin. However don’t get too excited because the first month will be horrendous and we have already decided not to rush out because we can. Iona has now had a …
Preparing for 2021
January 2021 a New Year: Preparing Iona for after Lockdown 3. We are in lockdown from the Covid 19 🦠 pandemic. We could be here until Easter. They are rolling out two vaccines with another two due this month. The army logistics have been called in to do a proper distribution job. It does seem …
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 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 …
Iona heads for the Cotswolds.
Trip 17. Cotswold View Campsite. Charlbury. It took us just over three hours to get here. I did make an error but the Sat Nav was correct as usual and we turned around and continued to follow her instructions. One day I will learn not to question a machine. Not much rain on the way …
