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 …
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 …
Iona is at a Spa
Trip 16: Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire. This year there are more hard standing pitches but we are on a grass pitch near a hedge. We did have a pitch under a tree but I persuaded the warden to let us move to the pitch next door that was treeless. We have electric hook up so the …
Iona goes to a Revival
Trip 15: Goodwood, W Sussex. September 11th 2019 ——————- Day 1: The Stopover @ The Dairy, Thame. 136.5 miles, 27.1 mpg, 44 mph, 3hr 6m We were given tickets to the Goodwood Revival in West Sussex as a Christmas present by our son, Richard. Goodwood is about 190 miles from home (3.5-4 hrs) so I …
Iona visits the Dales
Trip 14: Darley Dale. The campsite was easy to find and we could park anywhere so first we went for water, the water pressure was low at the first tap we tried. We chose a pitch near the first tap on the line. We are next to a caravan but we gave them plenty of …
Iona changes direction.
Trip 13: Beech Tree Farm, Sutton on the Forest. We set off for Ripon and the drive took us 2.5hrs. We arrived at the Lockside Caravan park, the entrance was quite tight but we squeezed through and found the stewards. Due to the rain the sloping grass field was wet and the stewards told us …
Iona’s Travels 