C&CC Site, St Neots, Cambs Trip 18: Sept 18th-21st 🌕🌖🌗🌑 The drive down to the St Neots site was very easy with most of the route on the A1, the final half mile was winding our way through a housing estate to find the narrow road to the site. Our Nozatec sat nav knew exactly …
The National Forest beckons
Ingles Hill Farm, Ashby de la Zouch, Trip 17: Sept 11th-13th 🌕🌖🌗 Day 1: This trip is going to take us to the National Forest for a short three night stay. We needed to get Iona back to Grantham Caravans so they can check the broken gas hob valve and order a replacement under …
Iona goes to Baston Fen
Windmill Farm Camping and Caravan site Trip 16: August 29th-Sept 2nd 🌕🌖🌗🌘 We were looking for somewhere different instead of Rutland Water and we found this site very close to home. This should be a good move because the next trip is miles away. After the hottest Bank Holiday Monday on record it looks …
Off to Norfolk
Wells Primary School THS, Wells, Trip 15. Aug 15th-19th, 2017 🌑🌘🌗🌖 We have been to North Norfolk every year since having a motorhome, normally it is Cromer or Heacham, this year have chosen Wells next the Sea, and Richard our eldest son and our granddaughter, Martha, are staying nearby in a holiday cabin. We …
Naburn and the Ouse call Iona
Millbridge Farm,Naburn, Trip 14. Aug 2nd-5th, 2017 🌑🌘🌗🌖 We set off for Naburn at 10am, headed for the A1 and the first 72 miles, then the A64 for 20 miles and a couple of miles on a B road and we arrived at the site. It is on a rally field of a camp …
Two Imalas at Rutland Water
Lyndon Top, Rutland Water, Trip 13. July 27th-30th, 2017 🌑🌘🌗 Rutland Water is only about 35 miles away down the A1, we use it as a quick break although this time we are meeting some of Sue's distant cousins, one of whom bought an Imala 734 at the same time as us. I expect …
Back to Bridgnorth and the Railway
Bridgnorth THS. Trip 12. July 18th-22nd, 2017 🌑🌘🌗🌖 The drive to Bridgnorth took 3.5 hours, some of which was stuck in traffic holdups, otherwise it was pretty easy with only a couple of complicated roundabouts. We arrived in sunshine and after signing in and filling with water the steward showed us to our pitch …
The Cotswolds and beyond
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’s Travels 