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 …
More gadgets for Iona
I was waiting for the sun to go down so I could try the latest addition to the motorhome. I bought some movement sensitive LED lights, one for the doorway so that it comes on and lights the control panel when you first get in at night. The second one is for under the micro-wave …
Iona gets some TLC
When we were away and it was very cold at night I noticed that condensation was forming on the aluminium extrusion that holds the floor to the walls. I spoke to Auto-Trail technical services and they said it does happen sometimes. And they suggested insulation where it was happening. I managed to get some neoprene …
Iona develops a Leak
Today we arrived at our Son's house for, as the grandchildren call it, a Sleep Over. We all went for a walk as you do and then back home. After playing and trying to wear them out it was time for tea. A couple of large Pizzas were ordered from Pappa Johns along with …
Added some Mud Flaps
Cleaning the motorhome is always a chore especially behind the front wheels where spray hits the coach work. So to try to minimise this I purchased some mud flaps. The motorhome has beige carpets and after our first two trips we decided to take them up to save them from getting too dirty. …
Iona’s Travels 