A Brief diary of a Motorhome named 'Iona'
Trip 7: June 2026, Otley RFC training ground, Otley, Yorkshire. An easy drive in the rain, up the A1 and then turn off for Otley. The roads get a bit narrower the nearer you get but the traffic was light. We arrived at a wet campsite on the training pitches. We were the second van …
Trip 6: May 2026, Orchard Cottage, Fountains Abbey, Ripon It is a long first half of the drive up the A1 and then we headed for Ripon. The only problem was that after leaving the motorway we joined the A61, after a couple of miles we came to a road block and the road was …
Trip 5: May 2026. Bridge Meadow, Cropredy, nr Banbury. Beside the river Cherwell After a fairy easy 2 hour drive on motorway , dual carriage way and narrow country A roads we arrived at our campsite at Cropredy. The site is basically a meadow between the river Cherwell and the Oxford canal. This is basic …
2025 A short overview of our camping year.
It took 3 hours to get here but it will be worth it. We were soon set up at the end of the pitch. After lunch there was a kids activity afternoon on the pitch so we watched that while we had a coffee. We went for a walk into Ilkley and found ourselves at …
Trip 9, July 2025, Cracken House Farm, Leyburn. It took us just under 3hrs to get here. The two lots of roadworks and a broken down lorry set us back 30 minutes. The stewards are great and we got a pitch with a scenic view which was pretty flat. We decided to put up just …
Trip 8. June 2025, Stratford Race Course The trip took a couple of hours and we arrived to a very busy campsite. There is so much room that we were offered electric or non electric pitches. We went non electric and we just chose a patch of grass at the end of a row. We …
Trip 7: June 2025,Otley RFC, Otley The weir next to the old mill site We arrived at Otley and although it was very busy we managed to find an empty pitch near the amenities. After lunch we sat and read and then decided to take a walk. I planned a route along the river Wharf …
Trip 1: February 2025 Cotgrave, Nottingham. Day 1: We arrived with a few minutes to spare before we were shown to a pitch. Apparently they are busy so we have been allocated what must be the smallest pitch on the site. It is about 9m long but only 3m wide and our van is 2.5 …
Trip 17: October 2024. WashBrooke Farm, Fenny Bentley We found our pitch but it was quite steep and we broke a ramp trying to get level. The warden allowed us to change our position which is better and we managed to pitch without the broken ramps. We are still -1° out but we can cope …
Iona’s Travels 