A Brief diary of a Motorhome named 'Iona'
Iona heads to Leyburn. Trip 9: July 2026. Leyburn, Yorkshire. Leyburn is nearly our furthest north trip only just beaten by Whitby. This is another THS (temporary holiday site) run by Central Yorkshire district association. The site is a field on the edge of Leyburn with no facilities apart from fresh Water and an Elsan point.
Trip 8: Riverside Campsite, Bridgnorth The weather is extremely variable and the atmospherics are at odds and the sat nav gps failed in a couple of places, but we arrived ok. We got a pitch in the middle and level. We had lunch and then put up the Quest room. I was going to put …
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 …
Iona’s Travels 