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 …
Trip 4: April 2026, Birdsong Touring Park, Burgh le Marsh, Lincs. We arrived at the site and there was a welcome notice and our pitch number. Bob came round to explain the setup and we paid for our stay. The site has no shower or toilets but we are self sufficient. However the layout is …
Trip 2: March 2026. White Feather,Badby, nr Daventry We headed for the village of Badby, south of Daventry , Northants. My parents lived in the village from 1976 until they passed in 1993. The journey down to Daventry was fine but the sat nav decided we should go through the town. I decided to change …
Our first trip of the year to North Norfolk
Trip 16: Woodhill Campsite, East Runton, Norfolk We arrived at the site on time and we got a pitch very near the facilities. I made a slight adjustment with the ramps and we were sorted. We had lunch and read for a bit before getting ready for a walk. We set off to East Runton …
Trip 14 ,Sept/Oct , WashBrooke Farm,Fenny Bentley The Stepping Stones We arrived after 2 hours, I do hate driving through Derby but we made it without getting stuck in the wrong lane. Our chosen pitch was ready and although we were at an angle of 2° we left it and did not bother with the ramps. …
Trip 13 , September 2025, Keith's Farm, Sea Palling Norfolk Keith’s farm is right on the coast at Sea Palling. The site has flat fields and basic facilities. We were soon set up although it turned out too windy to put the wind break up today. We left the site and took the middle option …
Trip 12 ,August 2025, Royal York Yacht Club,Bridlington The drive took three hours today but it would have been a lot longer if we had not overtaken two wide loads with police escorts. They were going to Immingham so we could have been behind them for 50 miles. We got a great pitch in the …
Iona’s Travels 