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 …
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. …
Iona’s Travels 