In April the airbag warning light came on and it would not go off so the Electronic Control Unit (ECU) was sent off to be reset at a firm in Liverpool, Crash Data.co.uk. It came back in 3 days and I refitted it and everything has been working. However on our last trip we were …
Iona goes to the Yacht Club
Trip 14: Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club Regatta Field, Bridlington. The drive took us over the Humber Bridge which was quite windy, the journey took about 2.25 hours. Once we had signed in we were shown a pitch which seemed fairly level although we still used the ramps. We set up the Quest and a windbreak …
Iona heads to the Wold
Trip 13: Stow on the Wold, RFC It took us nearly three hours to get to Stow but we were held up by the Tuesday market traffic jam in Moreton Le Marsh. We are camped on a rugby pitch and we can use the facilities in the rugby club which will also be open in …
Iona’s back at Rutland Water
Trip 12: Lyndon Top. Rutland. We decided to have a short two day break and take our grandsons with us. We only have two seat belts in Iona so Sue had to follow in the car with one grandson, two bikes and assorted gear. We have never done this before so the boys were very …
Iona visits Wensleydale
Trip 11. Craken House Farm,Leyburn. It was an easy drive up the A1. We then headed inland to Leyburn. As we approached a village we met a wide load escort vehicle going quite fast, but there did not seem to be anything following him so we cautiously continued through a village and on a narrow …
Iona goes over a Bridge
Trip 10: Pateley Bridge Showground. Nidderdale , North Yorkshire The journey to Pateley Bridge took just over 3 hours but some of that was a long hold up in Knaresborough with roadworks. After leaving Knaresborough we had 10 miles of narrow roads before reaching Pateley. We had to go down the high street which is …
Iona finds the North York Moors
Trip 8: Hutton le Hole, North Yorkshire Moors. Our previous trip was in the North Yorkshire Dales so we have moved North East from Ilkley to Hutton le Hole. It is another new site for us. This is a small village with a Public house, some Tea rooms, Craft workshops and the Ryedale Folk Museum …
Iona visits a Cathedral City
Trip 6: Braham Farm, Little Thetford, Ely, Cambridgeshire. Ely Cathedral The Sat nav took us around Peterborough and down to Ely. It seemed a long route but it was easy driving although there was an abundance of roundabouts. I had looked on Google Earth to get a visual of the farm entrance and it was …
Iona finds a Diving Centre
Trip 4: Fortway Farm, Stoney Stanton, Leics Stoney Stanton is a small village south of Leicester. It once was busy & productive with stone quarries. One of the quarries was formerly known as Lanes Hill Quarry or 'Top Pit' to the locals until it went out of use and filled with water. It then became …
Iona starts 2023 amongst the Lakes.
Trip 1. Return to Kingsbury Water Park. Sutton Coldfield. It is 4 months since we went away and the motorhome was emptied for the winter. Now it is all back together and filled ready for our first trip of the year. Hopefully the check lists were right and we have everything we need. We arrived …
Iona’s Travels 