A Brief diary of a Motorhome named 'Iona'
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
It is the time to plan for this years's trips away. With the energy prices so high the majority of campsites have put their prices up, some have gone stupid while some are reasonable but we still have to decide what is the max per night we will pay. The price is difficult to agree …
Silverhill Colliery, Teversal, Nottinghamshire. Testing for Gas Silverhill Woods was a mine spoil heap on the site of the former Silverhill colliery which closed in the 1990s. It was subsequently landscaped in 2005 by Nottinghamshire County Council, with tree planting, numerous footpaths, and a viewpoint. It is one of a number of recreation sites in …
Trip 17: Oasis Lakes, North Somercotes, Lincs. This is probably our last trip this year although we did have a trip in November last year. We arrived at the site which consists of a reception area with the toilets and showers. It was looking out onto two of the three lakes. The camping pitches were …
Trip 16: Lindsey Touring Park,Market Rasen. We made quick time to the campsite but because we could not arrive before 2pm we stopped at a layby and had our lunch and a cuppa. We were given the choice of 2 pitches so we chose one near the entrance. The campsite is long and narrow with …
Trip 15: Riverside Touring Park, Stratford upon Avon. RSC Theatre We had an easy drive down to Stratford and the campsite was easy to find. The warden took us to the motorhome service point where we filled up with water and then we had a choice of pitches so we chose one near the facilities. …
Iona’s Travels 