Trip 4: Bedale caravan and Camping Park Bedale Temporary Holiday Site This trip sees Iona head north to the edge of the Yorkshire Dales and the town of Bedale with its cobbled street. Our journey took 4 hours, an hour and a bit longer than planned because the A1M was closed and the short detour …
One year ends and another year begins
Last year 2021 despite some 🦠 Covid restrictions we managed to visit new places as well as going back to old friends. Here are some of last year’s sights……… Ashbourne Bourton on the Water Bridlington Thetford Forest Foulden Chertsey Goodwood Revival Hunstanton Ripon Ripon Saltfleetby Sandringham Scalford Scalford Market Harborough Market Harborough following the Brampton …
Iona visits Bridlington again
Trip 8: Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club, Bridlington. Wine o’clock on the beach? There were issues to this trip. There was a huge funeral at Lincoln Cathedral so we had to avoid the city centre and use the new Eastern bypass. The new route was much easier and quicker than going our normal route. Then there …
Iona Goes to Ripon
: Temporary Holiday Site at Ripon Racecourse. Trip 2: May 17th ; 🌧☁️⛅️ 10°C The Covid 19 🦠 pandemic has slowed although there is an Indian variant causing concern in some areas. The restrictions have relaxed and camping is allowed along with other forms of holidays in this country. We have not been to Ripon …
Iona changes direction.
Trip 13: Beech Tree Farm, Sutton on the Forest. We set off for Ripon and the drive took us 2.5hrs. We arrived at the Lockside Caravan park, the entrance was quite tight but we squeezed through and found the stewards. Due to the rain the sloping grass field was wet and the stewards told us …
Iona goes Looking for Vikings
Trip 11: Our second trip to York where we stay on a rugby pitch and it is easy to walk into York along the river. We chose a great level pitch next to another motorhome so we have plenty of space by the gazebo. After lunch we sat in the sun but by 14.30 I …
Iona goes Sailing
Trip 10: Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club, Bridlington. We stopped at a local garage to fill up the auto-gas, then we headed north towards the Humber bridge and on to Bridlington. This will be our third visit to the Royal Yacht Club site but it is only 250 yards to the sea and beyond. The …
Iona Heads North
Trip 5: Camp Hill Estate,Kirklington,Bedale This is our first wild camping trip of the year. The weather looks as if it is changing and it could be cold. After 2.5 hours drive we arrived at Camp Hill and followed the Estate roads around to the Adventure Centre where the campsite had been allocated a field. …