Bath house

Outdoor bathing is coming soon!

This beautiful structure is being turned into a bath house. Many years ago, we cut down some oak trees on the farm. Then using axes, spirit levels and chalk lines (and a little... more

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Train Carriage and Gorse

Open 2nd April

We're really happy to be opening again this Spring. After a long Winter of not knowing when we would be able to open our doors to guests again, it feels like a big relief to know that we can... more

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Sledging till sunset

Happy New Year

What a magic way to end a crazy year and start a new one. The snow fell, the sun shone and we all sledged until there was no more light left. The only shame was that we haven't been able to... more

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Train Carriage has a make over!

A squishy sofa and gorgeous handmade curtains has made the Train Carriage even cosier! We opened the doors to the Train Carriage this spring and decided it was time for a change. The... more

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New solar panels in the snow

11th year off grid

Our site is totally off grid, even in the snow! For 10 years we've been running our site on wind and solar power. With new solar panels this year we'll be making more hot water than... more

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Massive shingle xylophone

Wooden roof for a wooden house

  We made a massive wooden xylophone on the roof of our house.   The upper roof of our new house is covered in 7000 wooden shingles.  They are made from Sweet Chestnut which... more

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house raising 4

House raising

It's up... the frame of our new timber framed house! Over a beautiful sunny weekend back in May we were joined by a huge group of family and friends for the house raising of our new... more

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Milling timber for our new house

House building begins

This summer we were super excited to finally begin building our new house.  Hooray! We are building a traditional timber framed house that we have designed ourselves.  Naturally, it is yurt... more

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Replenishing the woodstack

Stacking wood

The last couple of weeks has been spent replenishing the stack to keep you all warm in your yurts and train Carriage.  This big pile should be enough to last for the next two years.  It will... more

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sunrise over the orange yurrt

Sunrise at the end of the season

Here's a beautiful picture of the sun rising over our yurts on the last day of our season.  From this yurt you have a huge uninterrupted view of the mountains. One of the nicest things to do... more

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