2009 season is over – our final tally was a staggering 77% occupancy, far higher than we expected and we were, of course, delighted – but it did mean we did 193 yurt changeovers in a 6 month season – hence feeling just a little bit tired! It’s a funny thing to be closed – a relief to be able to catch our breath but oddly quiet – and Tilly is in despair with no guest children to play with. I’ve had a lovely hour reading all the visitors books and making a note of any suggestions – I’m pleased to say that some, such as the covered eating area have already been done and we will make sure that we action the others over the winter. I have lots of ideas too but I've learned my lesson and I'm not announcing them until they are done -
Today is the first day’s rain in over a month – I was praying it would hold off for just a few more days so that we could get the yurts down – but that was clearly just being greedy and it did hold off for our end of season party when we cooked Pizzas in the woodburning oven – we managed 15 before it cooled down too much. There are definite skills to using the oven and we are on a steep learning curve. It’s great fun though and Lewis did a magnificent job building it – I’m determined to practice this winter ready for next season so all entertaining at Lower Glyn Farm will be undertaken in wellies and fleeces.
The courses on Setting up and Running a Yurt Campsite proved so popular we ended up running two in September – and last week we had another 6 enquiries. It’s great to think that there will be new yurt enterprises setting up around the country because there is no way we can keep up with demand during the peak season. As always seems to happen, yurt sales go mad in the Autumn – I still can’t quite work out why – our latest shipment arrived in September so we are currently fully stocked with all 4 sizes and there is no doubt the quality is improving all the time – particularly the paintwork and despite the horrendous rain in the early summer (one guest described it as biblical) the canvas didn’t let in a drop and the rain gave guests a great excuse to snuggle down by the woodburning stoves.
Today is the first day’s rain in over a month – I was praying it would hold off for just a few more days so that we could get the yurts down – but that was clearly just being greedy and it did hold off for our end of season party when we cooked Pizzas in the woodburning oven – we managed 15 before it cooled down too much. There are definite skills to using the oven and we are on a steep learning curve. It’s great fun though and Lewis did a magnificent job building it – I’m determined to practice this winter ready for next season so all entertaining at Lower Glyn Farm will be undertaken in wellies and fleeces.
The courses on Setting up and Running a Yurt Campsite proved so popular we ended up running two in September – and last week we had another 6 enquiries. It’s great to think that there will be new yurt enterprises setting up around the country because there is no way we can keep up with demand during the peak season. As always seems to happen, yurt sales go mad in the Autumn – I still can’t quite work out why – our latest shipment arrived in September so we are currently fully stocked with all 4 sizes and there is no doubt the quality is improving all the time – particularly the paintwork and despite the horrendous rain in the early summer (one guest described it as biblical) the canvas didn’t let in a drop and the rain gave guests a great excuse to snuggle down by the woodburning stoves.


We've been sent some fantastic photos from two of our guests - thanks to Adam Preece for this gorgeous night sky and to Paul Ridout for the most amazing photo of the milky way from the campsite. I know I'm always droning on about how incredible our night sky is but apparantly it's official - we are one of the least light polluted areas in the UK.