Staying in Britain? How about a Yurt?

The nomadic people in Mongolia have lived in Yurts on the bleak windswept plains, for thousands of years, herding their animals and moving from place to place with the herds. Yurts therefore needed to be warm, comfortable and easy to erect and dismantle. Modern Yurts have adopted most of the design features perfected by the Mongolians. The design is warm enough to stand Siberian winters and strong enough to withstand a gale. They are well insulated and provide warmth in the winter and have sides that can be rolled up in the summer to allow a cool breeze on hot days. At night you can lie in bed and watch the stars through the open crown. They are roomy enough for comfort and the atmosphere inside is one of warm, secure solidity, while from outside the yurt radiates a welcoming glow.

Yurts are more and more becoming a popular form of tourist accommodation, especially in those areas of Britain where a sensitive approach to the physical landscape and the environment is called for. Instead of building permanent Lodges or Log cabins in these areas, tasteful and well located though they often are, planning authorities are increasingly favouring the Yurt as a more environmentally viable form of development and they have the added advantage of being a lot less expensive to purchase, install and maintain.

I must admit, initially I thought my wife had finally flipped when she suggest that we take a holiday in a Yurt in the Wye Valley, in the west of Britain. She hates camping - I love it. So it was with a somewhat jaundiced view that I initially approached the idea but to my pleasant surprise and great relief, I discovered that a Yurt could be a spacious and luxurious form of accommodation. These, to our eyes at least, strange looking tents, sat on a wooden railed platform set against a hillside and came with a double bed and soft furnishings, a settee and chairs and a sizeable table. In the evenings, we could all gather in one of the Yurts and comfortably sit around a central stove and talk and dine and drink together without feeling in any way crowded. This was really nothing like camping as we understand it, although it had all the advantages of that without any of the disadvantages, this was a very comfortable and spacious way to spend time in the outdoors without any discomfort.

Places that offer accommodation in a Yurt are now becoming more available and anyone who loves a very comfortable and luxurious form of sustainable accommodation in the countryside would do well to consider this type of holiday. It was not an expensive form of accommodation either and some places are now offering breakfast as part of the overall package. Having spent a very happy and comfortable week, accompanied by my wife, who loved the whole experience, I would heartily recommend this as a comfortable alternative to camping.

More info: http://www.stayinbritain.co.uk/ Tony Lucas. Operations Director http://www.stayinbritain.co.uk/ Telephone 020 8123 7342 Tony Lucas has had many years experience working in the Hotel & leisure industry for many of the leading hotel chains in many parts of the World and has published many articles on tourism in Britain.

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