Yurt holiday on the Isle of Wight

We do not employ any full time staff and our part time staff are locally based or found through Workaway.com. All our marketing is web based, we use no paper unless absolutely necessary. As may be seen from our website we promote and offer links to a wide range of local businesses including food producers, retailers, service providers and pubs and restaurants. We also offer links to the IOW Tourist Board site which promotes many local businesses and activities. We deal with many local companies offering sporting and cultural activities and training for those who are seeking active holidays. Our website lists many opportunities to have an active holiday but we will also be seeking to promote a range of therapy and craft based activities.

We strive to be as environmentally friendly as is practicable in operating our business. We use no mains electricity or gas in our accommodation offering solar power options where possible. We promote the use of woodburning stoves, braziers and barbeques for cooking although we do provide Calor stoves for early morning convenience. We use only wood and charcoal produced from sustainable woodland and all wood ash collected and not used in our compost toilets will be cleared from the site at the end of the season.

Our guests are encouraged to recycle their waste in the separate bins and buckets provided with newspaper, not used in firelighting, aluminium and glass being removed from site for recycling and all organic and vegetable waste being composted on site for use the following year on the orchard or vegetable plots. We supply and use only environmentally friendly washing and cleaning products on site.

We suggest on our website that our guests should leave their cars at home whenever possible. We offer transport from and to all the Island’s ferry terminals, all of which have good rail and bus links on the mainland, and offer our guests cycle hire and bus rover tickets during their stay. We also offer low emissions car hire for those who require it. We aim to reduce water wastage on site by virtue of the construction of our solar showers. These are being built on the same lines as our compost toilets with two 50 gallon drums to collect grey water which will then be used to irrigate the orchard, vegetable plots and gardens on site. Our site is well served by local buses and there are many footpaths and bridleways in the area.

We encourage our guests during their stay not to purchase or utilise products that are not organic, eco-friendly, from sustainable resources or do not support local businesses or producers. We offer only Fairtrade or local produce in our welcome food packs and in our Breakfast service and the on-site café specialises in organic and local produce with a range of vegetarian and wheat/gluten free options.