The Yurt has certainly seen some extreme weather since we put it up in September – including gales, hard frosts, and now snow and prolonged freezing temperatures! This weekend we headed back to Somerset, thanks to the well salted motorways, to stay in the yurt and to see how it was holding up in the snow. I was delighted the snow had stuck around for me to photograph, and we couldn’t believe the icicles on the back of the yurt! Amazing.

I was rather dubious about staying in the yurt overnight, but with the woodburner stacked up with some well seasoned oak, lots of sheepskin rugs on the floor, and a warm blanket on the bed, we were absolutely fine.

We look forward to welcoming guests no matter what the weather now!!

Recently saw another VisitSomerset promotional video I wanted to include here – showing some of the things to do locally

Happy New Year from Somerset Yurts!

Over the Christmas period we had some extremely cold weather and hard frosts, but we didn’t get any snow We are back in Reading at the moment with a seriously heavy snowfall outside, and wish we were back in Somerset to see the snow on the yurt and get some nice pictures… oh well, hopefully it will stick around until the weekend when we’ll be back again.

A quick update on planning progress: We are still progressing well with the planning application, having now engaged with an Architect to help us draw up plans for the facilities. We also expect to collect three new yurts towards the end of this month, which will go into storage while we prepare the site and facilities over the coming months. All very exciting!

Anyway, here are a couple of images taken over the Christmas period. We are working on a gallery page too, so you can get a better feel for the yurts and the farm.

Winter Yurt