There are so many farm glamping sites now, how do you choose?  What truly makes one unique and worth a visit?  Why should you visit Little Seed Field?

Our glamping site is almost 8 years old (which is well established in the relatively new world of glamping).  My mission at the start was to create a site that was somewhere we would like to visit – we don’t get much time away from the farm, so when we do, we like to make sure we are going to love wherever we go!

I (and the husband) had some non-negotiables:

• The showers must be good, with plenty of hot water and good water pressure!
• There has to be proper toilets, with a real flush.
• There must be space and privacy, not everyone squashed up next to each other.
• There must be a log stove – romantic, cosy, entertaining and warm.
• We love a view so let’s make the most of that – stars, landscapes & sunsets
• We are first and foremost a working farm, so the glamping must compliment that.

The land we had available was very wet, totally unfarmable and almost completely inaccessible via anything other than on foot.  At the start we battled with the land, the flora, the water, the rocks and the gradient but along the way we realised these things we were trying to manage and control, were to become our USP.  The mission changed.

We decided that our glamping site was going to offer an authentic ‘stay in nature’.  The wild nature of the site would be left to settle in around the newly installed cabins and the water would be channelled into newly created pond habitats.  We were not going to be another cramped up, lawn-mowed holiday park.  We would encourage the wildlife to stay and ensure that our guests were welcomed to a peaceful, natural and inspiring environment.  A place where exploring, wondering, sitting, watching, resting and relaxing would be the activities our guests would feel they instinctively wanted to do here.

We often say we wish we could take credit for the view here (or at least bottle it and sell it).  It is incredible.  We wake up to it every day and it still blows our mind, every day.  No two days are the same and even on the wettest, wildest, windiest of days, it is awesome.  All we have done is provide a setting that allows other people to be able to enjoy its wonderfulness. 

My dream became a need to create a space where technology and chaos is forgotten about, just for a short while.  A dream that was formed from 15 years of corporate rat race, motorway commute, train journey and zoom meeting carnage.  A dream created from a need for calm.

A place where we are reminded of what is out there, beyond the towns and cities – a place where we can just walk about, see what we can find and be content exploring the little things (even if we don’t know what they are).  This is as much for the grown ups as it is for the children (perhaps even more so).

My favourite place is the pond, by far. I sit there, sometimes for hours (and no I really don’t have the time), trying to take a picture of a busy creature or trying to spot the fish in the water.  It’s a dangerous, time-zapping place to visit because it catches you for a never ending ‘just 10 more minutes’!