Introducing our new day retreats
We are super excited about our new woodfired sauna and wildlife pond which will be the focus for lots of new day retreats that we are launching this year.
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What is it really like to live in the countryside?
Come and sample REAL rural life on our new summer camp!
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Our 2024 Retreats Calendar is now live!
We are super excited to share our 2024 retreat dates and we've got some great new experiences lined up for you, whether you are looking to escape on your own for a weekend, or would like to bring the whole family along too.
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Free Yourself From Burnout
If you're starting the year feeling exhausted and worn out when everyone else around you seems full of energy and motivation after their break, then you could well be suffering from burnout.
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Free Yourself From Burnout
If you're starting the year feeling exhausted and worn out when everyone else around you seems full of energy and motivation after their break, then you could well be suffering from burnout.
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The summer holidays are here!
We have got an action packed six weeks planned for all our guests this summer. Check out our programme of FREE activities and come and get involved during your stay.
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May Half Term Free Activities
Check out our FREE programme of bushcraft activities running from the 28th May to 6th June, 2021
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Not quite the half term you had planned?
Don't worry, there's always next year! And we have lots of fun stuff planned in the coming months...
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Switch the Plastic: 10 Simple Swaps
Trying to cut down on your plastic? A glamping holiday could be the perfect opportunity to sample some plastic-free swaps that could just change your life!
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A holiday that won't cost the earth...
Looking for a holiday that won’t cost the earth? Glamping could be the answer!
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Glamping and bushcraft...the perfect combination!
Cooking over your own campfire, foraging for wild food or navigating by the stars… Learning a few basic bushcraft skills can take your glamping holiday to a whole other level!
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Ten Top Tips for First Time Foragers
Are you curious about eating wild food but not sure where to start? Read on for our top tips for first time foragers.
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20 reasons to LOVE February
We are nearly there, folks! We survived seemingly never-ending January and we’re now into the tail end of winter (we hope!). We love February at The Forge – the shortest and in many ways the sweetest month. Here are just a few reasons why…
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Veganism or Localism?
Ah January, season of new beginnings and all good intentions. As we count the cost of Christmas and the impact it had on our wallets, our waistlines and the planet, you can’t help but be swept into all the hype about how we can make a difference this year...
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Christmas Campfire Recipes
Outdoor cooking needn’t be something that you only do during the summer months. In fact when it’s cold outside there is nothing better than warming up with some tasty hot treats from the campfire, especially if they are washed down with some mulled wine or a flask of coffee (Scottish version optional!).
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Double, double, toil and trouble...
Looking for some good ideas on what to do with your glut of autumn fruit?
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Campfire Cooking Tips
Did you know that more than a third of children have never been camping? To celebrate tonight’s ‘Wild Night Out’ we thought we’d share some of our campfire cooking top tips to hopefully demystify how to cook over open flames and encourage you to have a go too!
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A taste of summer
There is perhaps no better sign that summer is well and truly here than the sight and scent of the frothy, cream blossoms of the elderflowers in the hedgerows...
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Love is in the air
Snuggling up under blankets next to the campfire, eating outside by candlelight, sunsets and night-time wanders under the stars... Glamping makes the perfect romantic retreat.
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Five Reasons To Get Outside in March
Although you might not always feel like it, getting outside at this time of year is good for your heart, body, mind and soul...
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Things to do at The Forge in February
Spring is coming... and our gorse flowers and snowdrops are in full bloom. The barn owls and the hens are getting active too! There's also an exciting new produce market opened just up the road. Lots to keep us smiling through the last few weeks of winter...
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