glamping

  1. M

    You won’t believe this

    My mate runs a beef and sheep farm. One of his neighbours has glamping pods which border my friends farm. Yesterday morning he gets a very irate couple in his yard going mad that his cows have been having s*x in front of their children. Apparently they’d gone mad at the glamping pod site owner...
  2. L

    Renting land for commercial use

    Hi, Looking for some info regarding renting land from a farmer. I have a location in mind where I want to get an x year lease for use as a glamping site. Will need to add road access and electricity/ plumbing/ drainage, as well as the glamping pods. How much will I be looking at per annum for...
  3. Chae1

    Our family farm rescue Ch5

    Maybe a thread already running on this but couldn't find it. Just wondered what other people's thoughts on it were? Personally I found it a difficult watch. Well done to the farmer for putting himself out there on national television. Good luck to him and his family.
  4. Rossymons

    Camping and Planning

    We're planning to start a small glamping site on the farm which sits in an AONB. Needing planning permission for this we were wanting to take some professional advice and wondered if anyone could recommened somebody?
  5. Clive

    Are you all depressed ?

    I've been lucky enough to have a bit of a family holiday recently with lockdown restrictions ending and I've also spent a lot more time with none farming friends and reduced my time talking farming online a fair bit. After a period where that has been hard to do it's easy to forget just how...
  6. Bojangles

    Shepherds pay?

    I may have to employ a full time shepherd soonish and was wondering what’s the going rate atm. house with job, needs own good dogs, 6 day week. I think they are usually underpaid?
  7. Farm Business RSS

    Farmers rush to diversify into new businesses to survive after EU subsidies

    Written by Lydia Turner from Farm Business UK farmers are rushing to diversify into new income streams such as renewable energy and tourism as they face the biggest shake-up in agricultural finances for 50 years, research from NFU Mutual has revealed. The leading rural insurer’s annual...
  8. Kettlewell Dales Field

    Planning advice from the agricultural community

    Hi all, new member here. I recently purchased a 1 acre plot of grazing land just outside of a beautiful village in the yorkshire dales with a river at the bottom (kettlewell) I am looking to achieve the following in phase 1 of my project: Add a new gate for my car to access the field from the...
  9. Agriland RSS

    Minister Poots visits Lough Neagh Rescue Service

    Written by William Kellett from Agriland Rural Affairs Minister, Edwin Poots, recently visited the Lough Neagh Rescue (LNR) Centre at lands adjacent to Kinnego Marina. The facility, when complete, will allow Lough Neagh Rescue to provide a more enhanced service to the community and will...
  10. Glampitect

    How Much Money do Glamping Businesses Make? Glamping Site Feasibility

    How Much Money do Glamping Businesses Make? Glamping Site Feasibility Glamping Site Feasibility Glamping is a concept that is spreading at a very high rate throughout the UK. With more people than ever before considering starting a glamping business, we thought we would take some time to...
  11. Glampitect

    Glampitect Academy

    Glampitect Academy Glampitect expands UK operation with academy set-up Glampitect, the UK’s No.1 glamping site design consultancy, is expanding its UK operation with an academy offering free advice to people wanting to set up a similar business. The move follows rising demand from around...
  12. Glampitect

    Glampitect Middle East Expansion

    Glampitect Middle East Expansion International expansion as Glampitect launches in Dubai Scottish glamping site design consultancy Glampitect is delighted to announce the opening of its first office in Dubai. Set up 18 months ago by friends Calum MacLeod and Alisdair Young, the...
  13. Glampitect

    Do I Need Planning Permission for Glamping Pods?

    Do I Need Planning Permission for Glamping Pods? We have established that glamping – the new level of camping – is not a phase, and it is in fact here to stay (and grow year on year). Great. We have a lovely piece of land that could turn in to an amazing glamping pod site. Excellent. Now the...
  14. T

    talk to me about trees

    ok so they say if you cant beat them join them, trees seem to be all the rage, realistically what sort of return can you expect? how much work are they? id say i have at least 100 acres of rough rough ground but if the money was right i could find more. anyone got links as to prices or...
  15. steveR

    Groundswell Weather

    Looking OK according to the BBC forecast this morning, not too hot and more importantly, dry for us campers! :-) Don't need the 4 season bag either! Did you get any of the rain that was bumbling around the South before the weekend, down there? Wellies or Trainers I wonder...;)
  16. Farm Business RSS

    Cumbrian farmer embraces future of cattle trading

    Written by John Swire A Cumbrian beef farmer has embraced the future of cattle trading, having swapped traditional marketing for technology and data-backed trading. Dan Hutton, who keeps 150 cattle at Church View Farm in Brampton, has seen a drastic reduction in the time it takes to trade...
  17. Daniel

    New grain silo build.

    It occurred to me that I should stop sticking pictures of our silo build on @Woldgrain Storage excellent silo thread and start my own! Pics of the build of a 700ton Sukup drying and stirring bin to feed our poultry feed mill. Stirrers will be used to blend wheat/barley/rye etc together which...
  18. F

    End of the Road for Small Livestock Farms?

    I buy store cattle off some small local farms and always try to help them out with bull hire or dehorning and TB testing. Yesterday when I went to see some yearlings on one of these farms that is only around 50 acres of old established permanent grass and a reasonable shed, the owners said that...
  19. D

    ELMS in the real world.

    Have just been having a read of some current threads: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/worsening-blackgrass-ryegrass-problem.347526/ https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/dd-turnips-into-permanent-pasture-without-glyphosate.347601/...
  20. L

    Ride on mower.

    Looking into getting a ride on mower. Having never owned or used one before not really sure what to be looking for or at. Criteria so far would be needs to collect the the cuttings and be capable of fairly undulating uneven lawn. What else should we be looking at ? Petrol /diesel... Would...
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