Its officially the first day of Autumn and we are also officially open for bookings! We cannot wait to welcome our guests - first ones are arriving this weekend and we hope that they will love this stunning rural location and the Retreat hut. The tranquillity of the morning from the Shepherd huts as the early morning mists rolled by to reveal the new day was just so peaceful and made all the more special by the gradual reveal of a bright blue sky. A meteorological reflection

Well, the expression that Rome wasn't built in a day is certainly true for us at the moment. We now have our two beautiful shepherd huts on the farm - but not in quite the right location! Tormented by the weather and the rain deluges of the last couple of weeks, the ground is too wet to manoeuvre 4 tons of Oak framed shepherd hut and trailer into the huts permanent resting location. This is coupled with the ultimate challenge of our drive. For us this has always been a route

One benefit of a long planning process (we didn't think we would ever be writing that) is that it has enabled us to have lots of time to plan how we want our huts to look. Today we have been to look at the bespoke oak base that has been created for our huts. Incredibly exciting to see the vision beginning to come together - even at its most basic level! There is no doubt that a Shepherd Hut is a compact space, but by working with a talented craftsman it is incredible the amo

Ironic perhaps for a shepherd hut traditionally built for travelling, but today we are finally seeing our planning journey coming to an end with the granting of planning permission for 2 bespoke Shepherd Huts on Whitelee farm. Such wonderful news for our family business. We have spent a number of years looking at diversification projects and the most natural first step was always felt to be the provision of holiday accommodation. The best way forward was always the debate -