Brenchleyglamping

10/08/2023

Hello all.....this is my Mum, Dad and Truffle the labrador walking in the grounds of brenchleyglamping.
We've just commissioned a drone video for our website..watch this space!

22/07/2023

Rainy days ..just in time!! The Yurt now sporting a new roof cover neatly fitted over new timber external wall cladding.

27/12/2022

Just lit the fire for tonight's check in. With 3 heaters plus the woodburner it's warm all year round at Brenchleyglamping

06/10/2022

Swapped out the double mattresses for new Silentnight 1400 pocket jobbies...one medium soft one medium hard...plus assisted in yurt identity with adding some pictures of livestock around the farm from the old days.

04/08/2022

Lots of ice in the freezer here for those late evening outside drinks and BBQ, the music system is Bluetooth too

20/07/2022

**Join our team and clean** £20/hr or profit share option for the right applicant. Apply within, local workers only please

26/06/2022

Family discount offer :

The large BBQ is always ready for action and new tongs today. Airport chaos?. JULY availability 5th-7th and 17th - 20th. So with the cost of living in everyone's ears, I would like to offer a family of six to stay for the price of a family of four....if there is 6 of you just book on our website as 4ppl for 5th to 7th or 17th -20th and mention facebook in the notes on your booking at checkout to get £40 off per night.
The grounds are mowed, the linen fresh and clean towels always provided as well as everything you need for a peaceful and fun stay at:

www.brenchleyglamping.co.uk

Last minute bookings often available subject to availability!

Happy summer everyone.

01/06/2022

SMALL FARMS DISSAPEARING Where is it all going...with 140 million births per year and just less than half that being deaths, the population is almost doubling year on year. Where will the future get its food? even the pandemic has not shrunk global population. An extra 4.5million died from the pandemic in 2020. Hardly a big number, and whilst us wealthy countries have buying power to import food from abroad, there are losers. Those in poorer countries.
They will be hungry and eventually this will spread worldwide. We are all feeling the pinch of food prices rising, and this is just the start.
If we could farm more not less we can help.
WHAT CAN WE DO
Well land is being taken out of food production. I see it all over the place, even in our own villages, plots of 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 acres (which most people think are large) are being sold for housing, farms are closing as small farming enterprises cease to be profitable, or land is subdivided from probate and sold as 'hobby' land. Vast chunks are mown for hay - some of which goes to feed livestock - but a lot to feed horses which we can't eat. I'm not saying leisure shouldn't exist, bit it removes land that could grow food. Wheat for bread, oil for cooking....we also see crops for energy now....further removing land from food production. Solar farms...removing land from food production...eek...well I'm not posting to moan, or become a politician, but what can we do???...
Okay, so I have 10 acres of productive land, the rest of the land here is under trees so has low yield of fodder and/ or can't be planted for crops or fruit....I have some keep sheep once or twice a year, and take the odd hay crop to feed your horses...but this 10 acres could do so much more.
I've come from another farm today, 40 acres of small fields not suitable for the large combines and seeding tractors that we have now. The old smaller combines and equipment is phasing out. So too are the old farmers that worked these smaller fields...as young farmers wont put in the long hours for less pay ( who can blame them) plus the viability of smaller agricultural operations (working small machinery on small land parcels) becomes almost impossible.
I'm talking about those big tractors you see trundling up and down our roads, the ones you may even moan about...well they have to be big. Its economy of scale. Its efficiency, less fuel use ( even though you think they are big ) , they are extremely efficient, possibly twice as much as smaller tractors from 20 years ago that go out in the fields days on end to plough, when our big kit does it in half a day.
So HOW CAN WE MAKE SMALLER FIELDS PRODUCTIVE....WHAT SHALL WE PLANT? HOW SHALL WE HARVEST IT?....
Ask a farmer I hear you say....well they are all doing their utmost to make the best of the land they have, and the problem of 20 acres or 5 acres or 50 acres going out of food production is not theirs...its ours now.
I'd be keen for anyone who has ideas about a 10 acre field to produce food to talk to me, not just spit out some crazy words like ' grow wheat on it' as I've explained...these smaller fields don't work for arable....
So where will we get our bread and corn, sunflower oil and beans. Right now we buy it in the supermarket. But with the population rising as it is, the pandemic not putting a dent in it, older living longer, and most people over eating and too fat, our future generations have some problems.
In the year 2000 David Attenborough calculated that the global population has 2 Hectares of land each ( 4.94 acres ) to live on. At that time, America lived off 8 H each and we lived off 6.
I ask you...who is living on nothing...what are they eating...and if we eat a bit less, waste less food, and grow more food, we can all assist in the prevention of others suffering in countries where we go in and farm their land and export their food to us...because we can't be bothered to farm our land and just make hay on it and think that is good enough. I throw a few sheep in in-between hay making but I would like to do more. I pay for and maintain my fences for this, where others let them rot or don't replace them. This is not even about meat production but it helps as its all protein. Even vegans need protein, and I know a lot of intensive farming systems are being developed under glass or polytunnels but good heavens we don't want them in Brenchley now do we....so what will we do with these parcels left to look nice for us to look at, all green and beautiful for worms but what food are we making...we need to do more, think more, share ideas, be creative....possibly smaller machinery could make a comeback...possibly we could plant more fruit...
This post is designed as a thought process for what can WE do to help. This is a bit of a population timebomb. We may be dead by the time we see hunger in the UK as we are a wealthy country and buy from overseas... but we are all bringing children into the world and there are 140 million new mouths to feed every year with only half that number leaving the world each year. Love thy neighbour, love fellow man woman and child in all countries around the world...let's do something. Let's have a think. And let's eat a bit less and waste less in the meantime? .
Answers on a postcard please.

04/04/2022

Due to a cancellation for tomorrow night would anyone like £100 off an up to 6 person stay at brenchleyglamping?

19/11/2021

Thanks to TWBC for the planning approval today for the Yurt. Am off to my favourite pub The Hopbine to reflect.

03/08/2021

STOP THE PRESS!..Due to an abandonment we now have the 8th to 13th August available..This is Peak Season!!....We have been paid for the dates but would like to reimburse the customer and the only way we can do this is if we get these dates filled or part filled again. Any revenue received goes to them.
You can also see that next year we may well have a beautiful pond!!...😇😇😇👍🌻🌾🌼💐🌷🍄🍃🐛☘️🐠🍀🦔🌱🐿🐸🐤🐦🐥🦆🦅🦉🦇🐛🦋🐌🐚🐞🐝🐜🦗🕷🕸🐢🦎🐟🐟🕊🦔🐾🌺💦❤️..build it and they will come.

22/07/2021

Available this Sunday 25th for three nights!! A re-booking has allowed last minute availability plus we have a £100 off voucher on our website www.brenchleyglamping.co.uk Also available August 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 8th, 12th, 22nd to 28th..PEOPLE ARE LOVING THE YURT 😀...book it now and save your petrol to Devon ! Everywhere else is booked up anyway ..this is an exclusive whole site booking for the new venture..Peace out in beautiful surroundings 🤩💖😃👍😁🌅🌅🌅👍👍👍

09/06/2021

JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST / SEPTEMBER AVAILABILITY !!! 😃😃😃😃😃
We still have weekday availability in June and July, Aug & Sep STILL has available weekends but won’t for long!!!
Also, use discount code 15%OFF when booking on our website which is valid for the remainder of June
Nice place to take a shower at sunset 🌅 ###
I am off to mow the love heart later in the week and keep it shaped well. Shall post a pic in the messages and don’t forget to check out the website
www.brenchleyglamping.co.uk

05/05/2021

www.brenchleyglamping.co.uk
Ok so we are taking bookings starting 1st June, the website is live!!....am finishing off the shower block this week, it is all becoming pppperfect...and will continue to fine tune and tweak the facilities over the coming months. I do need some pictures on the walls, and a few small floor rugs but we are otherwise there!!
Happy Glamping 2021

Glamping in Kent - Yurts in Kent | A beautiful Yurt in the the Kent Weald, Sleeps 6 - fully equipped with Kitchen, TV, WiFi & Heating

05/04/2021

Hi ! This cool yurt sleeps 6 and should be available for bookings from 1st June.
* Exclusive whole site booking
* Outdoor kitchen & BBQ
* Bluetooth sound system
* TV & Wi-Fi
* Showers with a view
* Set in 3acres of secure fencing
* Baby cot available
* Sunloungers & outdoor seating
* Family orientated
* 3 x Double beds
Revealing only a small amount of information currently, as our new website will be up and running in 3 weeks and I will post a link to it when its active for further information and bookings.
Thanks for looking, watch this space!! 😃😃😃
Please follow Brenchleyfreerange to get first shout of the launch dates

16/02/2021

Something AMAZING is coming this spring. If you are a family looking for an exclusive get away, a chance to be free in nature, private, cosy, COVID safe, unique, secluded, low carbon, vegans welcome, barbecue fans welcome, stargazers, moonwatchers and wildlife spotters most welcome.
Follow this page!!...and keep an eye out for our new website launching in April. Currently we are planting, landscaping, wild flower meadow managing, and creating pathways and fencing to protect sensitive areas. No one else will offer anything close to this, for wellbeing and education, recreation and family togetherness. I shall post again in mid March 💕🙋‍♂️💁‍♀️🧔👱‍♀️