GLOTTENHAM COVID STATEMENT

As Covid restrictions are lifted across the country we are glad to welcome guests back, but we have kept a few systems in place as they worked well, and continue to offer reassurance to those who visit us

YOUR VISIT 2022

If you're a regular visitor, when you next come you'll find some changes in place, and if you're planning a first visit, then this is what you can expect:

Our four glamping accommodation spaces are spread over the site so you are in your own space - naturally. Each unit has it’s own toilet and fresh water supply. Rossetti and de Glottyngham now have camping wash stands on their platforms so that they do not need to share the washstand at the top of the site with Bodichon.

The cottage is self contained, but the cleaning regime and check in will be to the same standard as during the covid pandemic

CHECKING IN

We will send you all the information about our non contact check in when you book, including directions and a site map. Please make sure that you know which unit you are staying in as each unit will have been cleaned and sanitised prior to guest’s arrival. There are barrows available for each unit for transferring your luggage. We have kept a self check in to streamline arrivals, and also avoid any late check in fees.

HOW THINGS WORK

We have signposted all equipment with instructions and each unit has additional signs to explain how things work.

THE HONESTY SHOP / LOG STORE

We have rebuilt an outdoor honesty shop that sells firewood, kindling and charcoal. You will find it set back from the carpark. The round building in the carpark is now used as a base for courses and can, by arrangement, be used by group bookings.

ACTIVITIES ON SITE

We are available for prebooked courses, which we detail in our welcome letter. We will also inform any groups if there are wider activities happening to which they might like to join. During August there are often activities running from the pop up campsite. Your welcome letter will also include a link to our friends at Fisherwood Farm who are doing alpaca cream teas, which many people really enjoyed last year.

We've always had very high standards of hygiene and cleanliness in our accommodation, but our cleaning regimes are now even more stringent to ensure that you are as safe as possible during your stay.

LAUNDRY

Guest will be please to hear that we have returned to providing all bed linens, towels, and soft furnishings in all units. Please be aware that it can get cold at either end of the season and, although we provide blankets, some guests may feel happier to bring a few extra. A beanie is possibly the best thing when its frosty outside

HANDWASHING and GUEST CLEANING

In each of our accommodations soap and hand sanitiser is provided. We also provide cleaning products and an antiviral spray. As each unit has it’s own water supply and toilet it is the guest’s responsibility to keep their own areas clean for the duration of their stay

RUBBISH & RECYCLING

On the glamping site, please ensure that all food waste is in the compost bin bags, and then placed in the larger composting areas before leaving. Guests will be requested to, as always, remove all waste from the site. We will supply you with rubbish sacks for this.

Where to Eat in Robertsbridge

If you dont eat anywhere else, eat at The George Inn down in Robertsbridge village.

Just a short stroll away from Glottenham, they have a tempting menu stuffed full of local produce and a range of drinks from the surrounding area, including a wonderful range of handcrafted Gins.

There is a lunch and light bite menu and a full a la carte for those with a heartier appetite. Fridays is takeaway night, with amazing fish and chips or burgers. Check the blackboard for daily specials.

A ‘Sawdays Recommended’ dining experience, it is best to book a table, especially in the busy summer months.

The George Inn
High Street
Robertsbridge
TN32 5AW
01580 880315

If you go down to the woods today

Down at Glottenham we just love being in the woods.

Whether we are quietly contemplating the wildlife, leading a class of children in Forest School, foraging something tasty to eat or admiring one of our talented friends craft something beautiful from a branch, the woodland is a magical and special place that seems to call to us from our ancestral past.

So imagine how excited we were when we proposed that the Glottenham gang could come together and create a unique experience of total weekend woodiness – and all parties said a resounding‘Yes!’

Rather than the usual courses which restrict you to one subject - be that making a spoon, or to doing a herb walk, we developed a weekend where guests were able to try their hand at everything, with Forest School thrown in for the small ones allowing them to concentrate and relax. It was a total immersion into the life of the woodland – from charcoal making to nature awareness, wood carving to using a pole lathe, basket weaving and foraging. Guests came away with new skills, some handcrafted goods, and benefiting from working in a beautiful and relaxed environment.

Richard Ely is a traditional greenwood craftsman with a background in organic farming and horticulture. He has spent the last 14 years working and managing coppiced woodland, alongside the likes of Ben Law, and developing his skills with traditional tools and methods to make a range of woodland products for home and landscape. Richard was our first choice to build the roundwood kitchens at Glottenham, and we covet his gorgeous chairs in the Glottyngham dome enviously. He also makes the charcoal that we supply for our guests, or helps us to make our own. Gold medallist in the International Leg to Log competition, he can fashion a beautiful item from a branch in moments, and he plays a mean banjo to boot! http://www.greenwoodcraftsman.com/

William Del Tufo of Wild Roots has been carving since 1979, and spent many years travelling from Castle to Castle demonstrating Dark Age methods of wood and leatherworking and teaching Nordic runes and ancient firelighting techniques. We love his individual style and we are obviously not alone – Boris Johnson ordered a whole bundle of medieval style trenchers for the Lord Mayor’s dinner exactly the same as we have in our yurt and domes, and not many people can claim that Prince Charles has played their stegosaurus xylophone and blown their ferret digeridoo!! More recently he, his partner and their beautiful daughter have been growing veg using only horse powered tools and they run a local veg box scheme from their space in Rushlake Green https://www.wildrootsveg.com/

And your hosts, Emma and Robert, who between them introduced the group to woodland management, medical herbalism, wild food foraging and cooking, and entertained children with fun and games to bring them closer to nature.