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A group of 2 Tipis,A Yurt and A Ger to rent for the week or a weekend on a site in North Herefordshire, at Mortimers Cross Mill nr Leominster.HR6 9PE
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Well suited to a group of friends celebrating an occasion.The rent is for all 4 units.Two 16 foot tipis sleep 4 to 6 people in each.(Each has a lining within which is a space 11 foot by 11 foot. The lining can be removed to provide a larger interior space of 16 feet by 16 feet). A 12 Yurt which will sleep 4-6 people.This has an 11.5 foot by 11.5 foot interior space.A 9 foot Ger which has a interior space of 8 foot by 8 foot.Sleeps 2 adults or 4 children comfortably.
30m away is a seating area (for 14 comfortably) around a massive brazier with a plentiful wood supply in the adjoining wood shed and near that is the composting toilet which is a loo sitting over a hole in the ground.Primitive but works well over the weekend. Fresh hole dug for each new weekend group.A sprinkling of soil down the hole by each user would keep it fresh.
No fires can be lit in the tents (Health & Safety) and dogs are not allowed on site (this is a sheep farm). Please keep an eye on children playing by the river and don’t let them climb up the limestone cliff.
You will need all your usual camping equipment.Torch.Boots.Sleeping Bag.Umbrella (Standing by the roaring brazier in a heavy downpour with an umbrella in the dead of night is a curiously beautiful experience.Without an umbrella it’s a nightmare) Gas Cooker.Kettle.Plates etc etc
Nestling at the side of the river Lugg, the perfect place to tour from , or just relax in the peacefull atmosphere listening to the river tumbling over the weir nearby. Mortimers Cross Mill is a working water mill in the guardianship of English Heritage.It is open to the public every Sunday.There are 3 other scheduled ancient monuments the visitors like to view.The Weir.The Quarry & The Mill Stream. Metal detectors are not allowed.
3 night Weekend breaks – Arrival after 3.00 pm Fri – vacate The Village by 11.00 am Mon Visitors can drive directly to the site and park in the little car park provided. 2 farm gates need to be opened & closed and it is suitable for wheel chairs though the loo would be a challenge.Price £180
6 nights Price £300 Arrive Saturday & depart the following saturday
We have been providing wild camping here since 2004.You can read reviews at UKCampsite.co.uk. For whats on locally take a look at the web site localtoleominster.co.uk The HAY FESTIVAL & THE PRESTEIGNE FESTIVAL Plus about 30 pop festivals are all happening around here this summer as they do every year.
Give us a ring on 01568 708820 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 01568 708820 end_of_the_skype_highlighting to discuss mid week terms or planning rallies,scout & guide camps and other events etc
FREE ELECTRICITY
Inspired by the amount of water rushing by the weir and mill it seemed obvious to try and make some free electricity here.My research started in 2005 I hosted the first meeting of HEREFORDSHIRE HYDRO Feb 25th 2007
I had been to the meeting in Hereford thinking a local group had already been created because various press reports suggested that. It surprised me that only about a dozen people hung back and retired to the front right hand corner with a view to creating a local group. I concluded the other 135 people at the meeting were solely interested in making money out of those 12 !
Terminology and How To Get Started!
Imagine a waterfall. A stream comes along and falls over a cliff and lands in a pool below. The distance the water falls is measured. That is basically The Head. To generate electricity you need a head of 4 feet (1.25 m)or more. If you can direct a constant body of water down a pipe with a vertical drop of 4 feet or more into a turbine you will be in business. (You can buy chinese made turgo turbines for as little as £250 which will power your home if you have a waterfall handy)The Archimedian screw turbine will work in places where a vertical drop is not possible and a steep slope exists instead. The water vortex system works in places with close to zero head.To generate enough electricity to sell to the grid however requires one to work out how much water flows past your chosen site over a period such as a year. The measured flow rate is then used to help decide what system to choose.
The archimedian screw turbine is ideally suited to low head situations. The machinery is made in China but sold by a company in Germany.They wanted £60,000 in 2005 from me to fit one in my top sluice by the weir and I thought and said an old grain auger from a farm sale might do the job for a tenner.I was told not to infringe their patents!
Finding solutions and names of turbines is very difficult.But doing your own research via links to web sites broadens ones knowledge hugely.
www.herehydro.weebly.com if the link has disappeared find herehydro dot weebly dot com
Many links came to me via e mails as a result of Herefordshire Hydro Group Existing.Andrew Stobbart has very kindly reproduced them in our Hydro Group web site.
www.herehydro.weebly.com
Community Green Energy Initiatives work along these lines.
Find a weir or a waterfall that is not producing electricity.
Get a group or committee together in your local community and apply for a free feasability study. Follow this up selling 100,000 shares at £1 each to anyone in the community with spare cash and spend the £100,000 on an electricity turbine that produces £10,000 worth of electric fed into the national grid every year.Pay the owner of the waterfall or weir an annual rent and spend a bit every year on maintenance should leave £6000 to distribute amongst the shareholders.(6p per share=6% return on their investment).
There is currently something like this being put together in Leintwardine on the River Teme.We had a site meeting on Feb 28 2010.A choice of 3 different turbines were suggested.£100,000 was the most expensive.All 3 had different efficiences and therefore would have different financial returns.
There is nothing in the initiative that allows the village church or village hall to benefit so I suggest if any free money from the lottery is obtained,say £50,000, then the income generated by that grant money should go to the village & community overall.6p in the pound times £50,000 = £3000 per annum. Considering a village might make just a third of that holding a village fete or church flower festival, £3000 every year free money would be a massive boost for everyone in the community.
30m away is a seating area (for 14 comfortably) around a massive brazier with a plentiful wood supply in the adjoining wood shed and near that is the composting toilet which is a loo sitting over a hole in the ground.Primitive but works well over the weekend. Fresh hole dug for each new weekend group.A sprinkling of soil down the hole by each user would keep it fresh.
No fires can be lit in the tents (Health & Safety) and dogs are not allowed on site (this is a sheep farm). Please keep an eye on children playing by the river and don’t let them climb up the limestone cliff.
You will need all your usual camping equipment.Torch.Boots.Sleeping Bag.Umbrella (Standing by the roaring brazier in a heavy downpour with an umbrella in the dead of night is a curiously beautiful experience.Without an umbrella it’s a nightmare) Gas Cooker.Kettle.Plates etc etc
Nestling at the side of the river Lugg, the perfect place to tour from , or just relax in the peacefull atmosphere listening to the river tumbling over the weir nearby. Mortimers Cross Mill is a working water mill in the guardianship of English Heritage.It is open to the public every Sunday.There are 3 other scheduled ancient monuments the visitors like to view.The Weir.The Quarry & The Mill Stream. Metal detectors are not allowed.
3 night Weekend breaks – Arrival after 3.00 pm Fri – vacate The Village by 11.00 am Mon Visitors can drive directly to the site and park in the little car park provided. 2 farm gates need to be opened & closed and it is suitable for wheel chairs though the loo would be a challenge.Price £180
6 nights Price £300 Arrive Saturday & depart the following saturday
We have been providing wild camping here since 2004.You can read reviews at UKCampsite.co.uk. For whats on locally take a look at the web site localtoleominster.co.uk The HAY FESTIVAL & THE PRESTEIGNE FESTIVAL Plus about 30 pop festivals are all happening around here this summer as they do every year.
Give us a ring on 01568 708820 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 01568 708820 end_of_the_skype_highlighting to discuss mid week terms or planning rallies,scout & guide camps and other events etc
FREE ELECTRICITY
Inspired by the amount of water rushing by the weir and mill it seemed obvious to try and make some free electricity here.My research started in 2005 I hosted the first meeting of HEREFORDSHIRE HYDRO Feb 25th 2007
I had been to the meeting in Hereford thinking a local group had already been created because various press reports suggested that. It surprised me that only about a dozen people hung back and retired to the front right hand corner with a view to creating a local group. I concluded the other 135 people at the meeting were solely interested in making money out of those 12 !
Terminology and How To Get Started!
Imagine a waterfall. A stream comes along and falls over a cliff and lands in a pool below. The distance the water falls is measured. That is basically The Head. To generate electricity you need a head of 4 feet (1.25 m)or more. If you can direct a constant body of water down a pipe with a vertical drop of 4 feet or more into a turbine you will be in business. (You can buy chinese made turgo turbines for as little as £250 which will power your home if you have a waterfall handy)The Archimedian screw turbine will work in places where a vertical drop is not possible and a steep slope exists instead. The water vortex system works in places with close to zero head.To generate enough electricity to sell to the grid however requires one to work out how much water flows past your chosen site over a period such as a year. The measured flow rate is then used to help decide what system to choose.
The archimedian screw turbine is ideally suited to low head situations. The machinery is made in China but sold by a company in Germany.They wanted £60,000 in 2005 from me to fit one in my top sluice by the weir and I thought and said an old grain auger from a farm sale might do the job for a tenner.I was told not to infringe their patents!
Finding solutions and names of turbines is very difficult.But doing your own research via links to web sites broadens ones knowledge hugely.
www.herehydro.weebly.com if the link has disappeared find herehydro dot weebly dot com
Many links came to me via e mails as a result of Herefordshire Hydro Group Existing.Andrew Stobbart has very kindly reproduced them in our Hydro Group web site.
www.herehydro.weebly.com
Community Green Energy Initiatives work along these lines.
Find a weir or a waterfall that is not producing electricity.
Get a group or committee together in your local community and apply for a free feasability study. Follow this up selling 100,000 shares at £1 each to anyone in the community with spare cash and spend the £100,000 on an electricity turbine that produces £10,000 worth of electric fed into the national grid every year.Pay the owner of the waterfall or weir an annual rent and spend a bit every year on maintenance should leave £6000 to distribute amongst the shareholders.(6p per share=6% return on their investment).
There is currently something like this being put together in Leintwardine on the River Teme.We had a site meeting on Feb 28 2010.A choice of 3 different turbines were suggested.£100,000 was the most expensive.All 3 had different efficiences and therefore would have different financial returns.
There is nothing in the initiative that allows the village church or village hall to benefit so I suggest if any free money from the lottery is obtained,say £50,000, then the income generated by that grant money should go to the village & community overall.6p in the pound times £50,000 = £3000 per annum. Considering a village might make just a third of that holding a village fete or church flower festival, £3000 every year free money would be a massive boost for everyone in the community.