Work on the horreo cabins begins

Work has finally begun and has been all about getting power and water to the site of the new horreo cabins!

This has involved two diggers, lots of trips on the dumper for Dan and Jake and a LOT of mud.

An horreo (pronounced ‘oreo’ like the biscuit) is a wooden cabin - based on the design of traditional Spanish grain stores. We have planning permission to build eight of these in the wood and we plan on building the first two of these in the coming year. First step - power, water and drainage.

The cabins will be suitable for families for longer stays - so people who want to learn more about life at Wilderness Wood can come and really come and get involved. They won’t be available for general holiday hire as they sit as part of the ‘agricultural tie’ of the buildings in the woods, but people attending courses and taking part in stewardship activities can be accomodated. One of these first two cabins (and hopefully more) will be wheelchair accessible to help us continue to boost the diversity of the people we can have to stay!

The building of these cabins has been a dream of Emily and Dan since they arrived at the woods in 2014 and it feels significant and timely that we are breaking ground at the start of their seventh year here. The thumbnail photo is of the prototype, finished in 2019.

We hope to be able to start having people to stay in the cabins by Autumn 2021 - if you would like more information about longer stays and getting involved, please contact Emily on: emilyanddan@wildernesswood.org