Posted on 01/05/2018 10:14:38 AM PST by mairdie
If you thought that staying somewhere remote or quirky, or both, meant sacrificing luxury - think again.
From a converted bus with comfortable beds, to an iron age roundhouse with extravagant interiors and even a luxury shipping container by a lake, MailOnline Travel presents unusual stays that still provide high levels of comfort.
They can all be booked through Canopy & Stars, a glamping website that describes itself as marketing 'a wonderful collection of beautiful, quirky and special places to stay in the great outdoors in the UK and Europe'.
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The Bower Treehouse in Somerset, which guests have to find themselves using a lantern and a map provided to them
There are two beds inside the Humble Bee house, one to use during the day for lounging on and another suspended from the ceiling
The beach hut sits in a tiny cut in the rocks above a personal strip of sand for guests to enjoy alone. Due to the remoteness of the hut, it has no mains power, a compost loo outside the property and an outdoor shower.
I thought a “Hobbit House” was mostly underground?
From “The Hobbit”
‘ ... in a hole in the ground lived a Hobbit, not just any hole ....’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix11VQ8f7uY
Above is a video on a “Hobbitt Home” built by a gal in Washington state. It is pretty amazing the effort she put into it - it is pretty cool, and you can rent it!
I was expecting a lot more from the “dream house” with the airplane. Not sure a camping cot amidst 40 years worth of crap qualifies.
Consider it a “starter home” that someone else will buy and turn into something incredible!
That’s more like it!
Wouldn’t it be more fun to make your own water wheel?
PING - strange houses and sheds
We have a place on our farm that used to, many decades ago, a shed where a railway man would shelter to switch the line. It was moved to our farm, wired for electricity, and a cantilevered deck built out over our small pond. Mr. Mercat restored and rebuilt it and would make a great place to glam.
But a water wheel is somewhere on the list. Maybe in a couple of years. But I would hook it up to a millstone or something. Everything around here must work! Except for the old cat. At 17 you are allowed to retire. But the young one had better hop to it. Lots of mice are finding the cow shed nice and cozy.
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