Wednesday 18 January 2012

Doune the Rabbit Hole 2012 - Aug 24-26th

Hire a yurt for a weekend of camping music and lots of fun at Doune the Rabbit Hole 2012 
The dates have been announced as Friday 24th – Sunday 26th August 2012
Doune the Rabbit Hole Festival 2012: Ubuntu
Check out Doune the Rabbit Hole on Facebook to see what’s in store! You can buy early bird tickets before February 1st from

Blairdrummond Safari Park Yurt


We are currently in the process of making two 18 foot yurts which have been bought by Blairdrummond Safari Park and will be ready in time for their 2012 summer opening. Keep an eye out on their website where they will be announcing their new arrival very soon.

Friday 6 January 2012

Yurt Making Workshops

We have two workshops coming up this year the first on Saturday 18th February has only a few places left so we have decided to run a second on Saturday 7th April at the Red Kite Yurts workshop in Callander.

Did you know that the Turkic nomads of Kyrgyzstan steam bend their yurts using fermented sheep dung? 
    
What to Expect
• An illustrated introduction to the nomadic culture and traditions of Central Asia
• An insight into the different ways of coppicing wood
• Steam bending the trellising, rafters and crown of a yurt
• Preparing a crown
• Assembling and dismantle the finished product
• Have a look inside our in house sewing workshop where we sew all of our own canvas

Details
The course will be run by Red Kite Yurts very own Yurt Master Paul Millard. Paul has over 10 years of experience researching and experimenting with yurts and has made several visits to Kyrgyzstan to work with traditional yurt masters.
Where: Red Kite Yurts Workshop, Cambusbeg Farm, Callander, FK17 8LJ
Cost: £75 per person
Please contact us at paul@redkiteyurts.com if you are interested in a place on one of our yurt making workshop. 

Check out our website www.redkiteyurts.com  for more information on Red Kite Yurt workshops and everything else we do.