tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19068224041336346172024-03-05T02:35:22.007-08:00Red Kite YurtsThe Red Kite Yurts blog is a home of useful and interesting information relating to Red Kite Yurts as well as information generally from the world of Yurts. You can find information on Festivals we attend, events we are organising, Yurt construction and generally what we are getting up to.Red Kite yurtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373094231341473226noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906822404133634617.post-51626492262949987702012-01-18T04:57:00.000-08:002012-01-18T04:57:33.390-08:00Doune the Rabbit Hole 2012 - Aug 24-26th<div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">Hire a yurt for a weekend of camping music and lots of fun at <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/266417386748051/">Doune the Rabbit Hole 2012</a> </strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">The dates have been announced as Friday 24th – Sunday 26th August 2012</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Doune the Rabbit Hole Festival 2012: Ubuntu" class="aligncenter" height="268" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/276586_266417386748051_539956245_n.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 1.625em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0.4em; max-width: 97.5%; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 6px;" width="180" /></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">Check out <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/266417386748051/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #990000; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Doune the Rabbit Hole">Doune the Rabbit Hole</a> on Facebook to see what’s in store! You can buy early bird tickets before February 1st from</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/217166" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #990000; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/217166</a></div>Red Kite yurtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373094231341473226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906822404133634617.post-31139394040418636982012-01-18T04:30:00.000-08:002012-01-18T04:34:17.595-08:00Blairdrummond Safari Park Yurt<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />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. 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</div>Red Kite yurtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373094231341473226noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906822404133634617.post-30661639992814499262012-01-06T07:44:00.000-08:002012-01-06T07:44:09.696-08:00Yurt Making Workshops<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We have two workshops coming up this year the first on <b>Saturday 18th February</b> has only a few places left so we have decided to run a second on <b>Saturday 7th April</b> at the Red Kite Yurts workshop in Callander.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">Did you know that the Turkic nomads of Kyrgyzstan steam bend their yurts using fermented sheep dung? </span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"> <a class="fancybox" href="http://redkiteyurts.com/wp-content/uploads/wheel-building2.jpg" rel="fancybox" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #990000; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Wheel Building"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-562 alignnone" height="32" src="http://redkiteyurts.com/wp-content/uploads/wheel-building2.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-top: 0.4em; max-width: 97.5%; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 6px; width: auto;" title="Wheel Building" width="45" /></a> <a class="fancybox" href="http://redkiteyurts.com/wp-content/uploads/Picture13.jpg" rel="fancybox" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #990000; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Picture1"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-610" height="187" src="http://redkiteyurts.com/wp-content/uploads/Picture13-300x234.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-top: 0.4em; max-width: 97.5%; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 6px;" title="Picture1" width="240" /></a></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What to Expect</strong></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">• An illustrated introduction to the nomadic culture and traditions of Central Asia</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">• An insight into the different ways of coppicing wood</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">• Steam bending the trellising, rafters and crown of a yurt</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">• Preparing a crown</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">• Assembling and dismantle the finished product</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">• Have a look inside our in house sewing workshop where we sew all of our own canvas</span></div><h2 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.8125em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></h2><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Details</strong></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong>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.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="fancybox" href="http://redkiteyurts.com/wp-content/uploads/PM-with-Eagle.jpg" rel="fancybox" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="PM with Eagle"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-614" height="154" src="http://redkiteyurts.com/wp-content/uploads/PM-with-Eagle-300x257.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; max-width: 97.5%; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 6px;" title="PM with Eagle" width="180" /></span></a></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Where: Red Kite Yurts Workshop, </strong><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; 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border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">iteyurts.com</a> if you are interested in a place on one of our yurt making workshop.</strong><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Check out our website <a href="http://www.redkiteyurts.com/">www.redkiteyurts.com</a></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"> for more information on Red Kite Yurt workshops and everything else we do. </span></div>Red Kite yurtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373094231341473226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906822404133634617.post-1119143070850437222011-12-21T02:46:00.000-08:002011-12-21T02:46:52.150-08:00Story Telling Yurts<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Some words of appreciation we received from a story telling event organiser...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">'' Red Kite Yurts were a fantastic addition to our event and were ideal for the Storytelling sessions. We had six Yurts in total and they were all busy throughout the day with singing stories, making stories and telling stories, for all ages.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">A welcome cosy spot on a cold November day. They were very impressive and made out site look and feel like a small village. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Thanks too to Paul and his crew who were all very attentive to their craft built Yurts.''</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Peaceful and calm after the heavy snow and hurricane strength winds last week! </div>Red Kite yurtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373094231341473226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906822404133634617.post-82134223319823495452011-11-16T07:30:00.000-08:002011-12-07T04:48:58.679-08:00Summer Yurt Wedding in North Yorkshire<div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2gGRaBPGfwhbt2CxuDdrDnMMRMCiV3gdNoRvjsotwuMlAOFJeW2tkzzaWGWWWfYl_W-ZOAZuDC39-WLpZTiQi73JwNFH-TbNru6Z8ZoiNh3KrSneaV38sy-_OuWVsjw1e6Gc4FMmBoKLN/s1600/untitled3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2gGRaBPGfwhbt2CxuDdrDnMMRMCiV3gdNoRvjsotwuMlAOFJeW2tkzzaWGWWWfYl_W-ZOAZuDC39-WLpZTiQi73JwNFH-TbNru6Z8ZoiNh3KrSneaV38sy-_OuWVsjw1e6Gc4FMmBoKLN/s320/untitled3.png" width="320" /></a></div><div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">A wonderful example of how very simple decorations can be used to make a Red Kite Yurt look absolutely stunning!</span></div><br />
Here's what the bride said:<br />
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<div>''The yurt was seriously AMAZING at our wedding! We couldn't believe how brilliantly it turned out - we really couldn't have asked for more from Red Kite Yurts! Thank you so so much for making our day extra special and for your stunning yurt which was a talking point all day and night''<br />
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Check out our website for more pictures and information <a href="http://www.redkiteyurts.com/index.htm">http://www.redkiteyurts.com/index.htm</a></div></div>Red Kite yurtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373094231341473226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906822404133634617.post-38690966400035516332011-06-15T00:59:00.000-07:002011-12-07T04:51:31.782-08:00Yurt wedding on the West Coast of Scotland<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Just had to share this photo - absolutely stunning decoration in one of our Yurts two weeks ago for a wedding.<br />
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And a little testimonial from the bride:<br />
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<blockquote><em><span style="background-color: white; color: #20124d;">Just wanted to say a huge thank-you for your spectacular yurt. Having it there really made our wedding, everyone thought it was very beautiful and it gave us a focal point for the day. I'm so glad we found you guys and managed not to have a sterile white box wedding marquee - that would have really jarred with my artistic sensibilities!!!</span></em></blockquote><div>Feel free to contact us for more information - <a href="mailto:nathan@redkiteyurts.com">nathan@redkiteyurts.com</a></div>Red Kite yurtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373094231341473226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906822404133634617.post-4667869885217272712011-06-09T12:44:00.000-07:002011-06-09T12:44:34.397-07:00Red Kite Yurts at The Royal Highland Show, Edinburgh<a href="http://www.redkiteyurts.com/">Red Kite Yurts</a> will be attending the Royal Highland Show this year for the first time. I have never been, but really looking forward to it. We will be there with (at least) one Yurt and will be available to chat about our Yurts and what we do.<br />
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What happens at the show?<br />
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In their own words; <em>"We’ve been trying to capture what people love most about the Show and haven’t managed it!</em><br />
<em>That's because no one single thing makes it special. What does is that it offers an eclectic mix of the expected and unexpected that keeps the thousands who flock here each year coming back year after year.</em><em><br />
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<em>For those who think it’s just cows and combine harvesters, then what can we say? Be prepared for an experience like no other. We guarantee that if you come you'll be back year after year.</em><br />
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You can find the show website by clicking <a href="http://www.royalhighlandshow.org/">this link</a>. <br />
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SHOW DATES<br />
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23-26 June 2011<br />
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2011 SHOW TICKETS<br />
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SHOW JUDGING PROGRAMME<br />
<a href="http://www.royalhighlandshow.org/images/uploads/Livestock%20Showing.pdf">Download</a> the 2011 judging schedule nowRed Kite yurtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373094231341473226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906822404133634617.post-5651231542671445662011-05-22T18:14:00.000-07:002011-05-22T18:14:57.334-07:00Red Kite Yurts: Knochongorroch Festival - Red kite Yurts providing Accommodation<a href="http://redkiteyurts.blogspot.com/2011/05/knochongorroch-festival-red-kite-yurts.html">Red Kite Yurts: Knochongorroch Festival - Red kite Yurts providing Accommodation</a>Red Kite yurtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373094231341473226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906822404133634617.post-2583925247894076942011-05-22T18:07:00.000-07:002011-05-22T18:16:09.575-07:00Knockengorroch Festival - Red kite Yurts providing Accommodation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYswvOEPilvIXJqbftVHkzzoCjRl3kUJF9YHI6yXV0HDysLykMJsH8_WlhYK_yy6zRTW9BFEqceE5pyR638BSql-5-Ml81h65vhgmndzoHpoSdAwPNiMrdgyN4vwxo9k4nR0qQ2XsZsct/s1600/Knockongorroch+2011..jpg" /></div><br />
<a href="http://www.redkiteyurts.com/">Red Kite Yurts</a> will be providing luxury camping accommodation at <a href="http://www.knockengorroch.org.uk/">Knockengorroch Festival</a> this year. For the very reasonable sum of £375 you and up to five friends can stay in comfort at the festival in one of our beautifully hand crafted Yurts.<br />
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A typical Yurt will be 16 feet diameter and will accommodate up to five people. We will be providing a vinyl ground sheet and basic carpets in the Yurts, though no stoves I am afraid.<br />
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There are a small number of other sizes (both larger and smaller) so I am sure that we can provide something that is comfortable and within budgett.<br />
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If you are going to the festival and want to speak to someone about booking please contact Nathan on <a href="mailto:nathan@redkiteyurts.com">nathan@redkiteyurts.com</a> or call us directly on 01877 330 943. We would be very happy to speak to you.Red Kite yurtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373094231341473226noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906822404133634617.post-85413325438776139672011-05-18T16:46:00.000-07:002011-05-22T17:54:49.842-07:00Red Kite Yurts - The new Wedding & Event Venue SensationThe Launch of Red Kite Yurts new 'Barn yurt' for weddings and events. We strive to create sensational spaces as an interesting, hand made, green alternative to traditional marquees. We have increasingly been providing hand crafted Yurts for the wedding, events and festival space as well as for glamping on prestigious campsites and at hotels. Please feel free to contact us for more information, to book or to see where you can meet up with us and see our Yurts in action at a wedding or event near you.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outside view of 'Barn yurt' - A great Wedding & Events space</td></tr>
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Red Kite Yurts have just finnished construction of their most ambitious project to date - the hand crafting of an elongated Yurt, specically designed with weddings and large events in mind. This was no mean feat as the structure of a traditional round Yurt is dependant on the tension band holding up the walls and that in turn holding up the rafters and crown.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">We have already constructed a 42 foot diameter Yurt with double crown, but customers were still calling for a bigger structure to accommodate larger weddings of up to 250 people. It was not feasible to simply continue building outwards so we looked at the possibilities of building lengthways instead. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">In order to construct this Yurt we had to entirely re-design the frame-work to enable the walls to stand straight without the tension band and to ensure that the rafters and elongated crown stayed in their correct position. This could only be achieved by putting supports down the centre of the Yurt so that instead of pushing outwards on the walls (normally held in place by the tension band) the weight of the roof structure put downward pressure on the walls.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The result is a fantastic structure with a high vaulted roof and all the charachteristics of a Yurt, while enabling us to realise a bigger structure without simply building in ever increasing circumferences.</div> <br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The 'Barn Yurt' went up for its first wedding last weekend and was a raoring success with the ceilidgh going on well into the night.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">140 guests enjoyed the wedding banquet seated around six foot diameter tables which were cleared to allow room for dancing the night away.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Where can you see the brand new wedding 'Barn Yurt' in action? </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><ul><li>May 16 - May 20 - Falkland Estate for a wedding (viewings by appointment only)</li>
<li>June 9 - June 14 - Doune the Rabbit Hole Festival in Doune, Perthshire</li>
<li>End of September - Callander Jazz Festival </li>
</ul></div><div>If you would like to learn more about <a href="http://www.redkiteyurts.com/">Red Kite Yurts</a> please feel free to contact Nathan on <a href="mailto:nathan@redkiteyurts.com">nathan@redkiteyurts.com</a>.</div>Red Kite yurtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373094231341473226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906822404133634617.post-36026409074325891112011-01-31T12:08:00.000-08:002011-12-21T05:00:59.097-08:00Welcome<div style="text-align: left;">Dear all,<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Thank you for taking the time to visit the official <a href="http://www.redkiteyurts.com/">Red Kite Yurts</a> blog. Paul and Nathan welcome you to browse and leave comments. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">Red Kite Yurts was started 10 years ago by Paul Millard who has had a life long interest in the culture and way of life of the nomadic peoples of Central Asia. Starting out with just one yurt which he hired to friends and families for parties and celebrations. Word of Paul's story quickly spread and the business has gone from strength to strength and now boasts a large selection of yurts ranging from 8 foot to 42 foot in diametre.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">The list of uses for our yurts is endless but here are just a few of our most popular...</div><ul><li><div style="text-align: left;">Wedding, Events, Festivals etc</div></li>
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</ul><ul><div style="text-align: left;"></div></ul><div style="text-align: left;">Paul also runs regular Yurt Building Classes at his workshop in Callander during which he shares his many years of knowledge and practical experience with keen yurt builders who often go on to build their own yurts. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">For more information on Red Kite Yurts please visit our website <a href="http://www.redkiteyurts.com/">www.redkiteyurts.com</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">We hope you enjoy our Blog and we look forward to hearing from you</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Red Kite yurtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373094231341473226noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906822404133634617.post-38719865618035099162011-01-30T11:30:00.000-08:002011-01-31T10:28:37.209-08:00Red Kite Yurts first Open Day<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Setting up a 42 foot diameter Yurt is not a task to be triffled with. In fine weather a hardy team of four can do it in a day, but taking on this task mid-winter was always going to be an ambitious endeavour. </div><a name='more'></a> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ground sheet down, large crown up!</td></tr>
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Having planned to go ahead with our first open day before Christmas 2010 the worst December weather to hit the UK for decades descended with temperatures dropping as low as -22 in some parts of the country and snow making travel all but impossible. Yurt outings were being cancelled and we only just managed to errect a 24 foot Yurt between blizarsd at the <a href="http://www.bridgeinn.com/">Bridge Inn</a>. The only option, with more snow and arctic conditions predicted, was to postpone until the new year.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> </div> <br />
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</tbody></table><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Planning again kicked into gear at the start of January and before long we had secured the services of a raft of local companies to help us make the most of the erection. Andrew from <a href="http://www.kiltpin.co.uk/">KiltPin</a>, Vows Awards winners, offered grooms-wear, <a href="http://alison%20kirk%20bridalif%20you%20enjoyed%20your%20experience%20at%20alison%20kirk%20bridal%20please%20click%20on%20the%20link%20...%20alison%20kirk%20bridal%20are%20delighted%20to%20announce%20that%20we%20have%20been%20nominated%20.../">Alison Kirk</a> steped up with bridal wear, <a href="http://www.kingdomphotos.co.uk/">Kindom Photos</a> who also organise the <a href="http://www.stirlingweddingshow.co.uk/">Stirling Wedding Show</a> got on board for photography, <a href="http://www.mossflowers.com/">Moss Flowers</a> pledged floral displays, <a href="http://www.touchestate.co.uk/">Touch House</a> provide a stunning venue for the event and <a href="http://www.jaggysnake.com/">Jaggy Snake Productions</a> were secured as official videographers for a day. Our first taste of PR proper also resulted in a degree of media interest. with the Scotsman, The Scottish Herald, The Gaurdian, The Stirling Observer and The Stirling Eye all showing interest in the event.</div></div></div> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">End of day one - the Frame stands majestic!</td></tr>
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">January 22nd arrived. Weather reports suggested mixed luck, with showers likely over the next few days. Walter from <a href="http://www.inshriachhouse.com/">Inshcriach House</a> arrived the previous evening to assist and by the end of day one we had set up the entire Yurt frame.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Day two broke with none of the predicted showers and by mid-day much of the canvas cover had been wrestled onto the massive double crowned Yurt and by dusk the largest yurt in Scotland was complete. Utterly exhausted from two days of intense labour shifting over a ton of Yurt we just needed to ensure that the Yurt was properly prepared for the cameras.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div> <br />
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</tbody></table>After all the hard work of erecting this monster it was a pure joy to be able to spend a day dressing the Yurt for the cameras. Equipped with a full quotation of tables, chairs, table cloths, lilies, rugs, drapes, wall hangings and the like we set to work. The results, which we loved are below. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The photographers working with our bride in the chill out space</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: small;">What we wanted to demonstrate is the space in the Yurt. It is not an easy space to capture on film as a result of the round shape which makes the Yurt look much smaller than it really is.</span></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table>We set out seven tables in one half of the Yurt. Given that there was plenty of space around each table and that each table seats ten people we are able to demonstrate that the Yurt could comfortably accommodate 150 for a wedding banquet.<br />
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