Hunt_the_Shunt, The Yurt looks like ìt was great fun, all of your photos look great
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Perfect place for some shots. Looks like it was super fun. 
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Many thanks @quillurion So nice to have Naomie as passenger. This Tipi has featured in The Times (a UK newspaper) Top 20 Glamping Sites.
Many thanks @DollDoll. I was lucky with the weather. The Yurt was outstanding, I’d highly recommend to anyone to go. It is a genuine Mongolian Yurt from Mongolia (someone went to Mongolia and realized there was a business selling Yurts back home.) Technically it is a Ger (Yurt is a Russian word.)
Many thanks @Rocksmith. Very photogenic locations. So nice to be in natural light and beyond the 4 walls of home 
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Thu-20-Aug: The Tipi 2) Inside the Tipi
I had a terrible first night’s sleep in the Tipi. Something loud and buzzing entered the Tipi. It was flying around for much of the night, bashing into the sides of the Tipi, sometimes sounding very close. Do I get out of bed, turn the lights on and fight it, and potentially attract more bugs from outside!? Or hunker under the duvet and hope it goes!? I did the latter. It must have gone eventually.
Fortunately night turned into day, and I helped Naomie out of bed in order to take some photos to show how fantastic this Tipi is.
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Thu-20-Aug: The Tipi 4) Breakfast
We had breakfast. I was getting toothache, not sure if it was down to the oranges or the fudge I’d had the other day. Naomie doesn’t eat much but she enjoyed her breakfast.
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Thu-20-Aug: The Tipi 5) What Next?
This is where my lack of sleep started to catch up with me. Also the toothache that was troubling me. And general exhaustion. Naomie - always positive - suggested a few things, I got distracted by her body … And then Naomie suggested we have a cup of tea. Tiredness makes you stupid, I couldn’t work out the gas hob, thought it wasn’t working, decided that was the final nail in the coffin - “f##k, can’t even have a bl##dy cup of tea, we’re going home to get a good nights sleep!” The thought of another unbearable night in the Tipi was too much to bear, I’d hit my breaking point. So we would do a quick farewell tour to the camp.
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Thu-20-Aug: The Tipi 6) Premature Farewell Tour
Energized by my decision to go home after just 1 night of the 3 night booking, I set about taking photos of some of the other features of the camp, not sure if I’d ever be back.
Here you see the outdoor toilet, outdoor shower, and looking back, see the exposed back of the Tipi (is this where my bug menace entered the Tipi!?).
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Thu-20-Aug: The Tipi 7) Early Goodbye
After just 1 night of the 3 night booking, we’re off. Naomie waves goodbye to the camp. Will we be back ever again!?
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Ouch. Sad you had to leave there so soon. It’s really great spot.
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Wow, what a nice holiday trip with many many beautiful pictures. 
I traveled with dolls multiple times, including two holiday trips so far. I love it. Nice that you explored it too.
Someone got addicted. 
Sad to read that you did not get comfortable in the tipi. I hope that this will not stop you from doing holiday trips with dolls again.
About driving with a doll on the passenger seat vs. neighbors. The first time I left the home with a doll I had the doll hidden, drove to a lonely parking spot somewhere out of the town and got Mara on the passenger seat.
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Sorry to read that bugs haunted your sleep. Too bad the Tipi looks like a great location. Naomie looks like she enjoyed it. But your wellbeing is more important.
Glad to hear you liked it enough to plan the next vacations with Naomie. This is very fun and addicting.
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Hunt_the_Shunt, those are some very fun photos, thanks for sharing
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These are all such amazing photos! What a great opportunity for a variety of shots, my favourite by far… the bathtub. The contrast between her skin and the white tub and bath is exquisite. 
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Thank you @quillurion
Fortunately I was only 90 minutes away so easy to return.
Thank you @Tsall
I didn’t know what to expect. Turned out epic. Going back to work was so hard, my mind was elsewhere.
Thank you @poppy70
Very addictive indeed. And so many great places to go.
Thank you @DollDoll
I would say this is definitely the most fun holiday I’ve had in a long time.
Thank you @Star88
I loved having Naomie in the bath tub too. She has the hard silicone feet so I wasn’t worried about water getting to the skeleton.
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Fri-21-Aug: The Tipi 8) Going and Coming
We left on the 20th thinking we’d never be back to the Tipi (I am seriously thinking I need to find venues with a human sized door and a Tipi is perhaps a bit too much nature for me.)
Before falling to sleep on the 20th - in my own bed - I’d had an email from the owners of the Tipi saying that using the camp fire was now allowed (it had been prohibited because of England’s unusually dry summer and fire risk.)
I had a good nights sleep, woke up and decided to return and do a few things I’d wanted to do but not got around to. For a long time I’ve thought “people don’t regret the things they do, as much as they regret the things they don’t do” and missing out on an opportunity for one more night in the Tipi seemed stupid. Fortunately, the Tipi is only about 90 minutes drive from where I live.
So, I roused Naomie from the bed (here she is with her friends Aanya and Loona), and bundled her into the car again.
Here you see how I pack my car. I have to bundle Naomie’s body into the back like a carpet. The white furniture boxes are because Naomie has quite stiff hips and you need a stiff surface to bend her on. Her head is in one white furniture box, some blankets in another. I also have a few other bags and boxes in the car. The trolley (there is a long handle the other side) is used to cart luggage from Tipi parking spot to the camp.
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Fri-21-Aug: The Tipi 9) Return to the Camp
After 1 night away, we returned. Naomie says welcome back.
Some of the path into the camp.
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Fri-21-Aug: The Tipi 10) Cupcakes
To celebrate our return to the camp (and that I now understand how the gas hob works), we have cupcakes and tea.
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Fri-21-Aug: The Tipi 11) The Hot Tub
They have a hot tub which is a cold tub currently since not allowed to light the fire to heat the water up. Naomie didn’t fancy going into a cold tub.
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