Glamping Hen Party

I got married nearly three years ago and we had a 'green' or 'eco' wedding. Neither of us wanted a 'big white wedding', it's never something I'd aspired to have, so aiming to have a wedding that had as little environmental impact really suited us. More on the wedding itself in another post, this is all about the hen party... a green wedding called for a green hen party.

Location was the first thing to consider. I didn't want anyone to have to travel too far so I chose somewhere quite close by, although when we were there it felt like we'd travelled a million miles. We went to Jollydays Luxury Camping (now called Jollydays Glamping) near York http://www.jollydaysglamping.co.uk/ 

The tents are AMAZING! It felt really luxurious and so peaceful - as if there is a roll top bath in a tent! We took our own food and had cooked breakfasts and BBQs as well as plenty of wine (not for breakfast!). There isn't electricity in the tents but you can charge your phone in the reception tent and straighten your hair for the GHD addicts.

To keep everyone amused during the day a textile artist joined us and we together made a patchwork quilt. Each of us made a square (or more than a square if they could sew quickly). We incorporated mine and Paul's names and my Mum and Auntie added a little bit of their wedding dresses and there is a little bit of the lace from my dress too. Hatty was away for my hen party so when she came home she also added a square which had the date of our wedding on. The artist (Leanne Pearce) took all the squares away and made them into a hanging which hung behind Paul and I as we made our vows on our wedding day - an amazing piece of collective art that I will treasure forever.

Sneaky peak at our wedding (see patchwork on the left)

If Yorkshire is a bit far for you I can also recommend these Tipis in the Lake District - http://www.4windslakelandtipis.co.uk/ but there are Glamping sites all over the UK, in fact 'glamping' has even made it into the Oxford Dictionary.

Emily x