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2007 - Lower Bakesdown Farm is purchased. The fields have been over-grazed by horses, so are in a bad state and all the hedges are cut short and square. Mark starts tree planting; thickening hedges and reinstating orchards. This has continued ever since.

2009 - Simply Camping opens, advertised by a sign off the Widemouth road. Just two couples stay that first year!

2010 - Simply Camping is advertised online and things start to happen.

2011 - Exclusive Camping opens.

2012 - Great Meadow Yurt opens.

2016 - Great Orchard Cabin is built.

2019 - Great Meadow Yurt is sold and the site becomes Exclusive Too. Originally a temporary pitch whilst we decided what to build next, but so popular that it becomes the long term plan.

2020 - The first spring with no guests in over a decade. This covid-enforced opportunity is used to get all the pitches in tip top shape.

2022 - Bakesdown Farm qualifies for Mid Tier Countryside Stewardship; providing funding for rewilded areas and lots of new wildlife boxes.

2024 - Simply Camping closes. This reduces water and electricity outputs by removing the flush toilet and electric shower.

2025 - Gatekeeper opens on the field previously used for Simply Camping. Now all pitches are exclusive spaces, and all are off-grid. All pitches are now named after butterflies commonly seen there: Exclusive Camping = Brimstone, Exclusive Too = Speckled wood.