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Miller's Huts Dorset (John's Hut)
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Miller's Huts Dorset (John's Hut)

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Do you need to escape? To a place with fresh air, no crowds and space? With hosts hands off during your stay? Enjoy life's simple pleasures in John's Hut, with millpond views, at an organic stoneground flour mill. Situated near Shaftesbury, famed for Gold Hill and that Hovis ad, it's an idyllic spot for cosy contentment. Wrap yourself in a blanket, enjoy a glass of wine by the campfire and a good book. Or take walks over Fontmell Down and enjoy the far-reaching views. ***STRICTLY NO PARTIES*** ***NO DISPOSABLE BBQS ON THE GRASS*** Miller's Hut OR John's Hut (OR booked together to sleep 4) will be available at any one time. We request a 10am prompt checkout to allow for airing/cleaning/site preparation. For more pictures of the hut, take a look at: Insta: millershutsdorset -------- Around the millpond to John's Hut, sitting in its own private paddock. This is the larger of our two characterful glamping accommodations (17ft x 6ft). This snug hut has a comfortable small double bed with a supportive mattress and is dressed in pretty pink cotton ticking from Toast, with an all season hypoallergenic duvet made from 100% grade A long-fibre Mulberry silk. The blue Hungarian dresser has cupboard essentials for making tea and coffee. Two buckets of firewood for the firepit as well as a basket of wood for the Salamander stove inside the hut are provided to get you started. (There is a £5 per bucket charge thereafter.) The stove will keep you toasty warm ... in the mornings throw open the door and watch the ducks on the millpond. Later, sit at the pine table overlooking the chestnut tree with a pot of tea and a board game taken from the wooden box.  There is a tripod grill for you to use over the firepit. Why not sizzle some sausages and enjoy a glass of wine whilst chasing stars under our exceptionally dark night skies! Under the hut is a 'belly box' are a couple of fold up chairs and under the bed you will find with blankets, cushions and a soft broom for use inside the hut. Through the gate and under the trees is a table and chairs overlooking the small island in the millpond as well as a relaxing hammock chair and hammock. During the warmer months there is an old French day bed (just one bottom at a time please as it's old!), that is dressed with an old French ticking mattress, cushions and rugs and is a great spot to curl up with a book. We ask that all soft furnishings are put overnight or before you go out if it looks like it's going to rain. FIELD KITCHEN We're sure our hutters will love our field kitchen ~ quirky with a wonderful patina. Totally transformed from a lambing shed to a very rustic but dry area for our hutters, with a table and chairs as well as an area to prepare food. In the evenings eat by candlelight beneath the twinkling fairy lights. You will find the field kitchen equipped with crockery, small fridge, two stove gas hob, hob kettle, toaster and further cooking equipment/utensils, as well as store cupboard essentials such as tea, coffee, sugar, oil and salt & pepper. Washing up available here too, though you'll have to boil the kettle! Pure spring water for drinking and cooking is in the 8L Kilner glass water dispenser and there's a tap in the mill yard (again pure spring water). A breakfast basket of homemade bread (made with our organic flour of course!), muesli, organic jam/marmalade, butter, stewed fruit (sometimes from our garden!), Greek yoghurt, juice and ground coffee (Lavazza Oro) is provided to enjoy at leisure. Alternatively if you have time, we can provide you with a basket of locally sourced goodies to cook over the fire. Our baskets contain: a loaf of homemade bread (made with Stoate's stoneground flour, milled here), butter, jam, milk, apple juice, locally sourced sausages (x 4) and bacon (x 6 rashers), half a dozen eggs from our chickens, tomatoes and a can of baked beans. The cost is £25 and will feed two people. Please let me know at the time of booking whether you would like this option and I can send a request for money via Airbnb. (I also hear that Compton Abbas Airfield, just up the road, also does a great cooked breakfast!) A couple of minutes from the hut and situated in the mill yard is a bright and clean washroom with a flushing loo and hot shower. A hairdryer and bath towels are provided for your stay. These facilities are shared with Miller's Hut guests if the two huts are booked together. STAR GAZING: We tend to look at landscape as everything up to the horizon, but what about what's above it? We are situated on the edge of Cranborne Chase AONB, an exceptionally tranquil, deeply rural area, where we have access to some of the darkest skies in the whole country. Gazing skyward you can enjoy hundreds of spectacular constellations. With 80% of UK residents living under light polluted skies, we see thousands of stars overhead compared with a handful seen from towns and cities. From July to Christmas, you can enjoy the Milky Way in all its glory; in the winter star clusters, and in the spring planets and galaxies.  You can be a novice with a casual interest or a professional to uncover the secrets of the universe. The AONB recently gained international recognition for its dark skies and is designated an 'International Dark Sky Reserve'. If you enjoy night walking, our dark skies are also good for nocturnal wildlife, owls and moths. The important stuff~ Check in: after 4pm Check out: 10am  We suggest that you bring heavy boots if it's soggy under foot and a head torch (we do provide torch). There is an awning under which you can hang wet coats and leave wellies, hiking boots etc. The hut is well lit and has an exterior light by the door. Our home is an old property and she can be a little quirky at times! If you find something isn't working properly please shout out and we can give her a gentle nudge. Please don't wait until you get home as we want you to have a lovely and restful stay. -------------------------- OPTIONAL EXTRAS: WOOD BUNDLE £5 Should you require extra, wood bundles for the fire pit and Salamander stove are £5/bucket each. (We respectfully ask that you don't use wood specially cut for the stove in the firepit.) KENNEL: £15 PER STAY (not per dog) Space for two quiet dogs, only dogs please who can be controlled around livestock. The outside kennel is by the main house, I'm afraid we can't allow dogs in the hut. Enjoy some Miller's Huts Dorset R&R! The hut and immediate environs are for your use. The Field Kitchen with fridge and washing up facilities. The loo and shower room are located off the mill yard and are for your private use. You cannot access the millpond. We like to let you enjoy the hut and surrounds without our intrusion. If we are not around it is self check-in, details are in the hut about where to find everything and also instructions about using the Salamander stove. I have created a little book of knowledge suggesting places to eat. We live in the mill house so please feel free to come and find us should you require help at any time. My husband's family have been milling since eighteen-thirty-two and his father started out on his own at Cann Mills in nineteen-forty-seven. Cann Mills was recorded in the Domesday Book and one of five mills within a mile on the River Sturkel, a tributary to the River Stour. We produce organic stoneground flour using French Burr millstones primarily driven by a late 19th Century iron waterwheel that is fed by the millpond. We are situated on the borders of Dorset, Wiltshire and Somerset and have access to many historical places. Bath, Longleat, Salisbury, Stonehenge, Brownsea Island, the Isle of Purbeck, Thomas Hardy country and the Jurassic Coast are all within easy reach to explore, as are the beaches at Bournemouth, Sandbanks and Studland. Local National Trust properties include Kingston Lacey, Lytes Carey and Stourhead. There are plenty of traditional pubs in the area, the Chalke Valley has many country pubs with beer gardens and good bar menus. Of course there are many gastro pubs too; including the King John at Tollard Royal, the Museum at Farnham, The Fontmell at Fontmell Magna and Donhead St Andrew's popular Forester Inn. There is lots of lovely walking in the area. Why not enjoy an invigorating walk over Fontmell Down which has far-reaching views across the Blackmore Vale and a pint at The Fontmell, Fontmell Magna. The open chalk grassland of the lower slopes is covered in wildflowers in the spring and summer months and famous for its wild orchids. We have compiled a folder of local knowledge for your use and we have local maps that you can borrow. If you want to get out and about to see beautiful Dorset, a car is recommended. We have had people to stay who have taken a taxi from Gillingham station (15 minutes away) or Tisbury station (20 minutes away) who have been happy to enjoy quiet days by the millpond with a book. It is possible to walk across the fields and up the lane to Shaftesbury, a hilltop saxon town. You arrive at the foot of the famous Gold Hill for the final climb and are rewarded with glorious views of Blackmore Vale. Why not stop at the 'Salt Cellar', perched at the top, for refreshment! Please note: If you require a taxi to attend an event, I highly recommend that you book one in advance as it's virtually impossible to find one spontaneously. ***STRICTLY NO PARTIES*** ***NO DISPOSABLE BBQS ON THE GRASS*** Unfortunately the hut isn't suitable for children or babies. We are close to the A350. John's Hut is in a paddock near a small mill cottage. There are occasionally people in residence (it is not rented out to the public). We have been careful and thoughtful with the orientation of the hut and hurdles have been placed in the paddock to provide privacy screening.

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