Hey folks, it's back into the better weather so I'm back on this website.

I just found this link while browsing a local caravan parks' website that I think may interest one or two people and probably annoy a whole lot more and probably start another mini-war like we had last year on this forum!

http://www.thepod.info/index.htm

Sinky

Hello again, For anybody that is interested in these and would like better pictures I've managed to source and upload much bigger versions of the pictures from the above site.

I've placed these on my own site and they can be seen here:

http://www.scot-land.co.uk/podpark.html

Regards,
Sinky

Interesting. However, I suspect that building restrictions and laws would preclude the use of this in many locales. The trick, I suspect, is to find something that is better than a tent, and yet not so "solid" as to be classified as a "dwelling," which would be outlawed in many remote, nature-preserve type locations throughout the world. Oftentimes, one is allowed to legally "camp" on land one isn't allowed to build a "dwelling" or "residence" on. Such places typically allow "camping" for up to 3 months a year. My impression is that yurts are a little too complex and expensive for such comparatively short stays. I wonder whatever happened to the "platform tents" of my youth. These were essentially old-fashioned "wall" tents placed on wooden decks so you weren't down in the mud. Seems perfect for Lochaber Highland Estates, IMHO.

i liked them there pritty cool i dont see how there would be concidered a dwelling as theres no bathroom or cooking space built in so would be classed similar to a summer house or animal observatory perhaps i think if looked at as such it would be productive to have a few well placed for ppl to come and admire the highlands and animals

The Pods look cool I wonder how much they would set you back for one of them lol.
Dont know if you would be allowed to put em on your plot though. If you could perhaps a restriction to 1 or 2 pods per 1000 sqft plot maybe if they were ever to be allowed.
They may be a bit expencive for the short term stay that you are legally alowd to camp on your woodland plot, but would make it easy to store essentual kit for your short visits to your plot. storage of maintanance equipment for your plot maybe a use too.

Im sure if we were allowed such things on our plots Lochaber Highland Estates would be selling us these as added extras lol, but as they are not then I guess they are not allowed lol. Oh well you can dream Scot Land. We will just have to make do with our canvas tents lol.

''The pod - continental camping hut'' ha that made me laugh

They look pretty cool, they are eight feet wide by nine feet long (2.43m by 2.74m) I don't think they would be too happy if Lochaber was full of these pods in a few years.

thanks for the link though!

i think plot owners wont get them allowed but a couple here and there for fishing and over looking the view animal spotting and photography the sort of things that would draw in some extra visitors to get the funds for more trees and such ive not visited yet its abit remote for me cant drive and no shouffer hahaha
but a small rental fee for a night or 2 camping from the pics it looks like a few plots are on slopes and not suited to tents or others to small or dense with young trees and being lairds/lord/ladies a more suited comfort for our standing than a meer tent hehe would be a nice addition perhaps and as there solid but small and tasteful also gives a longer visitor season being as how your not so worried about windy wet scotish weather near the ends and beginnings of the season as you would in a tent how much they cost though is the big question? there seems to be some time in putting together so on a cost basis i doubt its really in the budget realistically pitty though

Elmer wrote:''The pod - continental camping hut'' ha that made me laugh

They look pretty cool, they are eight feet wide by nine feet long (2.43m by 2.74m) I don't think they would be too happy if Lochaber was full of these pods in a few years.

thanks for the link though!

I dont think they would be that visible to visitors to Lochaber as most of the 1000ft plots are well hidden within lairds wood and not visible from the main road and the larger plots 1/4 to 1/2 acre plots are large enough to put them out of sight.

Also a restriction on how many per plot were allowed would have to be imposed to stop people over crowding the wood land with shelters.

Though I think they look well suitable for use in the woodland environment I am very doubt full they would be allowed to be built in larids wood.

Lord John wrote:

Elmer wrote:''The pod - continental camping hut'' ha that made me laugh

They look pretty cool, they are eight feet wide by nine feet long (2.43m by 2.74m) I don't think they would be too happy if Lochaber was full of these pods in a few years.

thanks for the link though!

Though I think they look well suitable for use in the woodland environment I am very doubt full they would be allowed to be built in larids wood.

I agree they look suitable for the usi in woodland. Perhaps one of the Admins can help us out here with the question whether they'd be allowed to be built in lairds wood or on plots in general..

HI, I don't know. I dont know if they would need planning permission. At the end of the day, if you own the land its nothing to do with us. But maybe check with the Highland council first about them. The other thing is how would you get them to the plot? Its only a footpath, you cant take a vehicle in with it and you cant carry it!

Hi everyone,
Have you tried googling Geodesic Dome?. These structures can be constructed from conduit tubing, PVC, cardboard, paper, etc. The paper and cardboard ones would be interesting as they could be temporary cabins then recycled back into the compost heap. A combined effort by all our Lords and Ladies, we could make a big Geodesic Dome and grow our own Amazon forest beside our woodlands. LoL.

I think the perfect answer would be a "platform tent." That is, a tent up on a raised deck, rather than on the ground, in the mud. After all, the tents, sleeping cots, camping stoves, have all been perfected. The last challenge is to come up with some kind of portable deck that could be easily transported and which would keep the campers high and dry. People are working on it, but no one has quite come up with the perfect solution. See this one: http://www.outdoorlife.com/articles/jos ... e-platform