Coast & Camplight

12/10/2026

Coast & Camplight team meeting! At because all decisions are helped by a cold beverage.
Trying to prioritise our 500 ideas into which things we should do over the winter for next year. It's not easy!
Come on folks what do you think we need to do for next year? Suggestions very welcome!
Even found time to add a tiny pic of Olive to our table (drawing is allowed on the tables at the brewery - we're not thugs! 😆).
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09/10/2026

We need your help to plant a woodland! Many of you will know that every year we plant trees and add to this beautiful place, but if we're really going to do this on a bigger scale (and before we're too bloody old!) this year we've decided we need some help!
The brilliant folks from Yorkshire Wildlife Trust are providing us with native locally grown trees as part of the beach Esk project - what we need is a bit more manpower to help us achieve our aim of reinstating the woodland that once covered this windy hillside as well as creating wildlife corridors to join our woodland to neighbouring woods.
There are three dates, one of which is in half term if you want to bring the kids - Thursday 29th Oct, Wed 4th Nov and Thursday 5th Nov - if you'd like to come and plant a tree we'd love to have you. We'll make sure there's lots of tea and biscuits if you're up for lending a hand.
Link to find out more and to book (so we know how many people) in the bio.

03/10/2026

It is quite simply glorious in the fields this weekend. First thing this morning was cool and crisp but now its wall to wall sunshine.
It feels like a last gasp of summer before autumn properly kicks in and looks set to last into next weekend!
There is still some availability next weekend if you fancy joining us in the fields. Think sunny walks followed by evenings by the campfire and starry skies!
Link to book in the bio.

28/09/2026

Excited to see the lovely Colin Gibson on the news this morning talking about how barn owl chick numbers have exceeded expectations this year. Certainly did at our house - thinking our clutch of seven must have helped the average up from 3 to 3.7!

BBC News - Tees Valley barn owl chick numbers 'exceed expectations' - BBC News

Wildlife volunteers celebrate a bumper year after ringing 541 owlets, as compared to 270 in 2025.

27/09/2026

Some days this place really brings the magic, and last night was one of them.
Firelit Harvest Moon yoga with Happy Seal Yoga in the fields. We flowed as the sun set and the world turned golden. The barn owl swooped over head as we turned to face the setting sun.
As we turned to stillness for yoga nidra, we listened to the last of the bird song and the crackle of the fire as Helen guided us softly through a meditation.
After, we gathered round the firepit for teas and chat as the full moon rose.
There is magic in these fields, and some days I get to share it.
This one will live long in my memory.
Beautiful new firepit from FirepitsUK thanks for the photos Rowena Bellamy and Kat Walker
North York Moors National Park

25/09/2026

Oh my goodness would you look at this - we have a map!!
The very brilliant Savannah Storm has drawn us this incredible map of the site, and its absolutely perfect ❤️ would you look at my happy, giddy face 😆
I don't know how she's done it but the drawing of each camp just perfectly captures it. Zoom in and check out the detail, there's so much to look at. Olive and Lenny even make an appearance - can you spot them?
It will appear online shortly to help you decide which camp you might like to stay in, and in the carpark in real life so you can work out where you're going.
Super happy to have such a talented local artist make our map and the super helpful local printing company Don French Signs who made the physical sign up for us - we love it!

22/09/2026

Today is Mabon. The Autumn Equinox. The night and day are of equal length, in perfect balance.
Like those before us we light fires to chase away the dark.
It was a perfect still evening as the sun set on an unseasonably warm and sunny September day. The owl floated overhead hunting as we watched the flames lick and the sun slowly descend below the tree line. Our guests for this evening have really won the September weather lottery!
A perfect end of summer evening before we head to the darker, cooler and crisper days to come.
Mabon blessings to those who celebrate.

18/09/2026

"The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not." Erin Morgenstern.
In a corner of a field just outside Whitby, on the high ridge that catches the sunset, a Circus has appeared.
It seems it belongs to Noisy Norman, a cat of some notoriety.
This Circus is off-grid and surrounded by nature - a bell tent camp with a twist.
Your bed is super cosy with Egyptian cotton sheets and the thickest duvet we could find, but you share your tent with 'Jimmy' the vintage galloper. Your off-grid shower is piping hot with proper water pressure, but set in a hall of mirrors. Your composting loo is a coconut shy.
Your kitchen has a hob and a fridge and all the crockery and cutlery you could need, but the kitchen is a r***e range and you can hook a duck while you wash the pots.
Over the top eccentricity and whimsy as standard.
Bookings for Circus now available for 2027! Link in the bio. Or if you fancy being a Circus tester there are just 2 weeks left to try it for this year! Make the most of the last of sunny September.
PS scroll across to see the real Noisy Norman!

13/09/2026

Jumping on this 80s trend but as we're actually that old and I'm not using AI - here we actually are in the 80s!
I love this picture of Ed - like a premonition of the future. This is the field above where we're currently building Circus, with his tiny tent, a cow (?) and a can of top deck shandy. Circa 1983 maybe? Not much has changed 😆
And here's me from a similar time with my lovely Mum, a very cute Rowena Bellamy and my Grandpa. With my beads, doing some kind of 80s posing by the look of me!
Anyway, thought that might amuse your Sunday mornings!