FIRST BABY OF 2026
A firm favourite with our overnight visitors is the thrill of seeing and photographing the pine martens and badgers. Pine Marten View spot is has a direct line of view to the tree platform where the local pine martens can often be seen checking out the feeder boxes. On 06 June, Jigsaw (one of the females) brought a new kit for a first visit to the tree. You can see him/her peeking over from the right hand side of the platform. Pine marten babies are noisy and boisterous so the mums bring only one at a time to teach them how to forage and hunt.
For motorhomers and campervanners, we have our corner parking bay known as Badger's Holt, which overlooks a feeding station that's only metres away.
With these long summer days, members of the Clan MacBrock are often seen out foraging and climbing up onto this feeding platform, looking for peanuts or eggs. Being parked up for the night and seeing wild badgers this close is an absolute thrill for many and we love that we have made so many new friends (and gained a few support group members) from those of you who return to our little patch of peaceful wilderness each year, or even each month.
NEW FOR SUMMER 2026
The paddock side park-up has been introduced for those looking for a quiet stopover with views overlooking the herb paddock where the badgers frequent, which has now had a new pond installed.
In keeping with the rest of the project, we have included another of Harvey's Ecoarts sculptures - a lifesize heron. Today, the real heron swooped low over Frugaldom for a closer look but as luck would have it, I didn't even have my mobile on me to attempt photographing it.
This now gives us 3 dedicated and individually named campervan or motorhome park-ups suitable for wildlife fans and budding photographers. A search for Frugaldom online will bring up several wildlife photographers and YouTube channels. We have been featured in many videos and have even had short film and television crews out filming... Watch out for those over the coming months.
PRICING
Prices remain unchanged this year and are as follows:
Self-contained vehicles up to 7.5m - £15 for 1 night, £25 for 2 nights
Friends of Frugaldom membership - from £5 per month
Pony Partners - from £10 per month
Sanctuary Supporters - from £15 per month
Wildlife Watchers - from £25 per month
Happy Hutters - from £100 per month
Campervans, motorhomes and other vehicles adapted for sleeping are restricted to maximum length of 7.5m owing to the narrow roads, soft verges and sharp turns for access along our track. Maximum stay is 28 days (£75 per week) and we welcome enquiries from potential volunteers. Frugaldom is an entirely voluntary project, privately owned and receives no official funding. In true frugal fashion, we aim to be financially self-sustainable, operating as a social enterprise with every penny raised going into feeding the animals and running the project. We are totally off-grid with no services on site so very much a place where you bring all you need and leave no trace. We do have waste emptying and this can be used for service stops - £5 charge applies - but we don't have running water.
If you would like to find out more about supporting us, check out
Frugaldom on Ko-fi here. If you don't want to join us, you can simply leave a tip and consider adding a review to our pages on Google, Facebook, SearchforSites or Park4Night.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope you will visit, or return, soon. What3Words:///Photo.Regal.Fencing and please note that everyone on the 5 mile single track road between us and the A75 has the same DG80ET postcode so Sat Nav is not 100% reliable out here. Nor is mobile phone signal so please text or WhatsApp 07795 870688 rather than leave me a voice message as I can seldom retrieve them.
We are open all year round for overnight stops.
