Delivery of Glentress Wigwams

Wigwams Holidays has just come to the Scottish Borders, teaming up with Glen Tress Forest Lodges to give you Glentress Wigwams
Set in Beautiful Peeblesshire, Glentress is the home to the biggest mountain bike centre in the UK. part of the forestry commissions internationally recognised 7stanes mountain bike network. Nestled on the banks of the river tweed Glentress comprises some seven and a half thousand acres of forest including twenty five miles of forest walks/orienteering and fifty miles of purpose built mountain bike tracks catering from beginners blue runs to daredevil black runs.
The proprietor of Glentress wigwams Mr Ian Ritchie first encountered our unique all timber wigwams in March 2003 after reading an article in the “Scottish Farmer”. Born and bred on his small borders sheep farm Ian and his wife Jill already ran a kennels and livery, but felt that they needed further diversification. “I just knew as soon as I heard about them that these were exactly what I was looking for” says Mr Ritchie.

Fold down sleeping platforms inside the wigwam	Unloading the wigwams

Six years later his dream has finally become a reality with the delivery of the first ten of his twenty four all new wooden wigwams in August. Mr Ritchie found working All Round Buildings a pleasure,” they were particularly helpful and attentive to detail and delivered on price and on schedule …..wigwam holidays offered valuable assistance with all sorts of practical details including help drawing up our business plan and marketing”.

Glentress Wigwams

The Glentress wigwams feature innovative additions to our highly popular designs, more bend giving even more space increased insulation levels, four inches as standard throughout. The generous over hang at the front of the cabins offers a sheltered porch, light spacious and cosy the wigwams will revolutionise the mountain bike experience.
Glentress wigwams has something for everyone, situated close to the beautiful market towns of Innerleithen and Peebles, it boasts a wealth of visitor attractions including the historic Traquair House and Dawyck Botanic Garden local golf fishing rambling and only thirty minutes drive from Edinburgh this is yet another jewel in the wigwam crown.

Ian Ritchie inspects his new sign

Glentress Wigwams opening december 2009

Go wild, Go Wigwam, Go Glentress.
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