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Green Spaces Search Finds Old Leake's Eco-Lodge

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: Station Rd, Old Leake, United Kingdom, PE22 9RF
April 15, 2008 at 9:35 AM | by amandak | 0 Comments

The UK Times are spending the next few months gathering nominations from the public for their Green Spaces Travel awards: that is, the most environmentally friendly places to stay that have helped to change your attitude to be more green.

One of the first nominations to come in is for the Eco-Lodge in Old Leake, Lincolnshire. We've long been amazed by this place and its founder Andy Reynolds, who's come up with all kinds of creative solutions to keep the lodge as environmentally sound as possible, and who's not afraid to try to teach the rest of us a thing or two, at the same time.

As the nominating guest said, the Eco-Lodge is not the kind of place where they think they're green just because they suggest you shouldn't get your towels washed every day. Instead, you use homemade charcoal to cook homegrown veges and local organic meat. A shed full of old forklift batteries have been converted to store energy generated by a rusty old windmill Andy resurrected from scrap.

Eco-Lodge doesn't sound like the most comfortable place to stay, but it has to win some prize as one of the greenest. We'll be following the Times to see if a few more comfortable yet nearly-as-green places get nominated for the Green Spaces Travel awards.

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The Ultimate Eco-Lodge is Called Eco-Lodge

November 10, 2006 at 9:44 AM | by amandak | 0 Comments

There are eco-lodges and then there are eco-lodges. And then there are the most environmentally sound places to stay in the world. London's Times wrote up the straightforwardly-named Eco-Lodge this week, introducing us to possibilities for environmentally-friendly features that would never occur to the average accommodation provider.

The Eco-Lodge in the East Midlands of England is the brainchild of one Brit (and the product of a shot of funding from the European Union) whose motto is to "recycle the unrecyclable". This means, for example, that the windmill that provides the electricity to power the lights is actually made from junk metal. Rainwater is collected in a tank and when guests want to "download" some water to their own smaller tank for washing or flushing the toilet, it's a matter of pushing a button and holding it for a long five minutes. As the Times reviewer said, that teaches you not to use too much of it.

A stay at the Eco-Lodge is really only about relaxing and getting away from it all. Rates start at £160. 00 + £5 per person but be warned: there's no TV.

Related Stories:
· From Cabbages to a King of Eco Lodges [Times Online]