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CABIN HOLIDAY WITH KIDS ACTIVITIES & PERMACULTURE LEARNING

Escape to nature -- your cosy cabin awaits on the Isle of Skye.
Looking for a magical, meaningful holiday the whole family will remember?

Tucked away in the wild beauty of Rubha Phoil, our cosy cabin offers more than just a place to stay -- it’s a chance to slow down, reconnect with nature, and become part of something regenerative.

• Perfect for couples, solo travellers, or families with children
• Surrounded by forest, sea cliffs, and wildlife
• Evenings spent around the bonfire, under the stars, sharing stories and toasted marshmallows

THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A RETREAT -- IT’S AN INVITATION TO ENGAGE.
Guests are welcome to learn about permaculture, get involved with the land, and experience the rhythms of life in a regenerative community. From tending to the gardens to helping with daily tasks, your stay becomes part of the living system here.

CHILDREN ARE WARMLY WELCOMED
With nature-based activities, wild play, and space to explore safely.
All staff working with children are PVG checked, so you can feel confident and safe.

Whether you're dreaming of peaceful forest walks, stunning sea views, or getting your hands in the soil as you learn and contribute, this is your chance to reconnect with what matters.

Now taking bookings for spring and summer holidays.

Limited spaces available -- book early to avoid missing out.

To honour Brigid and the festival of Imbolc, we’re offering a 10% discount on 2026 holiday bookings as a small celebration of returning light, renewal, and new beginnings. Imbolc marks the turning of the season, when winter starts to loosen its grip and the first signs of spring appear. The discount is valid until February 2nd -- just use code “Imbolc” at checkout.

BOOK HERE:
https://www.rubhaphoil.org/your-holiday

#RubhaPhoil #IsleOfSkye #Skye #EcoCommunity #Permaculture #NatureConnection #FamilyTravel #SustainableLiving #Rewilding #IslandLife #SlowLiving

Our sea has such a profound influence on our connection to our Island of Rubha Phoil on Skye.
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• We share our sea with whales, dolphins, seals, otters and dozens and dozens of beautiful species of birds
• The wildlife under the surface of the sea too is super rich.

Our sea is among some of the main things we love and depend on as an Island culture.

Now imagine there was huge volumes of traffic being shipped in and out through these waters.

• Ecosystems will be disrupted
• Wildlife would decrease
• Pollution would increase

The things that make our Island such an attractive location are the very things that will be destroyed as a result.

We need to come together and create a network.

A network that can create a more sustainable model where…
• Culture
• Heritage
• Community
• Wildlife
are all at the forefront of our tourism industry

‌Join our the network. Connect with us.

#Permaculture #RegenerativeCulture #NatureConnection #RubhaPhoil #Slowtourism

Can you imagine changing the ferry in this view for a 2000 passenger cruise ship?

Well this is planned for Armadale ferry on Skye!

But what does this mean for our communities and ecosystems?
• More tourists shipped in and out just for a quick selfie
• More air pollution, noise pollution & sea pollution
• More demand for short term lets

And this leads to…
• Less interest in the culture of our island
• Less balance in our ecosystems
• Higher property prices, working age people priced out of our community!

And this is just scratching the surface!

Yes we want tourism!

Its one of the biggest opportunities we have as an Island economy in such a beautiful location.

But at what cost?
• The cost of our communities?
• The cost of our ecosystems?
• The cost of our culture?

These are the very things that make our island so desirable in the first place!

To not put our communities, ecosystems, and culture first, we risk loosing it all.

Lest restructure how tourism works on the Island!

Join our facebook group to create a network of slow tourism

📸 Sustainable Tourism 🙌 Stronger Communities 🌐 Skye Community Network
Want to help us on our mission to strengthen our communities?
#Permaculture #RegenerativeCulture #NatureConnection #RubhaPhoil #Slowtourism
https://www.facebook.com/groups/700785318763900

Knowledge of the history of the land is important!

Rubha Phoil has been inhabited by people, likely, for many thousands of year. We can see traces they left behind the landscape.

We can learn so much from them. How they harvested water, how much fitter they were than modern humans, where they build their shelters, how much they were connected with the sea...

We also need to be aware that due to the history of Rubha Phoil, the Rock belongs to the community.

That is why the ownership structure is slowly changing.

If you want to be part owner of Rubha Phoil, you can register on our Virtual Village and help us transfer ownership to you

🌲 Rubha Phoil, a Place that Inspires Wellbeing and Change
🐦A Place that’s in Harmony with Nature
🔗A Place of Reconnection
👉 Do you want to visit Rubha Phoil? 👉 Do you want to join the community? 👉 Have an idea you would like to share?

Contact us 💬

For more information, check out the link in the comments, visit our profile or visit our website.

#Permaculture #RegenerativeCulture #NatureConnection #RubhaPhoil #Slowtourism

www.rubhaphoil.org/join-our-virtual-village
Buy your own little piece of Rubha Phoil here
https://earth-ways.com/projects/transferring-ownership/

We received a nice message from a young woman that came to stay with us for a month during her travels around Europe.
It warmed our hearts!
” I wanted to thank you once more for opening Rubha Phoil to me and letting partake in the magic. A few months later and I still think that, that was my most transformative place (on my travels). I would love to hear from you!
Greetings from Portugal this time.”
🌲 Rubha Phoil, a Place that Inspires Wellbeing and Change
🐦A Place that’s in Harmony with Nature
🔗A Place of Reconnection
👉 Do you want to visit Rubha Phoil?
👉 Do you want to join the community?
👉 Have an idea you would like to share?

Contact us 💬

For more information, check out our profile and visit our website.
#Permaculture #RegenerativeCulture #NatureConnection #RubhaPhoil #Slowtourism

Nature is its own recycling centre

Our Ecosystems work in cycles

A big part of connecting with nature is being able to tap into these cycles.

To work with the cycles of nature...

Not against them.

So we have installed a hydroponic system in the polytunnel.

Using plants, bacteria and clay pebbles as a natural filtration system, our garden produces fish and vegetables on autopilot. No more need to farm fish or salmon in the sea. It can be done on land without causing pollution.

It's funny how nature seems to provide the best solutions. How adding simple technology in harmony with nature, can add so much value for humans too.

🌲 Rubha Phoil, a Place that Inspires Wellbeing and Change
🐦A Place that’s in Harmony with Nature
🔗A Place of Reconnection
👉 Do you want to visit Rubha Phoil?
👉 Do you want to join the community?
👉 Have an idea you would like to share? Please feel welcome to contact us 💬

For more information, check out our profile and visit our website.

#permaculture #natureconnection #rubhaphoil #slowtourism #RegenerativeCulture

https://youtu.be/CRoX1w_pAmI

I live in the forest and I get a better connection than most!

No I am not talking about connection to the Internet.

I am talking about connection to the Earth 🌎

The most sacred connection with the Earth we have is through our food.

Yet...

We have completely lost this.

Connection to the soil
Connection to the plants
Connection to the insects

We are all intricately connected

bacteria is our gut
bacteria in the soil

They are exactly the same because we are part of the same interconnected system.

That's why food production is a big part of our connecting culture on Rubha Phoil.

We want to promote a healthier, more sustainable way of living.

A life where we are connected to the foods we eat again.

Contact us and host your wellbeing retreats on Rubha Phoil 🍃

🌲 A Place that Inspires Wellbeing and Change 🐦A Place that’s in Harmony with Nature
🔗A Place of Reconnection

👉 Are you looking for a base for your business? 👉 Have an idea you would like to share with me? Send us a 💬

#permaculture #natureconnection #rubhaphoil

When I was 30 I went to live in the forest.

'Normal' life is not for me.
‘Normal life’ equals being lived not being alive.

I no longer wanted to be a cog in the wheel of a machine that was destroying everything.

I decided to be part of the solution, no longer part of the problem.

It took me a few years to build up the courage to take the final steps:
- to quit my job
- sell my car
- cancel my home and contracts
- give everything away that no longer served me.

My journey of discovery of what the solution is, started when I arrived in a forest on the West Coast of Scotland.

I fell in love with that forest and made a wish I could live there.

Two years later I gained permission of the owner of that forest.

I am eternally grateful for that forest for all that it taught me.

🌲 Rubha Phoil. a Place that Inspires Wellbeing and Change
🐦A Place that’s in Harmony with Nature
🔗A Place of Reconnection

👉 Want to run your retreats on Rubha Phoil?
👉 Looking for a home for your business?
👉 Have an idea you would like to share?

Contact us 📝
'OR'
Click the ‘more’ button at the top of our company page and send us a message 💬

#permaculture #natureconnection #rubhaphoil

Do you want to own a piece of Rubha Phoil AND be involved in deciding it's future?
If so, please click to learn more and please share widely!
#RubhaRocks #RubhaPhoil #SustainableTourism #SlowTourism #Permaculture #NatureConnection #IsleofSkye
https://rubhaphoil.org/rubha-rocks-crowdfunding/

Rubha Phoil hosted a 2 week #permaculture #natureconnection #creativewriting program recently. We had a great time.
Rabbit wrote this beautiful #poem from her #sitspot

Find out more about us: https://www.rubhaphooil.org
or support us https://www.earth-ways.com/projects/transferring-ownership

Our linktree is here: https://linktr.ee/rubhaphoil

#permaculture #isleofskye #communityliving #rubhaphoil #ecocommunity #sleat

https://youtube.com/shorts/vjfAGrM5HMA

Take a 30 second break from scrolling and watch this sunset.

#permaculture #isleofskye #communityliving #rubhaphoil #ecocommunity #sleat #natureconnection

This video of a Sunset at Rubha Phoil, Isle of Skye, lasts more than 1 hour. The perfect back drop for a quiet romantic dinner. Or just to relax at.
https://youtu.be/i-xxyGrIuic

If you want to own a piece of Rubha Phoil, click here: https://www.earth-ways.com/projects/transferring-ownership

Our linktree: https://linktr.ee/rubhaphoil

Why is understanding birdlanguage so important for a permaculture designer?
https://youtu.be/3PuA3zusw2Y
#isleofskye #rubhaphoil #regenerativeliving #natureconnection #permaculture #crofting #communityliving #decolonise #ecovillage #birdlanguage

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲-𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱❓

If so, we can provide the support and infrastructure you need to shape your dream into a reality. For those needing to relocate we can even offer housing.

Read more about us via the links in our profile.

https://youtu.be/EacIOKhE-JY
#rubhaphoil #regenerativeliving #socialenterprise #permaculture #IsleOfSkye #natureconnection

https://youtu.be/i6FYONphSjI
A day here at Rubha Phoil; a lot of connection (with human & non-human beings), creative writing, time observing the natural world, learnings about permaculture practices, & sharing time around the fire 🌀

Get involved & immersed in our community by visiting our linktree: https://linktr.ee/rubhaphoil
You can even buy a little piece of our Sacred Rock!

#permaculture #isleofskye #crofting #regenerativeagriculture #communityliving #rubhaphoil #ecocommunity #natureconnection

https://youtube.com/shorts/vtB8H5Wqcw0
A look into one of the ways we implement traditional #Gaelic wisdom in our permaculture practices here at Rubha Phoil. We celebrate the gifts of the local landscape & utilise seaweed to create rich & healthy compost to enrich our soil!

To get involved, learn or visit, join our Virtual Village: https://www.rubhaphoil.org/join-our-virtual-village

To buy a piece of Rubha Phoil: https://www.earth-ways.com/projects/transferring-ownership

#permaculture #isleofskye #crofting #regenerativeagriculture #rubhaphoil #natureconnection

https://youtu.be/EacIOKhE-JY

Rubha Phoil is for sale, one Rubha Rock at a time

Would you like to own a piece of Rubha Phoil and have a share in the decision making power?

Now is your chance!

Rubha Phoil are moving steadily towards transferring the ownership of Rubha Phoil from one man to you.

To the community where it belongs.

This is your chance to be part of that story.

To read more or to buy your piece, click here: https://www.earth-ways.com/projects/transferring-ownership
#rubhaphoil #isleofskye #permaculture

Phaeolus schweinitzii, velvet-top fungus, dyer's polypore, dyer's mazegill, or pine dye polypore. The only source of gold dye I know in nature. What a beauty. Shame that it is not such a good companion for the Larch tree. #fungi #RubhaPhoil #IsleOfSkye https://youtu.be/XKDlLtx7owE

It is pretty hard to regenerate land shared with deer.
Meet Charlie who is munching a young tree. Our wanna be resident Roe Deer who is teaching us patiently where the holes in our defences are. Who is teaching us tracking skills and is challenging us to explore all the unusual nooks and crannies of our Rock. #regenerativeliving #rubhaphoil #isleofskye #natureconnection

Here is an invitation to tune into a zoom call with Q&A with the team of Rubha Phoil
#RegenerativeCulture #IsleOfSkye #RubhaPhoil #Permaculture
https://www.earth-ways.co.uk/event/zoom/

Would you like to visit or join Rubha Phoil?

Fiona Boyd, our first Elder of our community, warmly invites you to join us when we reopen our Rock for visitors 19/03.

As nature is emerging out of winter, so too, will we open up again for the season.

To learn more, please click on the link below the video

Fiona Boyd, MA, CQSW, PGCHE, DipHyp.
Garden, Hypno and psycho therapist,
Trauma informed practitioner,
Registered Social Worker,

https://youtu.be/BVHVwgkc0kc
#RubhaPhoil #regenerativeCulture

Rubha Phoil is experimenting with creating a #RegenerativeCulture. It is a lot of fun to learn from indigenous peoples and trying to weave #permaculture design and technology into the mix.
With the ultimate goal to create a life of abundance for all living things. Seeing us humans as a beneficial integral part of what is going on, on this planet of ours.
Here is a blog post form our friend Tyler, who assembled our #aquaponics system.
#RubhaPhoil #Skye
https://tylerjdisney.com/blog/2022/8/29/aquaponics

Do you want to escape the rat race & live a healthier life?

#RubhaPhoil on #Skye is offering an opportunity to build your own eco home & be part of our #regenerativeculture community.

It's possible to live in a simple self made structure or caravan amongst the trees overlooking the sea.

Unusual offers invited!

The right people, the right skills is more important than money.

We'd love to discuss your idea's
#neurodivergent friendly #autistic
#permaculture
More info https://www.earth-ways.co.uk/plot-for-sale

#RubhaPhoil is a nature based #regenerativeculture community on the #IsleOfSkye.
We are experimenting with a culture that is based on regenerative cultural elements we learned from indigenous peoples from all over the world.
The results are amazing! Nature heals around us as well as inside us!
Maybe you'd even want to come and join us in 2023?

www.rubhaphoil.org/join-our-community
#Neurodivergent Friendly #Vegan #Permaculture #ActuallyAutistic #TraumaAware

https://youtu.be/Kr_KOmLNs04

#introduction
Hello Mastodon!
We are a small group of committed people creating a regenerative culture community on the Isle of Skye.
We are determined to decolonise our community culture. Healing our own and our collective trauma are an important part of that.
We use #natureconnection as our main pathway to healing our connection to ourselves, each other and our ecosystem.
#IsleOfSkye #RubhaPhoil #regenerativeCulture #MentalHealth

Feeling overwhelmed? Life too much to handle? Can you go for a walk in nature? If not, maybe this #Sunset recorded at #RubhaPhoil on the #IsleOfSkye hopefully may bring some peace in your life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-xxyGrIuic

@KaCi I recorded this #sunset from my home on #Rubhaphoil on the Isle of Skye. More than an hour long. No music, no sound. No distractions. I hope you'll like it: https://youtu.be/i-xxyGrIuic