# Kate and Alan Burrows and their 'Mud Hut' ... I built something similar in Wales in the 80s.

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**Created:** [December 16, 2017, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-and-alan-burrows-and-their-mud-hut-i-built-something-similar-in-wales-in-the-80s/804606 "2017-12-16T03:47:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![SeniorCitizen007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@SeniorCitizen007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeniorCitizen007)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-and-alan-burrows-and-their-mud-hut-i-built-something-similar-in-wales-in-the-80s/804606/1 "2017-12-16T03:47:53Z")

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> **[Devon mud hut pair reject Travelodge offer](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-42366685)**
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> Kate and Alan Burrows built their home in north Devon from tree trunks covered with mud and straw.

In 1984 my wife and I moved into a caravan on a farm in Wales. The farmer allowed me to clear a large area of turves so as to create a garden. I used the turves to build something similar to what the Burrows have done. Fallen trees from nearby woodland were used to construct a roof, which was then covered with turves. The door was a double thickness wood from an old barn door. We used it as a bedroom … where we could have an absolutely peaceful and totally refreshing sleep. My wife suffered frrom a neurological condition that made her hypersensitive to a wide range of stimuli.

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**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-and-alan-burrows-and-their-mud-hut-i-built-something-similar-in-wales-in-the-80s/804606/2 "2017-12-16T06:30:35Z")

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They sound somewhat batty, but harmless, and I love to read about British people doing ancient British things Britishly. More power to them.

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**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-and-alan-burrows-and-their-mud-hut-i-built-something-similar-in-wales-in-the-80s/804606/3 "2017-12-16T08:04:40Z")

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And I love that their name is Burrows and they live in a burrow! That they burrowed!

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-and-alan-burrows-and-their-mud-hut-i-built-something-similar-in-wales-in-the-80s/804606/4 "2017-12-16T12:54:04Z")

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> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#):
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> And I love that their name is Burrows and they live in a burrow!

Take a moment to remember poor Thomas and Sadie Snakepit…