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"I had been (and still am) an organic vegetable box coordinator for some
years. One day about six years ago, I rang the Soil Association to ask if
they had any information about places to stay where organic produce was
used in the meals offered to guests. I thought they might have a list of
accommodation that they could put in the post. They didn't, and that set me
thinking. After some research, I concluded that either nobody was offering
organic food or, more realistically, that nobody thought it was relevant to
put it in their 'blurb'.
"I realised that maybe I could start putting the organic places I had found
onto a website. With the help of someone who had done a bit of work for my
husband, and by taking in students from the local ballet college to fund my
idea, I started to put the website together.
Unfortunately my helper had never set up a website before ,so I would say
to him that I would like this or that, and just hope he could figure out a
way to do it, which he always did. This is the reason the website has a
rather 'rustic' look, and doesn't look like any other website!
I had such a mental block about learning new things that I didn't start
using the Internet for about a year. Once I got the hang of it however, it
was like opening Pandora's Box. I found organic places all over the world,
and after a couple of years had printed off so many places (well over a
thousand), that I eventually realised I was never going to have time to
contact them all regarding being listed on the site. I concentrated on the
places I had found in the UK and Ireland.
Although more and more people are using the Internet to source holiday
accommodation, I know from running the website that they often want to have
a hard copy of the information as well, which is why I have compiled
Organic Places to Stay.
I still get a buzz out of finding a new 'organic' place to stay. I love
contacting people and telling them about what I'm doing and finding that
they are happy to know that someone has gone to the trouble of putting all
these like-minded people together on a website. It's also fascinating to be
contacted by people, from countries all over the world, asking if their
accommodation can be listed on the site."
Linda is married with three grown up children and has lived in Guiseley,
West Yorkshire all her life.
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