As anticipated, I didn’t quite manage to keep my hands off my phone the entire weekend. Much as I love the intense nostalgia of rewinding a cassette, you forget just how dismal the sound is, like listening to music through a tin-can telephone, and so I turn to Spotify, my bluetooth speaker and Folklore for some appropriately woodlandy vibes.

However, I do switch off all my notifications, silencing Whatsapp and throwing a big green blanket over the constant noise of the news cycle. And knowing that I have a tendency to fill every bit of blank time by checking my socials (waiting for the kettle to boil, waiting for a bus, literally walking from one room to the next), I make a point of not doing any of that. Instead, I just sit. Listen to an owl hooting outside. Watch a sheep wandering about in a field on the other side of the valley. Notice how different the outdoors smells after a sudden downpour.

Ordinarily, I’d roll my eyes at anyone else talking like this, but all I can say is that it absolutely hits the spot. I spend the weekend feeling rested, unbothered, totally ignorant about every plant, bird and tree in my field of vision, but very pleased to be surrounded by them. When your to-do-list boils down to one very simple imperative - keep the fire going - then it’s hard to feel stressed by anything very much at all. That said, you absolutely will need to keep an eye on that fire, because truly, you have never seen hunger like a wood-burner wolfing down your hard-foraged kindling.

My stay lasts less than 48 hours, but the experience feels hugely restorative. Even though the cabin is only a few minutes walk from the road, the sense of immersion in nature is thoroughly convincing, and if you can be disciplined enough to shut your phone off for a couple of days, it’s a genuine chance to fully disconnect. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, overstimulated, or just over it full stop, it’s the break from reality you’ve been waiting for.

This new back-to-nature retreat is about to fulfil all your cabincore fantasies