There’s a tiny hidden village in Wales where everyone lives in fairytale huts dotted around the woodland

The 100 or so folk of Tipi Valley in the wilds of west Wales don’t have rules except for that shoes must be left at the entrance of their huts, yurts, or tipis – a steep tent made from canvas and held up by poles in their centre. From the rocky country road leading to the nearby village of Cwmdu in Carmarthenshire it’s hard to pick out the village renowned for its tipis but where nowadays the majority of the residents live in tiny turf-roofed huts which blend into the green landscape perfectly, so much so I hadn’t known I’d arrived at Rik Mayes’ hut until it was pointed out to me from yards away.