Somewhere quiet enough to hear yourself think.
For people who are not burnt out, exactly, but cannot remember the last time they finished a thought without being interrupted.
Five places left for November. The next retreat is in March.
Four days, somewhere quiet, with nothing you have to do.
No deposit and no commitment until a retreat is confirmed.
12–15 November · shared and private rooms
4–7 March · shared and private rooms
22–25 April · private rooms only
A place is held for seven days once you ask for it. Nothing is charged until the retreat is confirmed.
A house that asks nothing of you.
Worn armchairs, a fireplace that is actually lit, and a long table laid for whoever comes down. You are not on a programme here.
guests per retreat
days, start to finish
things you must attend
“I slept. That was the whole of the first day, and nobody minded.”
Closer than it sounds.
Self-drive, one road in
Eighteen people a time, for six years.
I came expecting to be made to share something. Nobody asked me a single question I did not want to answer.
The timetable is real but you are genuinely allowed to ignore it. I ignored most of it and it was the best four days of my year.
I slept for most of the first day. On the second I finished a thought. That sounds small and it was not.
No phone amnesty, no circle, no journalling you have to read out. Just a house, a fire, and eighteen people being quiet together.
Booked it as a last resort and have been back twice since. The food alone would be worth the train.
I have done the silent ones and the intense ones. This is the only one I have recommended to someone I actually like.
Mostly people who booked it as a last resort.
No two retreats have the same room in them. These are people who came, said yes to being named, and came back.
“Nobody asked me a single question I did not want to answer.”
“I ignored most of the timetable and it was the best four days of my year.”
“On the second day I finished a thought. That sounds small and it was not.”
“Just a house, a fire, and eighteen people being quiet together.”
“The food alone would be worth the train.”
“The only one I have recommended to someone I actually like.”
Your four days
A timetable you are free to ignore, written down so you know what you are ignoring.
Arrive from three. Tea, a room, and no obligation to appear again until dinner if you would rather not.
The longest day and the emptiest. A walk if you want one, the fire if you do not, and a proper lunch either way.
The one session most people do turn up to. Ninety minutes, no sharing circle, and you may leave at any point.
A slow breakfast, a last walk, and lifts to the station through the afternoon. Nobody is rushed out.