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Handmade Living Article
Handmade Living article. If you fancy reading a little more about our Fleece to Felt weeks have a look at this article, which was in last months Handmade Living magazine.
May Relaxation Retreat, Special offer!
£50 off per person Wild Rose Escapes Spring Relaxation Retreat We have a couple places available on our spring relaxation retreat if you feel like escaping in May. The retreat is running from May 18th-25th and is based at Polmaily steading; beautiful accommodation in a stunning area. We have glen Affric and loch Ness on our doorstep and [...]
Our first hen weekend of the year
Last weekend we ran our first Hen Party of the year for a group of 7, from all over Britain, some flew, some came by train and others drove. We picked half the group up from Inverness and met the rest at their accommodation for the weekend, Kerrow House. I had prepared and left supper for them [...]
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Also tagged Alternative Hen weekends, Cougie trekking centre, felted, Felting, fleece, hen do, hen party, hen weekend, Inverness, Kerrow House, Mongolian Ger, pony trek, Struy Inn, wall hanging, wilderness, Yurt
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Spring Relaxation Retreat
After a busy winter I can’t believe we are edging closer to spring, the last few weeks have been absolutely beautiful up here, two weeks of sunshine in February quite wonderful! Alex and I are now getting ready for the coming season. Our weekend and day courses start in April and our first Relaxation Retreat is [...]
Good to be home
Christmas is over and the new year is here. We are back at Higher Crochail after nearly a month away. It is lovely to be home. We were lucky enough to have various sheep sitters looking after our girls. The most shocking thing about our return, was a gift from our resident Pine Marten. She [...]
Winter Newsletter 2012
As Autumn gives way to winter up here we have started to get organised for the months ahead. Alex has been busy building up our log stack, we have taken down and dried out the Ger that we had up over the summer and we have picked as many berries as we could find. Unfortunately, [...]
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Also tagged Alternative Hen Parties, cookery, Felt Making weekend, Felting, ger, Hen Parties, Highlands, mongolian, Natural dyeing, natural dyeing weekend, pine martens, Prehistoric cookery, Relaxation Retreat, retreats, Rowan berries, sloes, Spring Relaxation Retreat, Struy Inn, Tourism Awards, wild swimming
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Autumn Retreats
The very first snow arrived today, marking the end of our Summer and Autumn season. We ended with our September and October relaxation retreats, both were lovely weeks that Joany and I enjoyed running. We met some great people, who had lots of interesting and inspiring stories to tell. The weeks combined morning yoga, walking, [...]
Fleece to Felt Week
Mongolian style felt-making We have just finished our fleece to felt week for this year. We had an excellent group of people and a lovely week. We had a great dyeing session making nearly 30 shades of colour, we visited Nathalie on her farm, where we saw her beautiful Shetland sheep, we also had a [...]
The Guardian Review
It is here! Our review in the Guardian, or you can click on this link Relaxation Retreat. More information about our relaxation retreats is here. Scotland for the soul: a relaxation retreat in the Highlands A new relaxation retreat in northern Scotland strips life back to the simple pleasures of being creative in one of the [...]
New! yoga & walking retreat
This May, we are running a new week. Our yoga and walking week combines a little bit of everything. We are taking elements of our Naturally Wild week and some from our Autumnal Relaxation Retreat and creating something really special for the spring. Our Spring Relaxation Week combines, morning yoga with afternoon walks to beautiful [...]
Posted in Relaxation retreats
Also tagged craft day, Loch Ness, relax, Relaxation Retreat, revitalise, unwind, Yoga, yoga & walking retreat, yoga and walking week
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