October 2023
Yoga and Massage Weekend
- Date:
- Fri 6 – Sun 8 October
- Price:
- £198 (Veranda Room)
£216 (House Room or Garden Cabin) - with…
- Mary Mcinerney and Mary Maguire
This weekend is suitable for beginners and more experienced practitioners of yoga. The classes will focus on postures to improve flexibility, strength, and balance in the Iyengar style.
The weekend will also include sessions on giving and receiving a relaxing and toning massage, covering different areas of the body.
On Saturday there will be an early morning Pranayama (breath control) class, then following breakfast, a one and a half hour asana (postures) class, and a massage class. After lunch the options are to relax at the farm, use the super rustic sauna, or go on a led walk in the local area. In the late afternoon there is a restorative asana session, and a massage class.
In the evening there will be either a guided meditation, or foot baths, or time for a sauna, or to relax around the wood burning stove, or campfire.
On Sunday morning, the programme will be the same as Saturday’s, with a late lunch. Departures during the afternoon, from about 2.30 pm.
Group size: up to about 12.
Booking has closed for this event
2023 Yoga Weekends: Yoga and Massage 31 March–2 April, Yoga and Walking 21–23 July, Yoga and Massage 25–28 August, Yoga and Massage 6–8 October,
Mushrooms Memories 
- Date:
- Fri 13 – Sun 15 October
- Price:
- £198 (Veranda Room)
£216 (House Room)
Children & young people (2-25 yrs) £75 - with…
- Jean Binney and Martin Hawes
In the woods, on the downs, and in the fields of north Wiltshire, over 100 different species of mushrooms and toadstools have been found on our previous courses.
Fungi are neither plants, nor animals. Whatever you like to call them – mushrooms, toadstools, truffles, champignons, or boletes - they belong to the fungal kingdom. Britain boasts more than 4,000 different species, including those that are edible, poisonous, beautiful, bizarre, or just plain hallucinogenic!
On this weekend, we shall explore fungal habitats, learn how to identify the big, the bad, and the edible ones while discovering their innumerable medicinal and culinary uses; the latter tested by way of fantastic fry-ups.
All this and slide shows too!
Allow the miracles of mycelia and the fables of fungi both to instruct and delight you. They will and they do!
We will use proceeds from this weekend to make a donation to the Dr Patricks Harding Education Fund.
Booking has closed for this event
Autumn Family Weekend
- Date:
- Fri 27 – Sun 29 October
- Price:
- Adult £198
Child 2–21 yrs £105 - with…
- Mary Maguire, Vicky Hirsch and farm residents
As the season turns and nights draw in, we mark the change by getting together to spark our creativity. We’ll carve and hollow pumpkins and fill them with light; decorate small lanterns to shine brightly and drive away the darkness; make marzipan skeletons; experiment and play with drawing, painting, and print to produce mixed media artworks; and light fires and make fire sculptures to remind us of the sun.
A weekend for all ages to get together and be imaginative, and have fun, in autumn!
The weekend begins on Friday evening and finishes after lunch on the Sunday.
Booking has closed for this event