It's always exciting starting a new venture and today is no different. For today we are going live with our new offer: reading retreats and walking holidays. These are perfect matches for our writing retreats (www.aplacetowrite.co.uk) and although they cater for a different market, all of our events now provide an opportunity for home-made comforts, personalised activities and access to a stunning landscape from our doorstep. The North Wales countryside is hopelessly under-rated as a place of...

This month sees the launch of the latest set of retreats on offer from Wendy and myself: reading retreats and walking retreats. It's been a busy time getting these together but it's wonderful to finally be able to get the word out and start building the kind of reputation for excellence which we have achieved with our existing Writing and Shakespeare retreats. The journey begins here! A drone's-eye view of our delightfully converted Stables block and upper garden On our reading retreats,...

One of the benefits of a summer retreat is the fine summer weather: walks at Rhug Estate or to the top of Caer Drewyn or Pen Y Pigyn are always a delight but the views are particularly spectacular at this time of year.