Weekend Walking Retreats in Dartmoor National Park
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“Connecting with nature, slowing down and such yummy food! A wonderful weekend, and so beautifully guided by Sophia. I left with such peace inside me.”
Carin Carber - Stockholm, Sweden
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A gentle and nourishing break from the hustle-bustle of daily life in the unique and enchanting landscape of Dartmoor National Park. Nurture yourself with a weekend of fresh air, gentle exercise, delicious home-cooked food, cosy fires - and inspiring company.
You will learn about wild food and experience your natural surroundings in a new and exciting way - through your senses, the arts and the elements. Nature awareness techniques will help you to relax in your body and mind - becoming less of a threat to the wildlife around you.
A chance to slow down. Stop - and reflect on the delicate interconnected relationship of everything that is a part of our world, you will have the time and space to reconnect with nature – to remember we are a part of nature.
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“Enabling me to share a most unique weekend with some wonderful people in a place of outstanding natural beauty. Wyldheart took me to a place of tranquility, offered me an ancestoral connection, and an understanding of the land and all its inhabitants.”
Pippa Griffin - Dartmouth, Devon
Walking Journeys are held regularly throughout the year.
See "Events" for upcoming dates, and for news of other events and retreats.
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Corporate and Group Bookings: Bespoke weekends for mixed or single sex groups are available by arrangement.
Accommodation - A comfortable, cosy camping barn.
Walks – a reasonable level of fitness is required for the weekends.
- may be up to 8 miles and on uneven ground with various gradients.
*Walks will vary according to seasons, weather conditions
- and the needs and requirements of the group*
Food – Delicious, fresh and home cooked. Local organic and wild food will be used as much as possible
- according to seasonal availability.
Cost - £190 - see “Events” for details.
Outline of a typical weekend :
Friday evening - gathering at 5pm for a warm welcome by the wood burning stove.
Enjoying a hearty meal of fresh, seasonal, local organic produce.
Group introductions and outline for the weekend.
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Saturday - early rise.
Gentle stretching
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Satisfying breakfast.
All day walking - exploring nature and self - creating art in the landscape.
Picnic lunch.
Return to basecamp for rest time.
Evening Feast :
- wild "bush tucker" (according to seasonal availability) and organic produce.
Sharing stories, music, poems around the fire.
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Sunday - start again with gentle stretching.
Breakfast.
A short walk - stopping for lunch on the trail.
Wyldheart ceremony.
Back to camp.
Tea and close - departing mid-afternoon.
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This ground and this earth,
like brother and mother.
We come from earth, bones.
We go to earth, ashes.
Bill Neidjie