Mushroom Retreat 2023

7th to 9th November 2024

Mushrooms for wellbeing.

So we've been up on the moors looking for edible agaricus, colourful waxcaps and "interesting species" and now you would like to experience them in a beautiful, safe environment? Then come to the retreat, 2 nights at the tail end of the Autumn foraging season in a beautiful secluded location on the Lancashire West Pennine moors. The focal point is an octagonal roundhouse building with a spacious lounge and shared kitchen heated by a wood burner. Out at the front is a patio with a fire pit and a wood fired hot tub and sauna.

The idea is that we meet and greet and relax and unwind on day 1. Day 2 will start with yoga with Sadie and a walk accross the moors. With a bit of luck the mushrooms we are most interested in will still be growing. We will return to base and experience them. My intention is to introduce you to this side of foraging so that you will feel confident in your future journeys.

email for details and a chat

Retreat activities

Thursday afternoon/evening

Arrive from 2pm, meet and greet at 4. A chance to get to know each other and share our thoughts and feelings and reasons for coming.

I will present some ideas that have come from recent studies and we can share our thoughts and experiences and discuss our hopes and expectations of the weekend.

Friday

We will start the day with yoga with Sadie, followed by breakfast and a walk over the moors. We will return for lunch and a chance to relax before we reconvene late afternoon for our journey.

Friday Evening

Exploration evening. You will have a host (Sadie) and a guide (Colin) who will guide you and accompany you through the evening.

Saturday Morning

Communal breakfast and share our experiences of the weekend. A chance to plan for your future journeys.
We will leave the venue at 2pm.

Hopsitality

Food that will be provided will be vegan but not gluten free. Please discuss any food needs and preferences with so that I can make sure you are accommodated. Drinks. I will share some of my home distilled gins with you and there will be tea and coffee and soya, oat and cows milk available, if you want other beverages please bring them along. We will discuss alcohol use during the weekend on Friday night.

Accommodation and sleeping arrangements are mixed with some private double beds and some single bunks. If you have a campervan and prefer to sleep in that please discuss with me.

TICKETS

There are 8 places for this event.

The cost of the retreat is £250 per person. This include food and, of course, a few of my wild gin samples!

The hot tub and sauna are charged at an extra flat rate of £200 to be shared between the group. This will be arranged in the group chat.