Winter Gathering Programme

A weekend of warmth, vision and shared fire

Winter Gathering is part of the wider Campfire ethos — where local sparks create global light. We come together not just to retreat, but to reconnect: with ourselves, with each other, and with the deeper fire that moves through community. 

This is a space to vision, to listen, to sing, to rest — and to leave carrying embers back into the wider world.

TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE

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Friday from 16:00. We arrive slowly.

Sauna steam rising into winter air.
Boots on frosty ground.
Tea in hand.
Hugs, reconnections, quiet conversations.

As evening falls, we eat together.
Later, the circle opens —
song, dance, stories, whatever wants to emerge.

On Saturday morning, we gather intentionally.
We ask:

What do we want from this weekend?
What do we carry?
What resources live in each of us — and between us?

Trailblazing new directions

Lighting Beacons for connectivity?

We map the unseen.
We draw new maps.
We vision-board futures not yet fully formed.

There is embodiment.
Sound.
Stillness.
Fire.

There is space —
to swim, to walk, to rest, to sauna, to sweat, to feel, to speak.

And at night, the energy lifts again:
live music, campfire songs, rhythm, movement.

On Sunday, we turn inward once more.
Writing.
Listening.
Sharing.

And before we leave, we ask:

Where does this spark travel next?
What smoke signals do we send out into the wider world?

We depart softer.
Clearer.

Connected.


A few things we ask you to bring with you:

Yoga mat/blanket/pillow
Trunks / swimming costume for sauna / pool 
Your own snacks  ( we provide lunch and dinner and self-service breakfast in the Pavilion consisting of eggs, bread, butter, yoghurt, fruit, coffee and teas - see below)
Journal/notebooks/pens/paper
Alcohol/soft drinks for the evening
Wellies/walking boots/mac


And here is our suggested menu
Menu from our wonderful cook Juliet Maclay: 

Biscuits and tea/coffee on arrival. 

Friday night dinner: A chicken and vegetarian tagine with couscous and a green vegetable with sourcream

Breakfasts: Fresh juice for Saturday and Sunday breakfast and eggs available if people order them. Fresh plain yoghurt and honey and fruit, sourdough bread from Angel Bakery, Abergavenny and butter available too. 

For Saturday lunch: Vegetarian Thai soup with flatbreads, a selection of salads and Spanish omelette. 

Saturday dinner Spiced tomato and roast pepper crumble, Sicilian sausages, rice with saffron and whole spices, dal with fresh coconut chutney. Greens.

Sunday lunch: Mexican feast: tortillas with hot refried beans, a meat and vegetarian filling, guacamole and all the trimmings. 

Tea/coffee and biscuits for the road from 4pm

Do you have any dietary requirements?
or if you have any health or taste-critical issues or preferences that you’d prefer to supply your own ingredients for, please let us know
before Wednesday next week <fran@coachingforwellbeing.co.uk>

We will provide a range of milks plus sweetener and honey

Here is the programme draft


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