Somebody was asking recently about writing retreats- here's an idyllic opportunity;

http://www.writewords.org.uk/jobs/view_opp.asp?oppid=2919&type_id=6&work_type_Id=3

I spent a residency up at Cove Park a few years back- it's just blissful, incomparably set just above a loch and sheep nibble your roof as it's made of grass. It would be heavenly to spend time there, and now the cubes are all self contained, nice and private too.

Here's another:

A Review of Talbot House, Germany

And a way of getting a free holiday there.

Colin M

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Oops, it isn't Germany. It's Belgium - near Ypres.

Anna, it looks heavenly. Oh, for a fortnight to spare!

Emma

I had my eye on this one for a while:

http://www.anamcararetreat.com/

JB