We are pleased to announce that we will soon be resuming residential retreats, most likely from June onwards. Keep an eye on the website for the retreat programme which will be published there when it is ready.
The primary reason for the long suspension of the retreat programme has been due to Covid. Even when it began to be possible to once again hold retreats there were difficulties in arranging them because of the Covid precautions which still needed to be taken. Another issue has been difficulties and delays in the works to prepare Shawbottom for holding retreats.
Besides discovering problems with the buildings at Shawbottom, which required extra work, the principal reason for delays in completion of the works is that the building contractors worked far too slowly during the latter part of 2020 and the whole of 2021, and then they went into liquidation just before Christmas 2021. For the last three months I have been employing and supervising subcontractors directly and the work is now approaching completion. Virtually all the outstanding work should be completed in the next 2-3 weeks, though one job may be delayed into May if April weather is not favourable.
We look forward to welcoming you back on retreat very soon. The local wildlife are also looking out for your arrival at Shawbottom, as this photo from yesterday afternoon illustrates.
