Join the Wilderness Foundation UK and Top Left Corner for a week of creative renewal in a place of wild and transformative beauty.

This week long event at Glencanisp Lodge (nr. Lochinver, Scotland) is an exploration of the transformative power of nature, landscape and sense of place through creative writing and gentle outdoor experiences.   The week will help participants to renew and deepen their creativity and to re-awaken their sense of self, by immersing in the glorious environment of Assynt and the north-west Highlands of Scotland.

The workshop is for anyone who likes to write or has aspirations to write about their deeper connection to self and nature, and anyone who is interested in the transformational power of nature.  Participants will be guided through a range of creative activities set in the natural surrounds of Glencanisp Lodge.  Writing exercises, games, quiet times and sharing will combine with activities in the outdoors that are designed to evoke a closer connection to nature and a deeper sense of self.  The workshop will deliver at a relaxed pace, with opportunities to respond spontaneously to weather events and wildlife sightings.  Assynt has been inhabited (if sparsely) for thousands of years, and a key aspect of the week will be to explore how people and landscape can be mutually enriching and to feel ourselves as creative elements of the natural world.

The facilitators for this workshop are our own Nick Ray and author and poet Mandy Haggith.  Workshop duration is 5:00 p.m. Saturday 30th October 2010 to 10:00 a.m. Saturday 6th November 2010.

Workshop Fees

Residential: £750 per person

Non-residential: £550 per person

For further information on this wonderful opportunity click here to download the course brochure or to book your place, please contact Mandy Haggith – Top Left Corner, 95 Achmelvish, Lochinver IV27 4JB.   Phone 01571 844020 or email tlc@topleftcorner.org

We do hope you can join us.