The Scottish Wild Geese sangha warmly invite you to join us at a weekend retreat for existing facilitators, and sangha members interested in facilitating or helping facilitate, Friday 7th to Sunday lunchtime 8th September 2013, guided by Murray Corke, COI Dharmachyara.
Retreat Costs
£127 WITH A DEPOSIT (non-returnable) of £50. Full amount due by 1st August 2013
We have tried to keep costs to a minimum. If you can afford to, please give more to help make it accessible to others. Bursary places are available. To apply complete section on your booking form.
Venue: St Mary’s Kinnoull Monastery, Hatton Road, PERTH, PH2 7BP
The venue is a tranquil nineteenth century gothic building with lovely gardens. All accommodation is single rooms with shared bathrooms. Towels, soap, hairdryers etc are supplied. Whilst Kinnoull Monastery is an international, multi-cultural, ecumenical place many Christian icons are around. It offers the ideal environment, spacious and peaceful surroundings step out of busy, everyday lives. Further details on their website:
http://www.kinnoullmonastery.co.uk/
If you have particular dietary needs beyond vegetarian then please contact them directly on 01738 624075 or info@kinnoullmonastery.co.uk and with notice they will do their best to help you.
Registration will start around 5pm, followed by a simple evening meal of soup at 7pm. The retreat will come to a close at 2pm on Sunday. Rooms need to be vacated by 10am.
Please bring your own sitting stool/blanket, mats etc. There will be some mats etc. available and supplied if you are unable to provide your own, chairs are available for sitting.
To Book
Please complete the booking form on-line or download and print the form below. The booking is secure once payment by electronic transfer (email for details) or cheque is received. £50 non-returnable deposit or full amount of £127 to: Facilitators Retreat, 4 Lussielaw Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3BX.
- Click here for the on-line booking form (most helpful for us).
- Click here to download the form as a PDF.
- Click here to download the form as a Word Doc.
Transport
Perth is served by a very good road network linking it to the A1 and the M74 which are the principal routes from the South. There is an excellent coach service linking it with all the main cities and towns, with a daily direct service to London. It is also a mainline station on the railway network with almost hourly services via Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Kinnoull Monastery is about one mile from City centre. Going down to the centre is about a 15 minute walk. During the day there is an hourly bus service and a taxi ride costs about £3.
If you would like a pickup from the bus or train station let us know the time of your arrival, 3pm onwards.
*If you are driving, please consider offering some others a lift to the retreat.
