Glenthorne Guest House and Conference Centre Easedale Road, ,Grasmere. Ambleside. Cumbria. LA22 9QH Telephone / Fax: 015394 35389. Email:
[email protected]. WEB: www.glenthorne.or g Hello from Glenthorne! The snow drops have been in flower for the last two weeks and Glenthorne has opened for the season! The day after Valentine's day, the garden birds were singing in the sunshine, we heard our first woodpeckers of the year hammering in the nearby woods and the tawny owls were calling to each other after dusk. We have seen red squirrels in the garden several times already and Alex (our gardener) has been frustrated by the roe deer nibbling the daffodils again. This year we are offering more special interest holidays, both at the weekends and during the week. The old favourites such as Patchwork Quilting, Boat, Boot and Goat and Circle Dancing are on the programme along with new additions such as Alison Lock's Transformative Life Writing course at the end of March, Linda Hoy's Labyrinth – Exploring the spiritual journey in words and fabric and Quakerly Yoga with Mary Cleary from North Carolina Meeting. Later in the year we look forward to Ben Pink Dandelion's Transforming Quakerism and Naming our Spiritual Gifts with Thomas Swain of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. We have kept our room prices the same as last year and we have some great special offers available at the moment. It is a great base to walk and explore from. Some of us have been out walking in the fells already: - Helm Crag, Tarn Crag, Silver How, Easedale Tarn and Wainwright's coast to coast walk are at our door.