Frequently Asked Questions
Our Retreats are designed for you to settle down with your book of choice, either for a few hours on a day retreat or for the whole weekend on a weekend retreat, and let us supply you with food and drink.
No. You don’t have to join us for meals, you don’t have to take part in the book club, or the parlour games. You can socialise as much or as little as you like. Our weekend venues have both a quiet room for reading quietly in company, and a social room for when/if you need some human contact.
We strongly recommend our readers leave their phones in their room and spend their time unplugged from the internet.
We kindly ask our readers not to film videos or take photos for socials unless given permission by both Ceri and other readers, as this is an unplugged retreat. We want you to focus on relaxation.
Don’t be. At ThistleBee Retreat we believe in the old maxim ‘healthy body, healthy mind’. We want our readers to leave feeling refreshed not sluggish. Amy is an extraordinary chef and blends flavours like a pro. You won’t notice the absence of meat.
ThistleBee Retreat is alcohol-free. Please do not bring alcohol with you.
ThistleBee Retreat will endeavour to honour your dietary requirements (Ceri is coeliac!). However all food will be processed in kitchens handling allergen-containing ingredients. Therefore, we can’t guarantee that cross-contamination won’t occur.
Audiobooks count as reading but please make sure you aren’t transmitting your audiobook to the rest of the readers.
Books, magazines, cereal packets, comics, graphic novels, E-Readers, etc. are all suitable media. No judgement here.
Absolutely not. What matters is that you enjoy reading and would benefit from someplace quiet to do so.
Of course there is! What kind of hosts would we be if we didn’t give you something to remember us by.
Absolutely not. Bring your partner or bring a friend. Rooms are charged differently for single and double occupancy. It will be cheaper per person to come with a friend…as long as you don’t mind sharing the bed!
We would love to host a bespoke event for you and your friends. Use the Contact us’ button below to get in touch.
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