Retreats

Sometimes a course isn’t what you want. Sometimes you just want space. To write, to paint, to meditate, to read, or simply to catch up on sleep. Chez Castillon is quiet and as far removed from everyday life as it is possible to be. Join us for a long weekend or a week, and find out how it feels to leave real life behind.

Our tutors can offer guided retreats, giving you the space and time to work on your own projects, but with one-to-one tutorials to help solve those tricky problems. It’s the best of both worlds, so if you’re interested drop us a line.

To book a retreat, or to find out more, take a look at the practicalities, or email us.

How to lose oneself and open up your creativity by Paul Clayton (Actor) aged 61

It’s the middle of April, and I’m off to the south-west of France to spend a week kickstarting my novel writing creativity in the company of Jane Wenham Jones at Chez Castillon. The sun has decided to shine, the conversation sparkles, and the desired effect is achieved. Words on paper. Wenham Jones is a fabulous […]

What Chez Castillon means to me

Today is Monday, which means it’s market day in Castillon. Full of wonderful smells from the bakery stalls, wonderful displays of oysters and paellas, glorious flowers and plants sold from the back of vans and brightly coloured clothes stalls. All based around the town where people stop to greet each other with smiles and kisses […]

Home Alone at Chez Castillon

Yesterday, Janie (my better half) set off on a kind of Busman’s Holiday. Here at Chez Castillon we host, among other things, Writer’s Retreats, but she has left SW France for South Wales to take part in a Writer’s Retreat. It’s not as daft as it sounds, as she will be writing, rather than cooking, […]

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