S J Watson Author Led Retreat 9th – 15th MAY 2023

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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