Monday 28 July to
     Friday August 3, 2008

     Optional for four days
     (Monday to Friday)
     or six days
     (Monday to Sunday)

     Cost: £190 or £280

This individually guided retreat will be held at Shepherd's Dene Retreat House (see below for directions). 

It will be conducted by members of the Priory team along the same lines as the very successful retreat held last year. Silence will be observed for most of the time and there will be a daily Eucharist and a communal act of prayer.

Each participant will have a daily meeting with his or her Retreat Director, to talk over the prayer for the day and to explore ways forward in their experience.

Those who have already made an individually guided retreat in silence may find the longer six-day retreat more suitable. The maximum number for the retreat is 16 on a first-come, first-served basis. It's suggested that you book early to avoid disappointment.

For more details and to get a place on the retreat, please email Paul Golightly 
at * or telephone 0191 384 3747. His postal address is St Antony's Priory, 74 Claypath, Durham DH1 1QT.

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Directions   The real beauty of Shepherds Dene is its peaceful setting and atmosphere. The estate is hidden from the road and not obvious to the casual traveller. It is, however, easily accessible by car, train and bus. The bus stop is in the nearby village of Riding Mill. 

The car driver should leave the A68 onto the A695 and on into Riding Mill. Continue through the village, past the Wellington pub on the right and up the hill past the speed camera (slowly!). At the end of the village take the left turn up a steep hill signposted "Shepherds Dene and Slaley". The house about 1.5 kilometres along this road on the left. 

As it is a stiff walk up to Shepherds Dene from Riding Mill village, those coming by public transport may wish to travel to Hexham where there are taxi ranks outside both bus and rail stations.