Why not combine your stay at Ecocabin with learning a new skill? Here are details of some upcoming local craft courses in the area in 2008:

Earth Ovens & Breadmaking Weekend Courses

Build a beehive oven using earth dug straight from the field, find out about suitable recipes, and try your hand at baking various flatbreads in the little bakehouse.

May 24/25
June 21/22
July 12/13
August 30/31
Sept 27/28

For more information contact Richard Scadding at www.earthovens.co.uk.

Pastoral Feltmaking Weekend Workshops

Learn about methods, materials, traditions, 3D work & pattern techniques. Try out many kinds of fleece, from Herdwick to Mohair.

May 17/18
June 14/15
August 16/17
£135

For more information contact Anne Belgrave at www.feltworkshops.co.uk

Breadmaking day

July 5

For more information contact Anne Belgrave at www.feltworkshops.co.uk

Wild salads

April 19

For more information contact Anne Belgrave at www.feltworkshops.co.uk