"What is Ours to Do?" retreat at Moelyci - full payment & optional extras
Thu 8 May 2025 5:00 PM - Sun 11 May 2025 3:00 PM
Ysgubor Moelyci, LL57 4BB
Description
With Steve Niner and Caroline Carey
Thursday 8th – Sunday 11th May 2025
Fferm Moelyci, Tregarth, North Wales
Immerse yourself in quiet contemplation with the spirits of this land. Weep and laugh as the whispers of your soul reunite you with the holy grail of your birth-rite; no longer a distant memory, but a summoning of what it means to be alive at this time.
Receive the wisdom inherent and focus on your dream. Create from a place of beauty rather than scarcity.
With a Magic Of Mandorla process (a meeting with polarity) you are guided to the depths of intuition, where we call upon the sacred contract that is ours to act upon.
Experience: Sit-outs in the beautiful landscape. Be guided through movement meditations. Use creative tools to bring more awareness to your process. Listen to the beat of the drum to awaken the mind and spirit. Empty the heart of negative emotion and fill the deepest crevices with wisdom, love and joy.
Gain: A deepened connection to soul purpose, with guidance from the spirits of the other-than-human. Practical tools for self discovery and personal growth. An enhanced intuition with spiritual awareness. By sharing within a supportive community of like minded individuals, we take time out to engage with greater meaning and with what is most important during these times.
Pricing:
- Attendance (including all sessions, tuition, lunches & dinners) = £280 (early bird pricing before end March '25), else £340 (per person)
- Camping: bring a tent and camp on this beautiful land, and join us for breakfast on Friday, Saturday and Sunday = £65 (per person)
- Camper van supplement = £15 (per camper van)
- If you are staying off site but would like to join us for breakfast on Friday, Saturday and Sunday = £20 per person
To take advantage of early bird pricing, a deposit of £100 is required and full payment needs to be received by the end of March.
Location
Our venue is the barn ("ysgubor") at Fferm Moelyci near Tregarth in North Wales, which once formed part of the medieval township of Cororion, a few miles from the cathedral city of Bangor. Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/mV3bTnpNowVmJ2FD7 or What3Words: https://w3w.co/fury.overheat.started.
Nestled in the hills of North West Wales, with views to the Carneddau mountains of Snowdonia, Penrhyn Castle in Bangor, the Menai Straits and Ynys Seiriol (aka “Puffin Island”), Fferm Moelyci has a rich history dating back to the Brythonic era of the Iron Age. It was once part of the medieval township of Cororion, originally “Creu yr Wyrion” (“huts of the grandchildren” according to local historian T. P. Williams), which features in the 12th century tale of Math mab Mathonwy from the Mabinogion:
"So they journeyed on to the highest town of Arllechwedd, and there they made a sty for the swine, and therefore was the name of Creuwyryon given to that town." (Translation by Lady Charlotte Guest)
From here, the farm's story weaves through centuries of Welsh history. It was part of the medieval land holdings documented in 1352 as “Gafael Goyll”. References to “Moelyci” first appeared from 1588 onwards, and has several possible etymologies, including “Hill of Lleucu” (a girl's name of Welsh origin, meaning “dear light”).
The farm is traversed by the historic “North Wales Pilgrims Way”, a 135-mile walking trail from Basingwerk Abbey at Holywell to Ynys Enlli (Bardsey Island). For centuries, pilgrims walked this route, across stunning Welsh landscapes dotted with sacred Christian and pre-Christian sites, to reach the tip of the Llŷn Peninsula, and thence by boat to the holy island of Enlli.
The farm is also crossed by the UNESCO designated “Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales” as it lies on the former route of the slate railway that transported slates from the quarries of Bethesda to Penrhyn docks in Bangor. Remnants of this industrial past, including railway sleepers and the original bridge over the line, are still visible.
Visitors to Moelyci can explore this fascinating heritage on the farm's circular walks. The Lon Las Ogwen cycle path, following the route of the old railway line, offers a scenic route connecting the Ogwen Valley and Bethesda, through the old railway tunnel under Tregarth to the docks and Victorian pier in Bangor.
Travel
By public transport
Bangor station is the last mainland station on the North Wales Coast line between Crewe and Holyhead. There are regular services to and from Chester and Crewe (and from there to most parts of the UK), including several direct trains to and from London Euston. The train has a taxi rank, or there are various bus services to Tregarth.
The adventurous might like to take the opportunity to walk or cycle through Bangor to pick up the scenic Lon Las Ogwen cycle path at Porth Penrhyn, which tracks the wooded river Cegin valley, under and over viaducts, to Moelyci (and continues all the way to the Ogwen valley in Snowdonia).
By car
Most visitors come to North West Wales on the A55 (North Wales Expressway) from Cheshire. Exit at junction 11, take the A4244 past the service station, and - less than a mile further on - turn left just after the overhead footbridge onto the B4409 (signposted Tregarth). The entrance to Moelyci is on your right after 300m.
Ysgubor Moelyci CIC is a nonprofit community-interest-company (registered company 15171747) managing the events facilities at Moelyci. Contact us at info@ysgubormoelyci.org.
Location
Ysgubor Moelyci, LL57 4BB