Interest Weekends and Interest Days at Trelay Farm

• Are you interested in living in an eco-village, a small community or a co-housing group?
• Are you considering coming to live with us at Trelay?
• Might you want to invest in our project or work with us?

If so, our Interest Weekends are designed especially for you. You will meet many of the residents of Trelay, experience the beauty of the location and have a taste of our lifestyle.

The following dates are available – third weekend of the month:

• November 19th – 20th
• January 21st – 22nd
• February 18th – 19th
• March 17th – 18th

Booking form & deposit is required – please see bottom of this page for link to form

*NB – Although the Interest Weekend allows you to fully experience our community life, if you cannot attend these dates we can provide an alternative in December. So for a ‘taster’; we will run an ‘Interest Afternoon’; a basic introduction, farm tour and legal/financial presentation – 3 hours with coffee & cake.  These will run on Wednesday afternoons subject to availability, 2-5pm. Contact Esther 07957142195 to reserve (please do not just turn up as we do have our own committments – if no one has reserved; it will  not run). £25 per adult payable on arrival.  You will meet 2 residents on this option; not most of the community.

Typical programme on an Interest Weekend

Friday evening

Arrive 6.00pm for supper at 7.30pm.

After supper will be an informal evening, with either a drink at the local pub, games in the games room or just chat with residents around the fire.

Saturday

8.30 Breakfast for Friday night participants.

9.00 Introduction to the weekend.

9.15 – 1.00 Introductions – who we are and what we do. And who you are!
Walk around the farm.
Slide shows and discussions about Trelay Farm since we moved in.
To include a break for coffee and cakes.

1.00 Soup and sandwich lunch

2.00 Woodland walk

3.00 Participate in Trelay work.

5.30 Free time

7.30 Meal in local pub (pay for your own)

9.00 Music, singing, dancing, poetry, etc. in games room.

Sunday

8.30 Breakfast

9.30 Slide shows about:

i)    legal and financial structure
ii)   joining process.

11.00 Coffee and cakes

11.30 Questions and discussion.

1.00 Cooked Sunday lunch

2.00 Local trip: Walk on beach, cliffs or up to Bodmin Moor or quick trip into Bude.

4.00 Tea and last-minute questions.

Costs and accommodation

Overnight accommodation is in a private room, either single or family, with a shared bathroom.

Saturday evening meal on-site (rather than a pub meal off-site) extra £5

Please ask us if you need collecting from a railway station or bus stop; we will try to help.

You need to pre book for interest weekends. Please contact us first to check availability, then download the Booking Form, complete and return to us with your deposit cheque.

Why not extend your visit with a stay in our holiday accomodation?

info@trelay.org or 01840 230423