"Many thanks for a thoroughly enjoyable two days in the woods. I am looking forward to the point when the bowl has dried out and it can be used, I have already weighed it twice and my wife is now concerned that I will continue doing this everyday until it sits proudly on the dining table. I hope to be back next year to do another course. In the meantime I will be busy telling my friends how good it was."
Chris C.

"The setting is so spectacular that just being there was a welcome escape from day to day life indoors."
Julia R.

"Thank you so much for a great couple of days. I had a fantastic time and have been boring everyone with my whittling tales!"
Kate L.

"I was amazed and pleasantly surprised to be able to turn an old log into a bowl in less than two days. It's a long time since I did any woodwork, but I'm happy to have the bowl on the kitchen table full of fruit (and say I made it!). It was a relaxed 48 hour 'switch-off', in a stunning location, with enthusiastic and very knowledgeable staff. I had a great time and am actively recommending it to all my friends."
Jeremy M.

"Thanks for such a fabulous two days. I really enjoyed it and I know that Dad did too."
Camilla W.

"Jack and Adrian so much enjoyed their day with you and Jack is constantly asking when he can come back and do some more. He is still badgering Adrian to make a pole lathe! You have a wonderful site and we are very envious! The whole day was really super - the situation, the cakes, the wine ..."
Maria T.

"A thoroughly enjoyable and relaxing experience in a delightful location. Work at your own pace on a project of your choice, with safe, patient, and expert tuition. Lunchtime catering is excellent and the end-of-course glass of wine rounds off the day nicely."
Richard W.

"Many thanks fo a fab couple of days. Meant to write sooner but got home and hit the ground running as it were. The two days ... so far out of my normal world ... were truly very calming and restorative, enormously enjoyable, fantastic food and charming surroundings. Quite perfect."
Julia T.

"I shall reccommend your course to all my Oz friends. What a sublime experience it was! And when we return in 12 months I shall be looking for that trug course ... Cheers"
Jock T.

"Thank you for putting on and hosting such a great course. Not only was it very interesting and useful, it was very therapeutic."
Andrew J.

"Johnnie and Oliver really enjoyed their day with you last Saturday. Thanks very much, it was obviously really good fun."
Charlie H.

"Thank you for such a very enjoyable course. I would thoroughly recommend it (and will) as a wonderful way of learning something new (or indeed extending one's talents) in a very delightful environment with two very knowledgeable and charming chaps. Everyone here waits with baited breath for the bowl to appear at my desk. Boo looked after us so well with such delicious food - please thank her so much."   Hester P.

"Thanks for the great wood carving experience. It was a fantastic few days."
Will B.

"We both loved the course, the setting, the company and the amazing food. The gentle pace of the two days was deceptive and it was astonishing what you managed to teach us and what we managed to produce in the time - thank you." Harriet S.

"Just a quick message to thank you for a perfect two days in your woodland. I don't think my friends and colleagues quite understood why I was going on a green woodworking course ... but they have all sensed my enormous enthusiasm since I've been back and realize that it was a very special experience. Your care in setting up the space has really paid off, and it was so calming to work away in my own little bubble but then enjoy everyone's company when you finally managed to drag us away for a tea break! I hadn't realized that the wood would smell so good while it was being worked, or that the different parts of the bowl would feel so different through my hands ... or that the colours would change as the air reached the new surfaces - there were constant surprises!! You and James are so reassuring and really skilled at just being there keeping our bowls from calamity, or helping out to keep us on track (in time and shape!). You will have another returner on your list next spring! Thank you again - and all the very best for whatever direction your plans take over the next few months."
Shelagh B.

"This is just a short email to thank you for a most enjoyable and instructive two day course. My only 'complaint' was that it wasn't long enough!"
Charles G.

"Thanks for the excellent course - really enjoyed it."    Pete F.

"Sorry for the somewhat tardy response but I feel the need to drop a line in thanks for the superb three days I spent with you last week. I found the time spent both extremely relaxing AND informative. If you ever get a busy 'corporate type' who is undecided whether to join you or not, please feel free to use me as a reference. I can categorically say that I will definitely be with you again to make some more kindling in the not too distant future. Many thanks too to BOO for 'les repas splendide'."
Peter J W P.

"Hans and I just wanted to say a big thank you for running such an excellent course last week. We both thoroughly enjoyed it. We loved the peace and quiet of the location, excellent food (please thank Boo for catering for me), a toasty warm outdoor environment, and such friendly and patient tuition (special thanks from me on that last one!). We slept well after each day!"
Jill B

"Ru and I completely loved our day in the woods with you. As far as I could see it was perfect."
Binny M.

"Just a brief - albeit slightly late - line to say a huge thank you for the wood carving course the other week. Everything was superb, from the tuition through to the food, location,
company ..."
Jo D.

"What can I say - your course was the best birthday present I could ever have given Peter."
Zillah D.

"We are back home now after a wonderful trip to the UK, anchored perfectly by your course. We have only good things to say - being in the idyllic setting was holiday enough in itself, you and Mace were terrific teachers/hosts, and to learn new skills and be able produce our little bit and pieces was just so satisfying - they will bring back happy memories (and yes the suitcase full of chubby candle-sticks, cable-caddy, dibbers and letter-openers/daggers was extremely heavy to drag round the Outer Hebrides afterwards, but it was worth it!) We do hope to come back - ..."
Heather G.

"The course was excellent, I think that you have the balance just right. I have recommended it to everyone I know and will try to get back to do another course in the near future."
Gerard K.

"First, thanks to you and everyone else involved for the bowl carving course last week. I enjoyed it immensely and have returned home with a wooden bowl of which I am inordinately proud!"
Jeremy G.

"Firstly may I say what a great time I had recently on your bowl carving course - certainly the best couple of days holiday/fathers day present I've ever had. So enthusiastic am I that I've sourced a local timber yard and we are collecting some sweet chestnut this coming weekend; also planning to make a 'bowl dog'. My wife is planning to enroll me for another course in February - be warned!"  Bruce T.

"I had a wonderful time on the bowl carving course this week, thank you so much. I loved the atmosphere - being outside, under no pressure, treated to delicious fresh food beautifully made. I could go on! And the bonus is that I get a bowl that I made myself to show for it!" Sarah M

"I would just like to thank you for such an enjoyable two days last week - I really enjoyed it very much. The food was also ace! The good news is that Fiona likes the totem pole too which is great. The two days with you were relaxing and wonderful, not only did I learn a new skill but I also found peace and relaxation in your wonderful wood."
David L

"We had such a great, truly inspiring day with you last week. I know that it made a big impresssion on George. Many thanks, hope to see you again."
William C