11/08/2025
This pic came up on my Facebook memories today.
It was taken back in 2018 when our first business ‘Kite Adventures’ was being launched. I remember pulling on that t shirt full of optimism and excitement for our new adventure!
I remember when Pete and I the lightbulb moment!
We’d gone on a walking weekend run by an outdoor company. Loving the outdoors but not always wanting to do it alone, I’d booked on when I was single. Not that long after I’d met Pete he said he wouldn’t mind coming along, so nearly a year after we’d met, we pitched up for the weekend. It was Valentines 2018 so this seemed an ideal way to spend time together and our shared love of Nature
We were the first to arrive on the Friday eve, and the solo facilitator was frantically cooking dinner. She’d been let down by her co facilitator. Once we’d mentioned we were both Scout leaders we kind of ended up running the weekend along side her, lighting the fire, reading the map, navigating the walks, taking a head count etc.
We were sat by the fire on the Saturday evening when we said, almost at the same time, ‘if we ran a weekend like this we’d do it so differently!’ And just like that, the seed was planted - we started planning all the way home!
'Kite Adventures' a walking and adventure business began just a few months later. We started incorporating a ‘well-being’ weekend into our offerings, as an outdoor therapist this was very dear to my heart. We’d seen time and time again the transformative effects nature can have on our own selves, my clients and our Scouts. Pete deep dived into all the science behind ‘Shin-rin-Yoku’ or ‘Forest Bathing’ and I qualified as a Nature and Forest Therapy Guide and EcoNIDRA meditation teacher
The Covid Lockdown gave us time and space to press pause and really sit with what we most felt called to do. The decision to focus on the well-being side was easy, as that was where our hearts fell fullest and our participants got the most out of our weekends
And so 'Nature Escapes’ was born!
Over the last 5 years we’ve welcomed so many people needing a break from the busy, searching for peace in a fast pace full on life, we’ve refined what we offer and have continued to invest in our own journeys - embarking this year on a 3 year Shamanic training. Over time I’ve given up the day job, to fully focus on Nature Escapes and our offerings have grown
We have now expanded into not only offering retreats, but corporate days, group and individual Coaching and a thriving membership, a tribe of like minded people all walking a wild path together. The last 7 years have gone by in a flash. I’m proud of what we’ve achieved but we’ve only just got started. And so it is that it’s nearly time for another evolution…
Watch this space for what’s coming next! :)
