The Do Lectures
I was invited to attend The Do Lectures. In a quiet corner of West Wales it's a tiny event that's not a conference, not a festival, more a meeting of minds where everyone is a speaker and listener combined. It's inspiration has been emanating from it's tented setting for the last four years and continuously from the minds of the attendees as they visit and return to their respective countries.
- Day 1
After a 4 & a half hour drive, I was welcomed to fforest camp like an old friend. And yet I'd never been before.
Our bags were taken to our accommodation and we were in turn picked up in loaned Honda hybrids.
- As soon as i was dropped off I went for a wander to get my bearings.
The venue was a massive double teepee. Everything seemed rwell designed and thought out.
I took a peek of the inside before anything kicked off.
I wasn't expecting much of a 3G connection and was in fact told I could have a 'lift to the internet' at the end of every day. It turned out that my 3 MiFi combined with a small solar panel, was more than enough to enable me to share some of the conversations and experiences.
Another teepee, slightly smaller this time, with a stove and chill out area was going to be home for the next 5 days. It had adventure written all over it. Unfortunately if sleep was written on it, it was too small to see. Little did I know how involved the next few days would be.
The view was out across a crescent of participants tents.
The whole setting was beautiful. Tucked away in a wooded valley, you felt immediately relaxed when you entered fforest camp. A space that spidered throughout the woods to beautiful campsites nooks and cranny's.
- So many places to rest, chat, think, explore.
I got to see a lot of the single room pub over the next few days. It's quality local real ales, bottled and from the keg were never to blame for my slightly fuzzy mornings. The blame for that would go to the Welsh whisky that came afterwards.
