Gladstone’s Library in north Wales! It’s like a live in library. Comfortable but quite basic rooms. Decent canteen so you don’t have to think about food at all. Not much to do but write. Feels a bit like being at university in the 1950s or something - highly recommend for getting Shit done!
I second this venue. Much cheaper than a full-on retreat. It has a fab Greek cafe over the road that does a cracking full English, plus a cemetery next door with some of the oldest graves I’ve seen.
thank you for sharing this! I’ve been struggling with writing recently and been feeling awful that it doesn’t feel as easy as other writers claim it to be. It’s such a long process and it doesn’t flow naturally.
Also, I did try and make most of a Premier Inn stay by taking my notebooks with me, hoping to write. I ended up napping and watching daytime TV 😅
In fact, if you want to find quiet places on Airbnb to go and write, the trick seems to be to search for Shepherd Huts or Pods, escape hatches for introverts everywhere.
Gladstone’s Library in north Wales! It’s like a live in library. Comfortable but quite basic rooms. Decent canteen so you don’t have to think about food at all. Not much to do but write. Feels a bit like being at university in the 1950s or something - highly recommend for getting Shit done!
Looks so nice!
I second this venue. Much cheaper than a full-on retreat. It has a fab Greek cafe over the road that does a cracking full English, plus a cemetery next door with some of the oldest graves I’ve seen.
<googles airfare and nearest airport to Gladstone Library>
thank you for sharing this! I’ve been struggling with writing recently and been feeling awful that it doesn’t feel as easy as other writers claim it to be. It’s such a long process and it doesn’t flow naturally.
Also, I did try and make most of a Premier Inn stay by taking my notebooks with me, hoping to write. I ended up napping and watching daytime TV 😅
Haha! Not foolproof then
I am a perpetual jug of water, held aloft in the air. Nothing ever pours out.
Ugh I know the feeling
In fact, if you want to find quiet places on Airbnb to go and write, the trick seems to be to search for Shepherd Huts or Pods, escape hatches for introverts everywhere.
Love this! The only place I have ever booked for a writing retreat is here. https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/2799518?check_in=2022-01-13&check_out=2022-01-16&guests=1&adults=1&s=67&unique_share_id=e567f0ca-9cd9-4192-8c7f-a7d39e0c6af1
www.scribeaway.org describes my efforts to help writers get the writing done. Unfortunately, Covid has closed me down, probably for good.
Good luck, but also – enjoy the break!