To get a bit off distance whilest staying at Erraid we decided to drive to the findhorn erea and visit New Bold House near Forres. We are very welcome to stay in the guesthouse and get to know the community a little bit in our stay. Here is just a short summery off our stay.

In such a first visit one can only get to know the place just a little bit. Its a great way of getting a feeling with the place and the people. First impressions are very important for us, mostly we are right about them in the end.

New Bold House is a community run guest facility. Part of this is the renting out of the building for guest workshops and conferences. The house also holds numereous rooms to accomodate guest for workshops that last multiple days. The members dont lead the workshops, they manage all the things to accomodate them. So thats lots of work getting the place ready, preparing koffie and tea and making lunches and dinners.

Its possible to spend the night in one of the rooms. We spend the night in their biggest and most beautilful room. It was great being a guest their. The whole building with the guestrooms look in very good shape. They must spend loads of time and energy in keeping the building in such a good shape. Even the garden which is behind the main house is in a very good shape. The community is living of these gardens and serving food from here aswell. In the garden you will find a nice atmoshpere with great eye for detail. Remarkable appeltrees with ancient trunks give the garden a nice feeling. The old garden wall was once heated with a big oven, you can still grow peaches here.

The community is living in a seperate wing of the building. On Erraid we mix with the guest by sharing houses, in New Bold House the community lives in this seperate wing. In this way the community has its privacy. A little peek in the kitchen shows a warm community life. The people are very lovely and welcoming to us newcommers. We can very much invite people to come over to visit New Bold House in Forres. The community might be open for new members or volunteers.