Nature meditation booklets given in memory of Peter Mallard

"Pete was a really, really inspirational person for me at that time and afterwards," said Sam. Since that time, Sam has developed the skills, practices, ideas and guidance that feature in the book and he hopes he's presented it in a form that's digestible and accessible to lots of different people.

"I wanted to get people to connect to nature in quite a diverse way, so that's why I did the very practical methods alongside the poetry and photography," he said. "The booklet's really designed to give people some ideas."

He wanted to create a physical booklet as opposed to a piece of digital media. "I wanted something you could take to a very outdoors setting in a very simple and accessible way," he said. "One of the challenges is that people are rushing round. It's the kind of book where you need a bit of time to try some of the things within it. That's why I thought The Barn would be a nice setting for the book...I was so grateful for the experiences that I had there and the journey it nudged me onto."

Sam is now studying for a master's degree in outdoor experiential learning, health & wellbeing and is using The Sharpham Trust as an example in his writings.

His charismatic and clever uncle still looms large in his memory. "The last walk I had with Pete was around some of the places in the book and had a really deep, heartfelt walk together. He taught me a lot in that short space of time," said Sam.

Limited copies of Seasons' Change are available at The Barn with all proceeds going towards our retreat centre.