14/04/2026
Erth Barton sits on its own private Cornish peninsula — 300 acres cradled within land where tidal saltwater and freshwater meet and mingle, the River Lynher shifting with the pull of the sea.
Within it, a wild small rainforest breathes. Lichen-strewn oaks. Ferns and gorse that trail the banks where the water is always in quiet flux.
Right now, spring lambs are dotting around the Peninsula.
A few fields away, young bullocks graze in the low morning light.
If you stay here long enough — and you should — you begin to notice things you had forgotten how to notice.
The moment a new wildflower appears.
The particular quality of air before rain.
The way the land holds you.
That quality of holding is no accident.
Polly and Shaun have spent 20 years learning how to create the conditions in which people truly land.
Their love for this place isn’t decorative — it’s embodied, earned, and quietly contagious.
Erth Barton is their second venue.
They know what works and what doesn’t, not from theory, but from standing in rooms with leaders carrying impossible weights and noticing what actually moves, what quietly activates them, people.
Out of that experience, they built something rare: a genuine inner circle for retreat leaders.
As qualified business and mindset coaches with a fiercely creative eye, they have guided many a leader toward building retreats that last — through and their signature: Retreats Mastery experience, a behind-the-scenes immersion designed to grow not just your retreat business, but your confidence to lead one.
DM Us or email us if you’d like to learn more about or Retreat Mastery or the many other courses they run online.
We have 17-20th September, ThursdaySunday- arguably the best month to be in Cornwall due to its warm sea, sunsets and quiet places.
