Richard Povall from Aune Head Arts and myself last weekend ran our first Dartmoor `Listening Retreat’. We had nine enthusiastic participants from across the UK who braved the rain, mist and drizzle to spend time listening to, recording and composing from environmental sounds. The conversation was excellent throughout and I got the feeling that everyone went away having gained from the experience – I know I certainly did. We were also able to swap a wide range of experience, from how to put a podcast together to the basics of printing presses! For the weekend we set up a ning social network group which can be found here.