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Bonding retreats for friends

Caroline Sylger Jones

Novelist and diarist Anaïs Nin said, ‘Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive.’ This is a lovely way to describe the process of making and maintaining genuine, strong friendships - a tonic in life for so many of us. What better way to celebrate and grow your friendships than on a retreat, while sharing experiences and making new memories?

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