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Hello and welcome back to Nomad podcast. My name is Tim Nash and this isn't Dave Ward. Hello.

Does anyone out there recognise that voice? You haven't heard it for quite a few months. It is the voice of my wife, Hannah.

Hi there. After I have to say, Hannah doesn't always sound like she's a 1920s BBC news reporter. It's only when she knows she's

being recorded. I can't help it. I don't know why. I'll try and stop. We are off to Loyola Hall

for the next week. I don't know where Dave is. It's probably in A&E, having lost another fight with a horse

or something.

So it's me and Hannah and we're going to Loyola Hall for a five-day silent retreat.

Yeah, silent.

Not quite the romantic holiday I promised Hannah, but...

So Hannah, how do you feel about that five days of silence?

Who do you think will co best you or me with five days of silence?

I don't know.

I have a suspicion that you think you're going to cope better.

I almost certainly will cope better.

Because I know I like talking.

You like talking.

You're an external processor. I'm an internal processor. That's why I think I will co-de-beso.

That is true, yeah.

So what we're going to do is I'm going to record a little daily reflection to let you know how we're getting on.

And then I'm going to interview the director, Ruth Holgate, and talk to her all about spirituality

of silence.

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