A Spa-kling Day!

Yes yes shocking headline but have just had a lovely Spa day with one of my best buddies. Venue -  Tylney Hall - was suggested by FauxSurreyHubby who had been there on a bit of a works do & had spotted the pool which was tucked away in its own walled courtyard and was described by no less an authority than The Times as being one of “the coolest pools in Britain."  After a wonderful 20 minute swim in there (after the gym session!!) I can agree wholeheartedly with that. We managed to find the one spot of sunshine that was available in the UK today & swam about, almost as if it were summer (!) in turquoise blue, really deep water which was heated to the perfect temperature plus my mate & I were the only swimmers - for a short while we imagined the house was ours & we were ladies of leisure, wondering what cook had dreamed up for our lunch and whether the gardener was dead heading the roses. Hey we can dream ...

Post swim we headed for lunch. I had a stunning salmon & mango salad - sounds odd but was delicious - and mate had a blue cheese & walnut salad and then we wandered to the Gertrude Jekyll water garden where we were harassed by a bruiser duck & his mates who were convinced we must have food with us & refused to leave our sides!

Then the 1 hour luxury facial. Bliss and of course we look at least 10 years younger!! After ensuring the nice lady would massage neither my hands nor my scalp (hands?? a hand massage as part of a facial? I don't think so. Scalp I understand slightly more but scalp massages make me feel nauseous!) anyway after that I sank back on the couch in the dimly lit room whilst she worked her magic. All very lovely but one slight fly in the ointment. The music. It was shockingly bad! Plink plonk new agey cr*p basically. Why oh why can't they play birdsong or waterfall noise or waves crashing on a beach or even flipping whale song - why do they have to play the worst kind of inane elevator music?!

Hey ho. To be fair that was the only thing we had reason to complain about - it really was all very ladies who lunch & lovely. And must be repeated soon.