On Saturday, the girlies and I went off to Eden Hall in Nottinghamshire for a wonderful spa day. As 7 of us went (poor Bev couldn't leave the baby), I drove us there in the Briddon mobile and a day of constant gossiping began! We arrived just after 9am and were quickly changed into our robes and slippers as most of us had treatments starting at 9.30. It cost £70 for the day, that includes a 3 course lunch and use of the pool and all the sauna and steam rooms. Clair and I had opted for the pregnancy massage, as we both knew we were pregnant when we booked and paid for the day last August (Anna & Lisa only found out their good news recently!). This was the best deal by far as it consisted of 1 1/2 hours full toe to scalp massage on very comfy bean bags for £54, whereas the other girls had different massages and reflexology treatments for about £40 that only lasted 40-50 mins.
After my massage, I found the others and we had coffee and juices in the conservatory before having our lunch at 12. I had duck confit with celeriac and apple puree, then roast lamb with a very unusual set up - you went and got a plate of potatoes, veg and salads, then they brought the main course, so you had 2 plates (Ruth had got crab claws & all sorts!) anyway it was very nice and I ended with a chocolate and cherry pudding.
After lunch we were all very stuffed so we decided to go and lounge around the pool to read and snooze but mainly talk some more! After the obligatory 1 hour after eating, a few of us went for a swim. It was a salt water pool so floating around was very easy and very relaxing. We even braved to outdoor pool! You only had to swim under a barrier to get to it and it was heated, bloody cold if your shoulders came above the water though!
At 4pm ish we went back upstairs for more coffee and cakes before getting changed and set off home at about 6pm. I've never been to anything like this before and we are definitely going again, it was a really wonderful, relaxing day.
If only the rest of the evening could have been half as nice.....
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