As my 40th birthday creeps close the inevitable conversations about how I am going to celebrate begin to happen... long time friend Fiona came up with a wonderful idea and unknowingly helped me to tick off another one of my "50"!
I was treated to a top-notch breakfast at the Cote Brasserie in Festival Place after which I was driven on a magical mystery tour which ended with us arriving at Donnington Valley Spa.
After booking into the hotel we were free to wander through to the spa area. We had use of the pool, jacuzzi, steam room, sauna, and aroma room as well as waitress service for refreshments and pretty much anything else we wanted.
We also had the option of paying for additional treatments, but we opted not to do that on this occasion - saving something for a return visit!
I very much enjoyed the opportunity to just chill, even though it did take a bit of getting used to, the idea of "doing nothing" does not come naturally to me.
An afternoon of trying out the different spa facilities was punctuated with a lovely lunch and a delicious but also healthy smoothie.
We left the spa area late afternoon and headed to our room to pretty ourselves up for dinner in the hotel restaurant.
so much so that I don't have pictures of my starter or main!
After dinner it was back to the room for a good nights sleep (although the beds were softer than either of us were used to) before we headed back to the restaurant for breakfast and then back to the spa for the rest of our stay.
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| Things got a little heated in the sauna! |
We MUST do this again!!!
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