Zoe: Mate if you enjoy doing nothing all day this is the ultimate day! Jacuzzis, steam rooms and cocktails.
Katherine: I was awoken to Zoe face-timing me to "GET UP!!!!" not a pretty sight but hey, I rolled out of bed and collected all the girls along the way.
Hannah: Ben rolled round to our house at 7am (an unusually early and punctual start for them I must admit) and we jumped into a very lively car considering the time of the morning. We swiftly decided that McDonald's was the first stop as it can't be a decent road-trip without a McDonald's breakfast.
Emily: A trip through a drive through with Zoe and Katherine is always eventful with Katherine panicking and ordering loads of extra hash browns which were later thrown in a bush for some squirrels because she didn't want them to stink out her car and Zoe singing along to Rita Ora at the top of her lungs while we wait at the window for the food.
Hannah: Let's all admit that Zoe can smash Rita Ora like no one else, that's a fact! After consuming our breakfast, for Zoe it was her second we headed off again.
Katherine: A little sing song along the way to wake us up, and to embarrass ourselves to the other drivers and an hour and a half later we arrive, turning into a nice little lane and we see a big grand building. Very posh.
Hannah: We arrived at the spa which was not what we expected, all glass and opened planned and very modern as all of us thought it would be an old manor house style spa, totally too fancy for us but we made it work!
Emily: It looked amazing it was surrounded by nature there was rabbits running around the field it was all very quite and peaceful.
Hannah: Emily, why are you talking about nature?! You don't even like nature!!
Katherine: We was greeted by a lovely woman, who gave us a little tour around, and so we didn't get lost. As we all have pretty awful sense of direction, especially Hannah! We was given a cheeky robe/dressing gown/naked blanket which ever you wish to call it! Some slippers... which was a one size fits all, which I kept tripping over, bloody things!
Emily: The robe that I found in my locker was a weird blue colour and had some gross yellow stains on it but one of the staff members in the changing room heard me say about it and quickly found me a replacement.
Katherine: We made our way to the bar/restaurant to collect our FREE (yes FREE you heard correctly) tea/coffee & a selection of pastries, which by the way were super nice I ate the leftovers of the girls as well. Sorry not sorry.
Emily: Well not quite free pastries, more like just include in the £75 package price.
Hannah: After our second breakfast (for Zoe her third) we headed to the swimming pool! It was a lovely warm pool and we swam for a bit, a really little bit and then decided to try the hydro therapy pool, which had a shower jet to massage your back and 5 massage seats and also a full body massage section all of which were amazing, they basically just tickle and make you laugh! Luckily by the time we had got there we realised it wasn't a bunch of stuck up people so we could be ourselves and it wasn't a 'sshh sshh' kind of place.
Emily: The hydrotherapy pool was amazing the best part was the massage seats, they make your back feel amazing I pretty much spent the morning sat there.
Katherine: The swimming pool was massive we wanted bomb straight in that but it's not the right kinda place to do that, so we restrained ourselves. The pool was full of people doing lengths, so we didn't really fit in. We went off to find the jacuzzi with tons of jets, and it was super chilled. We spent a good hour chilling and letting our skin go wrinkly.
Hannah: I spent most of the time there trying to get the girls to try the really small pool of freezing cold water and get back in to the warm pool as it was what I had been told to do in Mexico, I have literally no idea what it does but I just thought it would be hilarious to see their reactions and I was not wrong! Zoe was the bravest and went first and it was hilarious, other people were watching and laughing at her! She screamed for a bit ran back into the warmth and decided she really liked the tingling feeling it gave her! Me and Zoe then went and tried the steam rooms and suana but on our way there we found these showers that had different types of rain, me and Zoe have a running joke about rain so obviously we had to try all of these settings out; tropical rain, rain rain and fresh rain. The fresh rain being our favourite we spent ages half under it laughing our heads off and saying how nice it was!
Zoe: Oh and I can't forget the relaxation room or another words " nap room" just when things couldn't get better. Napping is life.
Katherine: We found the "relaxation room" which can I just say whoever invented this.. I salute you. It's basically a room where you are free to nap and sit there and do nothing. So standard procedure I napped, one of the girls will say I snored..... but I so didn't..... well possibly.
Zoe: After a pretty awesome nap we each had 2 treatments to choose and we all went for a back massage and body scrub - because of the sweet sun burn and some major pealing, my arse and back would've thanked me.
Katherine: Both treatments were super cool, the lady I had was so welcoming and made it seem normal that it was OK to get naked infront of her. The scrub was so good it let my skin feeling so smooth and fresh - I would defiantly recommend both.
Hannah: I loved both treatments so much... The scrub was definitely my favourite though, it proper felt like it was doing something and I felt so smooth after, it was like new skin! I definitely want another one of those. The back massage was also good but I would have preferred a harder pressure but I was too scared to say, either way I was so relaxed I fell alseep through both of them.
Emily: I really enjoyed both treatments, I liked the body scrub but my skin can be sensitive sometimes and my legs did go a bit red, hot and blotchy after so I don't think I would get that again. The back massage was amazing and my whole back feels so much better I even felt like I was standing with better posture. What we did notice once we were all finished and was chatting was that the treatments did seem to vary depending on the person you got, for example Katherine had her hands and feet scrubbed in the body scrub but my lady only scrubbed up to my ankles and only did one of my hands.
Zoe: There's me thinking it will be a whole massive awkward fest. Surprisingly getting naked in front of a complete stranger for an hour wasn't at all, the woman made me felt so at ease with my horrible snake like skin. It did the job though. BRAND NEW SKIN!!
Hannah: HA HA HA HA Zoe ended up being completely naked for hers! Which had us in hysterics, seeing her face when we told her that the rest of us either kept our bikinis on or had disposable underwear, but it's Zoe, she don't care!
Katherine: After a hard day we headed back to the restaurant to get our afternoon tea, with a cheeky cocktail to pass the time, I got one called "Rainforest" which basically was a green concoction of stuff which I enjoyed.. for £8.00 - £9.00 it was decent.
Zoe: I appreciate a good cocktail, so it's no pressure for the bar staff if they bring over a Dodgy cocktail... Hell will break loose. That's a joke I will still drink it. I hate complaining. Luckily these cocktails were awesome. I ordered an aperol spritz mainly because I know my friends don't like it and I know they won't wanna "try some" however it come in the biggest perfect cup I was there for about 3 years drinking this well made aperol! Done well.
Emily: We then sat at the bar for a while waiting for our afternoons tea which was at half two.
Katherine: The afternoon tea, wasn't something I would choose as I'm a plain eater and happy with a hamwich (Ham Sandwich) which is basically all I had... You'll be proud - or at least I am - I tried the salmon sandwich, it's safe to say I won't be having that again. But I tried OK!
Emily: It wasn't the best afternoon tea I've ever had the sandwiches and the scones were nice but the other cakes were a bit funny flavours the the chocolate eclair had an orange flavoured cream in it which no of us were a fan of and there was a small mouse with honey comb on the top which we all assumed would be a honey comb, caramel or chocolate mouse but it was a very sharp lemon mouse that didn't really go with the honey comb on the top.
Hannah: Yeah I would say it was one of the worst afternoon tea's I've had but me and Emily had been the best one the day before so were totally comparing it. It was just plain and average and the cakes were super dodgy, just like trying to be fancy but not.
Emily: But while we were eating all the other food coming out of the restaurant looked and smelt amazing they had burgers and pasta and all different things like that so I think if we went back we would probably not book on the afternoon tea and just get the normal menu in the restaurant. I would definitely go back to this spa in the future it was a wonderful day the staff were very attentive and it was lovely to relaxed and have a two hour long nap in the middle of the day.
Hannah: I would definitely go back to the spa, it was so relaxing and such a good deal for £75 per person, it was just something different and a fun way to spend time with my friends. Next time I would try out different treatments just because... but also not have afternoon tea and some more cocktails because being drunk at a spa seems super fun!
Katherine: The place was full of goodies so me and Emily decided a cheeky purchase of an OPI mini nail vanish set in New Orleans themed colours was in order to finish the chilled day. All in all, I would so go back and I suggest you all go and have a day off nothingness as it's so awesome!
7.3/10
