Had the most wonderful time at Woolley Grange. The trip didn't start out terribly well when Rosie threw up all over both of us in McDonald's where we'd stopped for breakfast. We both had to change clothes so we turned up at this fancy hotel with a bunch of dirty laundry shoved into a huge McDonald's bag. Such a good look.
It did get better though and then I realised that I had packed the wrong bottles which meant that J had to make an emergency trip into Bath to buy the right kind. After that it got better and stayed better.
The hotel was amazing. It's set up as a 'luxury family hotel' and it's in a 17th century Jacobean mansion. It was so beautiful. They had what they called the Woolley Bear's Den which was an OFSTED registered playgroup. We could go there with Tobes or leave him to play while we had some quiet time. They even served the children's meals in the Den which was great. Toby loved being with the other children and the nannies were fantastic. They had a big trampoline which was a lot of fun. And yes, I had a go too and I'll have you know that I can still do a decent toe-touch. I could barely walk afterwards but it was worth it to see the look on Toby's face. 'Mommy, you're just like Sportacus!'
The food was amazing. My diet not only flew out the window, it whipped out at about Mach 4. I'm sure I heard the sonic boom when I took my first bite of seared scallops and saffron risotto. And the desserts! They did a pain perdu with creme anglaise and blueberry sauce for which I would've sold both of the children. No, not really. Well. Maybe one of them.
The attention to detail was really charming. There were bathrobes for me and J and a tiny one for Tobes. When they cleaned the room everyday they refilled the cookie jar in the room with different kinds of homemade cookies. As much as possible all of the food was organically grown and locally produced. Little things, like the butter, was just gorgeous. I don't usually eat bread and butter but theirs was so good that I had it at every meal. They made their own jam and marmalade too. It was an incredible place. We're already talking about when we can go back.
2 comments:
ooh - take us with you! I was hoping that you'd come back with a glowing review. We'll share our farm with you if you share Woolley Grange with us. :D Glad you had an excellent time. I'm so jealous!
woolley grange looks a lot like the farm at bosinver! we wish you could join us in october for a week of eggs,chickens, ducks and horses! mary catherine and tobes would have a great time! glad you had a good get away and hope your house was in much better shape when you got back than when you left! thanks for the birthday wishes...hamburger helper for all!
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