Jenny and I had a great, relaxing weekend at Sopwell House. Yesterday we laid by the pool and read the half dozen trashy mags I had picked up on the way. What is going on with old Britney? And Angelina has adopted AGAIN?!
Then we primped and dressed for dinner, stopping for G&Ts in the cocktail bar beforehand. We had a really wonderful three course dinner in the restaurant. I had potted crab with brown shrimp then duck with morels and an amazing baked Alaska for dessert. Afterwards we went to our room, opened a bottle of buck's fizz, painted our nails, tried out some face masks, watched bad TV, talked and laughed a lot. I slept the whole night without having to get out of bed once! It was such a treat after the previous three nights with poorly children. I managed to sleep in until 9am when our huge breakfasts arrived, which we ate in bed.
Today was more active and I actually got in the pool and did some treadmill. I balanced out the exercise with a full afternoon tea with four kinds of sandwiches, homemade scones with jam and clotted cream plus a tiny chocolate eclair and a raspberry tart. Gorgeous.
The journey home was a bit of a nightmare with railway problems every step of the way but I made it back still feeling blissed out from my weekend away. Must do it more often.
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