Monday 30 July to Friday 3 August 2012 – Centre Parks

A few days away at Centre Parks in Longleat was a welcome escape for Gretchen, myself, Sophia, Verity and the twins this week. Gretchen had hired a 3 bedroomed villa for us positioned in the lush woodland of CPs extensive grounds and we spent our days cycling, swimming, walking and raft building! The babies seemed to love the pool, dressed in their new (and first) swimming costumes. I particularly enjoyed the raft building exercise on the lake. Two teams pitched against each other to build and sail a raft and then compete in games out on the water. In our team we had Sophia, Gretchen, myself and another young girl who was holidaying alone with her Mother . We worked well together and had a great deal of fun (although Gee and I were exhausted at the end of it). On our final day Verity and the girl left early for Teddington but Gee and I stayed to try out the Aqua Sana Spa facilities onsite. They are fabulous! Over 10 different spa rooms (steam and sauna), water beds, pools, relaxation rooms and a great restaurant where everyone sat around in their dressing gowns having lunch or afternoon tea. We spent 3 or 4 hours in there and I felt so relaxed when we eventually left. Definitely somewhere I want to go back to in the future.