To spend £1000

[Jaimx86]

I want a luxury spa and Michelin star restaurant for me and my DP. Live in the Midlands, so open to a lot of areas.

Looked at The Priory in Bath and The Grovesnor in Chester so far. I want utter decadence, but not sure whether these places will offer that. Upto £1000 for two nights.

Am I asking too much for the cost?

Actually Kaui is much more beautiful than Maui

DS1 from when he was little called it the 'topless' bus. He's 16 now. I think it's not really called that.....

Topless bus

Thumbs up!

(Did you ever take your sprogs to the MADNESS that is Crocky, Sparklers?)

No that's one place we never made it to. What's it like?

And from earlier in the thread - fishfinger sandwich:

Two slices of white bread spread with salted butter, layer of salt and vinegar crisps, three Captain Birdseye Cod Fillet Fish fingers, other side spread lightly with Heinz ketchup.

Is really delish after a Ball or something when you are slightly squiffy on fizz. When we were young and poor and used to just buy Dance tickets and have a fork supper or barbecue in our finery in someone's garden .....................pure decadence .

Elf n Safety nightmare. Best place ever acc to my troops.

topless bus tour

Would be too bloody cold for that, in December. You'd have nips like torpedoes!

Agreed Donkey

Cocky is great on a sunny day but you need tough kids

All off to Cocky on the topless bus!

Sorry

Maybe the OP could pay for all of her friends and relatives to ride the Chester topless bus with her £1000?

This was a few years back but the grosvenor is my least favourite of all starred restaurants I have eaten in. That sounds boasty. I don't mean it to. We couldn't afford to stay there, only eat there (just about - it was a birthday treat for DH).

Lolololol

I'm imagining the sheer decadence of hiring the whole topless bus. You could maybe take a picnic. You mad hedonist.

Do you know I'd quite like a nice national trust cottage somewhere near Chester and a trip on the topless bus. I'd much prefer that to a spa. I've never been to Chester.

www.nationaltrustholidays.org.uk/holiday-cottage/east-lodge-disley-stockport-cheshire/

Ooh look! Lovely. How much more decadent than picturing Colin Firth in his wet britches

OP why don't you post your income/savings on this thread, as you seem to have supreme confidence you earn/have more than us?

On other threads op has said she's a teacher. So not a 'super poor bitch', but a thousand pounds would certainly be 'money, money' on teacher's salary, unless she' doing it on someone else's coin or is being a bit economical with the truth.

Nah, I reckon she's a hairdresser from Macclesfield. The bullshit she's come on here with comes from reading too much Hello magazine and daydreaming between blue rinses.

Sorted. Lucknam Park from some helpful people on a different thread.

Your posts aren't painting you in a good light, OP. But, I can recommend the very newly refurbished spa at the midland in Manchester. The restaurant (the French, not mr cooper's house and garden) isn't starred but is damn well close - it's one of the best meals I've had, certainly better than at the grosvenor. It is overseen by Simon Rogan.

A different thread?

Have you already booked it OP? I went there only for afternoon tea and was very disappointed. I gave it a poor review on trip advisor, they phoned me to offer me to come again for free but was so bad I said I'd rather not bother. (Friends DH was posted at the army barracks down the road at the time). Hopefully it's improved. It's a beautiful place but then when you look a little closer it's a bit tired and the service was a joke. Also the afternoon tea was very average for what we paid.

Oh the different thread that's exactly the same but with fewer replies.

You would do better going to Centre Parcs, Longleat. It's just down the road and Friday night is far more decadent than Lucknam