Mum has decided I am working 'too hard' (bless) so has announced that she is kidnapping the kids for a weekend so DH and I can have some time together.
I have gone to book my usual escape - Whatley Manor - only to find they are chocca every weekend, so I am keen to sniff out alternatives within striking distance of London. We want good food, preferably child-free and a fab spa is an 'almost essential' (but we could leave it out at a push)
We've done Charlton House and Fawsley Hall and have heard very mixed reports which have put us off Manoir/Saisons. We love the Hotel du Vins but find there isn't much to do during the day at them... and we just want to veg/spa without doing any exploring... ditto the Malmaisons (unless anyone knows of any that have a fab spa??)
Not sure if Woolley Grange is our thing.... has anyone been? We prefer relaxed and pampered to uptight and up their own backsides.
We have been tempted by the following
Cowley Manor
Babington House
Hotel du Vin Cheltenham
Has anyone got any views on any of these or alternative suggestions? If we can't find the perfect thing we will no doubt go to Reads in Faversham which is our fabulous 'local' hideaway but I just worry that I will be so close to my mum that I might crumble and not last the weekend if I do that...
Many thanks in advance.