I enjoyed swimming in an outdoor pool again today, this time at the Ardencote Hotel near Warwick. This hotel is a favourite of ours, and I particularly enjoy the outdoor pool. However the leisure facilities have gone upmarket since last year, and the “destination spa” is now separate from the rest of the hotel and costs extra. While this is a shrewd and enterprising move by the hotel, it annoys me to have to pay for something that was previously included in the cost of the hotel stay. We managed to minimise this extra cost by changing our hotel package and by lunchtime I was swimming up and down happily, accompanied by a friendly duck who joined me in the water. The re-vamped spa rooms are very smart and we tried them all. My favourite is the Himalayan Salt Spa.
We are in Warwickshire to meet up with Alison and Hugh, who are also staying at the Ardencote for the next couple of days. They were already planning to be in the area so we decided to join them for a bit of relaxation and sight-seeing. We all met up in the bar before having a delicious dinner while catching up on all of our news. It has been a great evening and we are looking forward to spending the day together tomorrow despite the rather rainy weather.
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