Tuesday and the first full day at the Spa. Breakfast is at 7:45! I arrive and survey the array of help yourself food. I cannot face it and content myself with toast and marmalade washed down with orange juice and decaf coffee. Its back to the room and for the first time I get into my fluffy white robe and swim joggers. As a first journey into Spa land my partner goes in for her massage while I read my book. The book springs a surprise as the main character, a young teenage Japanese boy, kills a kitten and then watches as another boy eviscerates it. Not what I was expecting! My partne returns and soon it is my name being called.

My “therapist” explains what she is going to do to me and does a brief medical history with me. She then in structs me about disrobing and getting ready for the massage and disappears to check that it is okay to do me as planned. She returns and says we are good to go. The back massage is fun if a little painful in the neck and shoulders. I then get my face sprayed with stuff and some lip balm applied. With my eyes covered up she moves onto my feet where she does some massage with a fancy name. Finally she massages my lower legs with freezing cold balls! That was interesting, and then it was over. I dressed and she recommended things to do and not do. I as then shown the way back to find my partner.

My partner and I go to lunch and find it is a three course meal. Whilst settling down to decide what to eat I look around the dining room, it is full of people in fluffy white robes, it looks like a flock of sheep have all come to lunch. Lunch is tasty and filling and at the end of it we head for some where to rest. My partner and I end up in the sound sanctuary laying on a circular sofa thing with cushions. I was going to read but apparently I ruined the atmosphere by snoring..

Eventually the sound sanctuary was abandoned and we made or way to the Spa terrace where we found sun loungers and settled down to read and apparently snore again. As the day clouded over we retreated to the room only to find the key not working so a quick trip to reception was in order to get new keys. I take the opportunity to draft the blog and then shower before dinner.

We dined and went to bed very tired but in a Spa relaxed kind of way.