Spa Therapy

I write this as a newly relaxed, detoxed and spa afficionado. Daughter #1 and I have had a wonderful 24 hours at Stobo.

We have walked, swum, worked out in the gym and sat in every kind of steam room there is including aromatic and crystal and been battered by the strong jets of water in the jacuzzi. If all that sounds too healthy, we have eaten much and often, and sat up in bed drinking nightcaps of gin and whisky.

We have seen all shapes of women unattractively encased in all levelling fluffy white bath robes. We have likened ourselves to bird 'twitchers' having spotted two men, a rare and a rather exotic species in these surroundings.

After the final 3 course lunch and a relaxing reading of the papers in the lounge, we headed for home via the Lyne valley and West Linton before heading east to Gifford to show daughter#1 the snowdrop wood, now the primrose wood at Baro.

Back at 5pm to a lovely welcome from his Lordship. I do believe he might have missed me just a little.