To celebrate its 50-year anniversary in 2017, the Royal Lancaster London underwent a multimillion-pound refurbishment and emerged – several years later – sporting a head-to-toe makeover, a complete rebrand and a new name. Which is exactly how I plan to spend my next big birthday. Turn the clock back half a century and the hotel […]
Travel: Rockliffe Hall – a luxury spa hotel kids will love almost as much as grown-ups
Rockliffe Hall is a five-star Pride of Britain hotel in Darlington, on the northern reaches of North Yorkshire or the southern edge of County Durham, depending on where you’re standing. We tagged a one-night stay to the end of a short break at Center Parcs Whinfell Forest, which is about an hour’s drive away in […]
Travel: The best bath of my life at Ellenborough Park Hotel, Cheltenham
‘This place is bigger than our front room. And our kitchen. And our upstairs. Put together.’ Those were the first words to come out of my mouth as I walked into our suite at Ellenborough Park hotel in Cheltenham. Apart from an unintelligible combination of ‘woooooah’ and ‘ohmywordwouldyoulookatthisplace’, of course. And it was no understatement, […]
Travel: Mallory Court Hotel review, Leamington Spa (without the kids!)
It’s been more than a year since the husband and I went out for dinner just the two of us. I know you’re meant to do these things a lot as grown-ups – I read the same late-night posts on Scary Mommy as you, and I know ‘date nights’ are what keep toddler-tired marriages ticking along. But two kids, […]