Hellion Lakes Hotel, Golf and Spa - Daventry.

Day 1 of my and Sam's 

Fifth anniversary celebrations.

I used Groupon to have a look at deals for me and Sam to do while we were in Royal Leamington Spa. They had an offer for £25 which caught my eye the deal included use of the gym, jacuzzi, steam room and 1 hours ten pin bowling. If available we could have 20% off a spa treatment but there was no space when I phoned to book and we werent really that bothered.

The hotel was in the countryside. I have never drove down actual country lanes so it was.....erm...... lets just say different haha, I don't think Sam enjoyed it as much as I did. We drove past it at first but we pulled into a side lane and turned around, we pulled up to the hotel and honestly the photo's online do it no justice, it took my breathe away. 

We walked in the this posh hotel sticking out like sore thumbs in our gym clothes. We spoke to a lovely lady at the main reception who pointed us in the right direction to the leisure reception. We arrived and there was nobody around but a sign said to call a number using the phone for assistance. Shortly after calling the number a very chirpy man can strolling along ready to help, He made us feel extremely comfortable.

We signed in and he showed us the changing room, gave us some slippers then showed us around the gym. Me and Sam spent time on the bikes, cross trainer, rowing machines and different weights which was a first for me. My arms ached so much but I kind of liked it. We then got changed into our swimming costumes and headed to the swimming pool which was fun, Sam is not a fan of swimming pools but he came in and we dunked our heads under the water trying to look at each other and we swam a little. We then hopped into the jacuzzi which was roasting hot but that didn't stop us staying in there for roughly 30 - 40 minutes.

It took me almost an hour to get dressed I had a mini melt down in the changing rooms because it was so hot in there, my shower cubicle flooded and I had to do my make up twice. Sam was waiting outside the changing room for 25 minutes...ooooppppps. Once I emerged from my hot hell haha we went to the bar to redeem out free cups of tea and a danish pastry. They were both yummy.

It was now roughly 6.30pm and our bowling was booked for 7pm but I thought we should ask if we could bowl instead of sitting around for half an hour. The man at the leisure reception let us go straight down. The room had four little lanes and uv lights like Tenpin's cosmic bowling. Sam chose to have the barriers down for the first game and I only scored 37, the next two games I had the barriers up and I got 96 and 84. Sam won all 3 games unfortunately and I got a little bit moody haha.

It was the end of our evening at Hellion Lake Hotel and it was amazing. I had so much fun and I would totally                                                         go back.

Have you ever been?

Becky xx

Going to Church

My Nephew Robert's First Holy Communion!

I don't believe in religion, but my Brothers family are catholic and I will support them. On Sunday 21st June my oldest Nephew Robert had his Holy Communion. I took my Mum and Dad with me and we got there just after 10 am and Chris and the kids arrived just in front of us. I took some photos and played chase while the adults smoked and had a chat.

Some how I never feel like an adult with my family, I always feel awkward. I am the most comfortable playing games with the children ha ha. It was now 10.30am and we were all inside sorting out seating. The church is same church Chris and Sue got married in back in November. We were all seated except Sue's Mum Libby and Dad Chris, I think they were late.

The service began, there was hymns and prayers lots of sitting and standing. It was a beautiful service and all the children looked gorgeous but my gosh did it go on. I spent my time talking to Katie and Lucy who were both sitting next to me. I took Katie to the toilet and James which broke it up a little bit. I also got told off by one of the teachers for taking photos of my family. 

Outside I played chase with the Kids again and took some more photos. We all went home and chilled until the barbecue was set up then I had some food and took Dani to the shops to get her and my Mum some cigarettes and pop and sweets for the kids. I came back and chilled in the living room with Dani and Lucy listening to music.

It was time to go home around 6pm and I was exhausted as I worked the night before and didn't get to sleep until 3am ish. I dropped my dad home came back then I went to bed to watch Pretty Little Liars.

Do you believe in religion? What one? Have you ever been to a Holy Communion?

Becky xx

Weston-Super-Mare

Family day at the beach!

It was a beautiful Thursday morning and everybody was awake by 6am ready for my first ever road trip. Me, Mum and Sam went to macdonalds on the Coventry road first for a breakfast, me and sam had a double sausage and egg mcmuffin with a coke and Mum had a bacon roll with a coffee. By 7.30am we headed off to go and get Dad. We were well on our way to Weston-Super-Mare..... WOop woOP.

I was over excited to be on a motor way that I definitely drove quicker than I thought I would. I was nervous and excited which was weird, I was switching lanes and overtaking it was really good just a little bit on the fast side. We stopped off at a service station and went to the toilet and had a quick drink I had a mango and passionfruit smoothie. This gave my leg and foot a good rest haha.

We arrived at Weston at roughly 11.30am we all got undressed as it was warm, we got the chairs and the picnic hamper then we all made a beeline for that beach. We made up a little camp and ate some sandwiches, pork pie, crisps. I had a little sun bath and got to put my feet in the sand  then we headed off. Sam and Dad took the hamper and charis back to the car and me and Mum waited on the wall with a drink and relaxed in the sun.

We then went to the loo which cost 20p and hopped on the little train along the seafront it was nice to see all the different buildings but it was extremely cold. Me and Dad then went on the big wheel the views were amazing but I was absolutely pooping my pants because the cart kept swinging from side to side Dad loved it. We both came off shivering because it was roughly 3pm and the winds had definitely picked up.

We all took a little stroll up the pier which is like a massive tradition in our family. It didn't seem as long as it used to feel. We went in the arcade section at the back but Mum couldn't handle the loud noise as she wasn't feeling very well. Me, Dad and Sam went up to level 2 and had a go on these drifting go karts, Sam won and I lost, I was terrible at it. 

Dad then went to join Mum outside for a quick cigarette. Me and Sam went in a thing called the crystal maze which is loads of mirrored walls and glass, we had to try and walk around finding our way out. We then went into the mirrored room, which was ok but it is literally a room with a couple of weird mirrors and some LED lights. We went outside to find Mum and Dad to see if they wanted to join us on the ghost ride, they didn't they were going to go and get Dad a little jumper. 

Me and Sam went onto the ghost ride and it was scary I do not understand how children can go on this ride without crying. We had a picture taken which I am never putting on to the internet because as they take the picture they spray air into your face so it looks horrific.....thanks pier ride people haha. We then spent some more time playing air hockey, shooting, a bouncing game, horse riding game and a basketball game I won 3/2 hahaha 2 days in a row I beat Sam. 

Mum and Dad came and found us trying to win a Dory teddy out of a grabber machine and then we went to get some food. I really wanted some fish and chips. Mum and Dad took us to a cafe but the food didn't look very nice in my opinion so we went to a chippy that we went to the last time and we all enjoyed it. We had fish swimming by us in a big tank and we all had yummy food, I was the only one of us not to have fish, I had a burger instead which was okay. Me and Sam had waffles for pudding which was nice, I dont normally have waffles as a pudding.

We headed home, It was the hardest drive I have ever had to do. I was soooo tired and sun burnt trying to drive 96 miles, it wasn't a plan. I made it though. We went into Dads bungalow to say hello to his new dog Spartan and have a little rest before driving back home.

It was such a great day.

Have you ever been here? What did you do?

Becky xx