Spa delight!

A lovely weekend was had through at Norton House in Edinburgh. I won a voucher at work (see previous post) for a nights B & B for two at this handpicked hotel. Firstly it was GREAT having a day off work, pity the weather was so rubbish. Ross and I left Glasgow first thing Friday morning and went straight to the Spa for a day of pampering. I had booked the 'Ruby Experience Package' which involved full use of the spa facilities, a massage, lunch and a Rasul Mud Treatment. So, we went to the gym first and had the whole place to ourselves (having a work out first meant we got the hard work out of the way and didn't feel guilty drinking champagne later!). My favourite machine was the power plate which is a vibrating machine (oo-er!) where you tense your muscles and it's meant to be the equivalent of several mins work when you are actually just tensing for 30 seconds! We both loved it so much we checked out how much they cost when we got back home! (£3000 - £10000 - ouch). After sweating it out on the running machine (with my nike+ trainers that talk to you when you are running - it helps to keep me motivated!) we headed for a champagne lunch in our private 'amber dining lounge. Whilst letting lunch settle we popped into the relaxation room (a dark room full of beds and playing soothing music) followed by a sauna, steam room, swim, crystal shower and bubbly hydrotherapy pool. Then it was time for the treatments, firstly the rasul mud treatment. We were shown into our own private room with a table full of different muds and 2 heated seats built into the tiled walls. We were then basically left to it to cover our body, face and hair in mud (more like moisturiser actually) and then we pressed a button which released the steam. When the steam stopped a shower of warm water released from above us to wash all the mud off. What a novelty! To finish off the package we had a joint massage in the ruby suite leaving us exhausted! So we decided to stay in the hotel rather than go out because the hotel is quite far out of Edinburgh and it was still a rotten day. Plus the rooms were lovely (with more free bubbly and fruit) and a plasma TV.
We also ate in the hotel restaurant which was vey tasty.
The next day we had planned to go clay pigeon shooting but it was postponed so we will have to reschedule for later in the year. So, we went shopping instead! I bought some more gym gear and Ross treated himself and me to some under armour for Connect Festival - which is cosy skin tight gear (often worn by footballers and golfers). Not sexy but very warm!
At night we cooked steaks to perfection (rare - medium) and smothered them in A1 sauce which you can only get in USA so please bring us back some if you are ever over there as we are almost out!
This week is a busy one with Ross just back from Switzerland and off again to Nuremburg so I have my pal Reena coming over tomorrow and an opera meeting tonight. It's all go!