More spa reviews on the way!

If you read this blog regularly, you’ll notice I’ve not been spa-going as much as usual these last few weeks.

I’m researching and eventually writing a report on the global spa industry, so other than visiting our bolthole in Spain (more about that later) –  I’m not undertaking any further trips until I’ve finished the work.

I’ll still be updating the website with detailed reviews of spas and travel from our talented contributors, so look out for more editorial to come – a honeymoon piece on a fab spa in Hong Kong, several reviews of UK spas, and exciting editorial on Italy, Germany and Africa

Back to sunny Spain -I  didn’t blog when we were out there last month.   I decided I needed a few days away from my laptop and so instead buckled down to working in the garden. The weather was glorious and gardening is an effortless way to get a tan.

Unexpected frosts earlier in the year had affected some of our bougainvillea plants. The damage was devastating.  It was sad cutting down so many branches and shoots whose glorious colours we’d enjoyed last year. So much dead wood to be recycled and still so lethally thorny! We both got badly scratched in the process! We were cheered up noticing that most of the affected plants were sprouting new leaves. I can’t wait to go out again and see how they are  progressing.

The orange and lemon trees had lots of new growth, thanks to all the rain Spain has had this spring. Even our unfriendly, spiky  little lime tree had a few flowers and one or two fruits. We also bought and planted a cute little grapefruit tree to replace the mandarin tree that died  – it’s a great addition to the garden.