The urban guide to the countryside -
Wellbeing
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Are you a floater?
Back to the womb: a spell in a darkened floatation tank filled with warm water must be the ultimate relaxation therapy.
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New Cliveden Spa reviewed
Ain't nothing like a luxury spa day to seduce you into a blissful state of laziness. Resistance is futile.
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7 benefits of weight lifting
Forget bulging biceps, we're talking weight loss, lean muscle mass and healthy bones - er, yes please!
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New health & fitness festival
After a summer of booze, bands and bonkers kids, you're going to need a sanity-saver. I've got just the thing.
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To-do list fatigue?
Who'd like a lifestyle PA to blitz all those pesky chores? Who wouldn't, right? Muddy's Kerry Potter tests the services of Rebecca Crayford Lifestyle Management.
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Work driving you nuts?
Feeling a bit 'meh' about work? Reading this when you should be writing a report? (Naughty!) Or maybe you're dreaming about changing careers completely? Whatever your job dilemma, we have a book for that.
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Spread Eagle, Midhurst
Fancy preparing for layer removal with a spa day, or holing up and fine dining in cosy surrounds? The Spread Eagle Hotel at Midhurst has you covered either way and it's so historic Elizabeth I stayed here!
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Whatley Manor Spa
Why do The Cotwolds have so many amazing spa hotels? (Answers on a postcard if you can be bothered to write to me between your massage and poolside jacussi). I have great designs on doing a kind of spa crawl one of these days but for now my lucky ducky Muddy Gloucestershire editor Sarah has […]
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Nail your fitness
Fallen off your fitness regime? Yeah, me too (grrrr) . Never mind, let's get back on the horse with these 6 super-smart ways to train from PT and triathlete Steve Carvey.
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New spa & afternoon tea
Brighton’s lovely seafront Harbour Hotel and its Jetty Restaurant have been open a few months now but a couple of new additions have just made it a top place to hang out and enjoy a bit of pampering, even if you’re not staying – namely a spa in a grotto and a colourful afternoon tea. Unusually, the hotel […]
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Running a half? Race day tips
Buy me a drink some time and I’ll tell you my tales as a marathon veteran. The nights training in the snow with a head torch… the black toenails… the grim need for Canestan cream and Imodium… hitting the wall. Oh yes, I’ve been there. It wasn’t actually me doing the running of course. Despite years […]
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On my soapbox
I'm on my soapbox (hang on while I do a couple of sets of tricep dips will you?). I'm sick of competitive clean eating, £600 designer running pants and the unhealthy industry that's propping up our modern concept of 'wellness'. Stretch, limber, RANT!
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Muddy tries: Clinic on the Green
If I were to start a competition to find the cutest, quirkiest alternative therapy centre in rural England, I think the Clinic on the Green would have a good stab at winning it. Sitting on the green (well, what did you expect?) in Bletchington, a sleepy, pretty village 2 miles north of Kidlington, 5 miles […]
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New Beauty Salon In Bude To Make You Blush
From the outside an industrial estate might not be the first place you’d expect to find a exclusive beauty salon (with its own training academy) is it muddies? But after successfully gaining a loyal client base operating out of her converted garage, demand for master lash technician Mel’s services required she get her own premises. Mel […]
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Are they off to university? 5 student survival cookery courses
My nephew’s been staying with us for a few days, and as he’s off to university in September we were chatting about how he’s going to survive on the cooking front. It occurred to me that it’s probably a subject cropping up in households across the county as young adults fly the nest *sob*. What will you […]
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Family mountain bike trail, Bracknell
Well hellooo there bum cheeks! You’re making yourselves known after our mountain bike trail in Swinley Forest. Someone get me a bag of frozen peas! As you can probably guess, I am most definitely *not* a natural mountain biker. In fact, the last time I rode a bike, I think it was a Chopper (and I […]
