Well, Gillie and I have, at last, visited the spa at Amelie-les-Bains and what a very pleasant way to pass a morning.

Kim very kindly bought us a visit as a Christmas present, so we couldn’t put off the experience any longer.

We arrived at the Thermes at 9.30am and were given a warm welcome by  all with whom we came into contact.   Our first treatment was in a horse-shoe shaped hot water pool, where we were massaged by extremely powerful water jets.   I could have stayed there all day as it felt wonderful.   We then moved onto an aquarobics class, which left us both glowing.    Following this we made our way through the  building, parts of which were built by the Romans in II cent. AD, to individual cubicles where we streched out, face down on a bed to enjoy the effects of a needle shower which moves up and down ones back.   This really does bring the blood to the surface.    Gillie and I then transferred to our mud bath.   This again was in a medium sized pool, about 1.5m deep, where gentle music was playing, to aid relaxation, but she and I found it difficult not to laugh, because we hadn’t quite got the hang of staying down as we kept on floating up to the surface;   It was like floating in the Dead Sea.    On top of this, Gillie’s hat slipped off the back of her head and filled with mud, when I told her she pulled it back on covering her hair in mud, laughter once again filled the air.    By now we were feeling very relaxed, we had yet another hot shower then sitting at the pool side in our bath robes we enjoyed a cup of herbal tea before leaving to return home.

Thank you Kim, it was a most enjoyable Christmas present and we would certainly recommend a visit to all of our clients.

Jim