{"id":107861,"date":"2021-07-16T16:00:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/?p=107861"},"modified":"2021-07-16T14:53:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T13:53:29","slug":"fab-somerset-break-and-a-trip-to-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/debbie-flint\/fab-somerset-break-and-a-trip-to-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"Fab Somerset break and a trip to Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boy, have I been busy! First, a fabulous five-night relax and chill yoga retreat in Somerset at Amchara. I was there to re-balance myself and give my body a bit of a reset. I did lots of yoga, walking, had massages, did a food intolerance test (I need to add whole eggs to my dairy intolerance!), and swimming. Oh my goodness, it was such a lovely pool.<\/p>\n

I went in a couple of times because the weather was fine enough, and popped in my Apple<\/strong> AirPods<\/a> so I could continue listening to my audiobooks. It was bliss. I wish I had a pool at home!<\/p>\n

The most beautiful views were outside my window (see below for a vlog look around the place when I first arrived!), and I met a lovely bunch of people. Hopefully I\u2019ll keep in touch with some of them. This was my result for the week, it will be mostly water loss in that half a stone off, I\u2019m sure, but I\u2019m going to try to carry on eating clean from now on\u2026<\/p>\n\"\"\n

Second Stop – Wales!<\/strong><\/p>\n\"\"\n

Then it was off to Lauren\u2019s for three nights to soak up as much time as I could with my lovely daughter, her two and a half-year-old and their family. Next conversion of the barn is coming on well. I loved going to watch Phoebe do swimming and picking her up from nursery. Plus, I\u2019ve got to spend most afternoons with her, to give Lauren a rest. Always smashing to be down in Wales with my beautiful daughter. A little hiccup came in the form of Baloo, the brown spaniel, having a bad abscess on her tooth, but all was okay after a quick trip to the vets for antibiotics!<\/p>\n

They have the most wonderful plants growing, including some delicious mangetout, which had grown a bit too big so they had started to form peas and the outside was more delicious than the peas! But then my clean palette is very sensitive to all sorts of foods and vegetables at the moment, and that means that even something normally bland tastes absolutely delicious! Well you can imagine, after a week of mostly juice and soup! Happy to say I will be back down again with them the following weekend, because it\u2019s our annual trip for the two little cousins to meet up and I will be going with my son Bradley to spend a couple of nights. Hurray.<\/p>\n

Leg mistress<\/strong><\/p>\n\"\"\n

Look who loved the Leg Master! I took down my favourite leg trimmer to show Lauren, and look who jumped on it! Little Phoebe was so funny, she knew exactly how to use it as well, ha ha. Just shows how easy it is. Well, if you don\u2019t have any problems with inner and outer thigh muscles – or bottom – that is. If you do, get this, it\u2019s brilliant! Go here<\/a> to get yours.<\/p>\n

Snippets<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jodie\u2019s view<\/strong><\/p>\n\"\"\n

You know me, I love a room with a view! And when I went to see my niece and her two year-old, plus the new baby, in Ilfracombe, I had to climb one million steps to get to their front door but it was worth it – this was the view! Had a lovely time catching up and lots of cuddles.<\/p>\n

Army job<\/strong><\/p>\n\"\"\n

Two of the people at the retreat, Kevin and Sabine, remembered me from my SSVCTV days reading cards for their own two girls when they were stationed in Germany at Osnabruck on the BFPO base. We broadcast from Buckinghamshire, but they didn\u2019t know that. I used to link in between the children\u2019s programs and read out the cards. \ud83d\ude42 It was nice to spend a couple of days with them there. I wonder what their girls thought when they saw the photos!<\/p>\n

Belstone escape?<\/strong><\/p>\n