Archery? On horseback? Are you mad? Well yes but it's really good fun & there's no need to know how to ride a horse! ...

Into the Blue unrestricted hot air balloon flights are offered in partnership with Balloons Over Britain; a name synonymous with adventure & flight who have over 70 balloon launch sites across the UK. The hot air ballooning vouchers on this page offer the maximum flexibility & convenience being valid for dawn & dusk flights throughout the week including weekends making the perfect present for someone you love. Into the Blue also offers sunrise balloon trips which present excellent value for your money. The experience starts with a passenger greeting followed by the inflation of the balloon. This is great fun to watch with passengers & spectators often invited to join in whilst cold air is blown into the balloon & then heated. Just before climbing into the basket it's time for the pilot briefing & once everyone is settled (and with cameras at the ready) it's time for take off. Gently with the hot air lifting the balloon off the ground you'll will drift skywards & as you watch the ground slowly drop away friends & family down below soon look like little ant-sized people. Your familiar towns become toy towns & the rolling countryside becomes a glorious patchwork quilt of seasonal colours as you climb to an altitude of up to 3 000ft. You will be airborne in the balloon for about an hour depending on weather conditions & yes it is true that the pilot never really knows precisely where you will land
- but fear not the ground crew are in radio contact with the pilot & follow the balloon to the safe landing spot! The pilot can control altitude by using the gas burner to control the temperature of the hot air in the balloon & often a change of height can result in a change of direction. Essentially you are being carried by the wind like a dandelion seed! Once landed the ground crew will meet you & there's a champagne toast to celebrate your adventure whilst the balloon is being deflated. Your experience ends with the presentation of a commemorative certificate signed by your pilot before being transported back to the launch site. Make your special day extra special with a gift experience from Intothe Blue.co.uk
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Here's a massage in Derbyshire with a difference as it's a hot stone massage with warm stones placed on specific points of your body letting the warmth penetrate deep into the tissue to sooth & relieve you of all those aches & strains. Indeed hot stones are a great alternative to a traditional massage & is fantastic for releasing tight muscles & leaving your body feeling more balanced. If you are carrying any stress in your back or shoulders or just need a relaxing session then this full body or back massage in Derbyshire with hot stones could be just the ticket to feeling just that little bit better about yourself afterwards Usually made from basalt each stone is expertly heated in a water heater to the optimum temperature & depending on your hopes & aims for the session are placed at particular points over your body. The stones are usually different sizes & weights in accordance with which areas they are placed on. Before your session you will have a short consultation with a beauty therapist & this will help tell her which zones of your body need most attention as well as which techniques & rocks she must use. The treatments take place at an elegant & peaceful spa & massage venue in the Derbyshire Dales. Priding itself on being small unique & friendly it is located on 16 acres of beautiful countryside near Carsington Waters & offers a range of indulgent treatments including these massages with hot stones & is modern & well kept. What makes this spa centre rather unique round these parts are the fantastic views over the surrounding Derbyshire countryside from the large-windowed treatment rooms. The result is a peaceful haven where you can escape the stresses of everyday life for a while & think of you. During your stay you are welcome to walk in the grounds or stretch your legs a little further & enjoy the stunning reservoir located nearby as the surrounding area certainly makes for a tranquil stroll before or after your reviving hot stone massage that'll leave you positively glowing
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Let the pebbles do the healing when you enjoy a hot stone massage in Nottingham! Incredibly warming & cosy a thermal massage will do you the world of good. Muscle aches will vanish & you'll feel supple & raring to go & attack everyday life again by the end of your session. You might think using stones as part of a massage therapy is a little unusual. In fact as this Nottingham team knows only too well the smooth pebbles are brilliant at keeping heat in & feel really quite nice on your skin too which is why they are used. Some may talk about particular properties of certain types of rock but all we know it feels great! At this Nottingham salon we are offering the choice of either a full body massage with the stones or an upper body version concentrating purely on the neck back & shoulder areas but in both cases the aim is a deep tissue massage. Different sizes of stones will be used on different areas of the body; the largest are used along the spine for example whilst smaller pebbles can even be put in between toes As well as the placement technique your therapist will also rub problem areas with the stones to really help those tense muscles release themselves paying particular attention to classic areas of muscular strain around the neck & back. Although a warmed stone can be placed directly on the skin many beauticians like to use oils. A light covering is applied so as not to soak into the skin & then the stone is added. The mix of essential oils for a hot stone massage is a real art so this Nottingham salon has chosen to use their own unique design oil for their active botanical ingredients that smell simply wonderful. So if you fancy trying the delights of a hot stone massage this Nottingham salon is the place to go for girls in the East Midlands. Right in the centre of town you can combine your thermal massage experience with lunch out with girlfriends a bit of shopping or sightseeing
- but we recommend you finish off your day with the therapy else you'll be far too relaxed to cruise the shops afterwards!
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Hot thermal stone massages in Reading at the four-star Crowne Plaza hotel with excellent spa facilities you can use for the day. ...

Go on a journey with Hotel Chocolat from bean to bar on these brilliant chocolate experiences! Spend a couple of hours at one of Hotel Chocolat's very own chocolate schools to learn how cocoa beans get transformed into the glossy bars of chocolate that Hotel Chocolat is renowned for. It's going to be a taste & smell sensation on these workshops. We all know chocolate tastes so good but what do cocoa beans actually smell like? You'll be immersed in the world of cocoa during these experiences so you'll be tasting & smelling all the way through the chocolate-making process. The chocolate laboratory is a special place. The vibe is very much one of a cocoa plantation with the mix of metal & wood with hurricane lamps & hessian sacks. In fact Hotel Chocolat owns it's own plantation in Saint Lucia so that's how they know they are getting the very best cocoa beans to create their renowned & much-loved chocolate range. & it's this process you'll be learning about. The Hotel Chocolat conching machines whirr away whilst your chocolatier host explains how their chocolate is made. But you're not just here to listen
- you're here to make your very own chocolate bar from roasted cocoa beans! Time to roll your sleeves up & get stuck in. As your expert chocolatier explains the purest chocolate is just cocoa beans some sugar & maybe a little milk. So you'll be given your own stash of freshly roasted Hotel Chocolat cocoa beans to grind by h&. The smell at this point is incredible
- earthy & intense. As the cocoa powder separates from the cocoa butter you start to get a paste & you're well on the way to making your bar! Time for some tempering to bring the paste up to temperature to get that perfect crystal structure giving it that smooth & glossy finish. Once poured into the moulds (with a little bash to get the air out) you're done. Time to reflect with a glass of bubbly on how you took cocoa beans & made them into an actual chocolate bar. Chocolate set & ready you'll leave this Hotel Chocolat bean to bar experience with your very own h&-made slab of chocolate. Yum!

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Welcome to Hotel Chocolat for kids! Children will love these one-hour workshops where they get to learn all about where chocolate comes from & decorate their very own slab of chocolate. & all with lots of yummy chocolate tasting in-between. Get ready for a journey in chocolate kids! Standby for mucky mitts & chocolate moustaches galore. Making a mess is actually all part of the fun during these chocolate sessions that are just for kids aged between five & 13 years old. Hosted by Hotel Chocolat kids will have a blast. The history of chocolate is explained in a fun yet informative way & without waffle so youngsters get just the right amount of facts & figures before attention wanders. After the educational bit that

Includes:: seeing the machines used to turn cocoa beans into chocolate it's time to get hands-on. & as an accompanying adult you can watch your little ones as they get stuck in with all things cocoa. What's more you'll most likely be offered a drink (ever had a drink at a Hotel Chocolat cafe? Well we can tell you the hot choc is to die for!) & even take a nibble on some sampling choc yourself. Each child will be presented with a block of delicious chocolate & that means it's time for the decorating to begin. Kids will be piping swirls & shapes with different colours of warmed liquid chocolate sticking on mini marshmallows & generally just making a glorious cocoa mess as they decorate. All bars are made in their own unique style & once they've set it's time to wrap them as neatly as a Hotel Chocolat bar in the shop ready to be taken home. The only problem we can see with these Hotel Chocolat Kids' sessions is the fact that those neatly packaged bars of h&-crafted chocolate will so not be making it home without being scoffed. All the more reason for you grown ups to make sure you buy your own little stock of choc in the shop before you leave!!

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The Hotel Chocolat Tasting Adventure
- a two-hour workshop explaining chocolate in a very un-boring way! Be entertained have a
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It's all about the hovercraft in Leicester with our one to one & shared sessions spent learning how to fly these mad machines! Once you've got the the hang of the basics you will be jettisoning around the purpose built course near Market Harborough whooping with delight! Cruising above the mud is great fun in a hovercraft. We definitely recommend bringing a pair of waterproofs to protect you from what the experts call 'splash back' caused by the air-cushion vehicle floating just a few inches above the ground & making mud dirt & water fly everywhere. To pilot these unusual craft you'll be perched in a kneeling position so that you can use your weight to shift & control where you're going. As well as needing a good sense of balance there's judgement & a good dose of forward thinking required. That's because there's just a throttle & rudder but no brakes so expect adventures abound when it comes to trying to slow down or stop. Of course you won't be just let loose on... ...

Watch out there'll be some serious flying fun on water with our hovercrafting in Bedfordshire! Situated on the Wyboston Lakes its enjoyment factor 10 as you cruise over the lake on these one to one sessions. Being at the helm of a racing hovercraft as you skim the water is guaranteed to give the wow factor & miles of smiles! What's more there's no hanging around waiting your turn at this Bedfordshire centre as the hovercrafting time is allotted just for you. First you will learn the basics including accelerating & stopping the craft (useful to know considering there are no brakes). Then there's how to pilot the vehicle with the handlebars & shifting your body weight to help manoeuvre. Once that's all been covered by this Bedfordshire team it's time to fire up the fan & go hovercrafting in style starting off by pulling some 360's on land to get used to the controls before you take full advantage of the craft's amphibious quality & hit the water. What makes this hovercraft venue near St Neots in Bedfordshire unique is the water. Far from being simply a watersplash obstacle this is a full-sized lake. That means you'll have serious room to glide & manoeuvre for that floating sensation as you literally skim the water. It's possible to accelerate to high speeds drifting sideway at up to 40mph & there's even room to bust out 180 360 & 720 degree turns. As you hit the waves you'll become airborne & the noise of the fan is so loud you need a headset to hear the instructions from your coach sitting behind you. Hovercrafting at Bedfordshire's lakeside setting is without doubt the best for those wanting to experience the sensation of waterborne lift off. What's more the hovercrafts this Bedfordshire team uses are the British designed & built Flying Fish regarded as the most reliable durable & safe personal hovercrafts on the market. Time to let rip on the tranquil waters of this lake & make some air-powered waves. Please visit our main hovercrafting section to see the full range of hovercraft experiences we have on offer now! ...