Take your taste buds to the max with some of the best Food & Drink experiences in the world Why not satisfy your sweet tooth with some of the most luxurious foods from different places on the planet It is nothing but Heaven on Earth for any food lover out there Enjoy the overnight stays & fill your belly morning noon & night A perfect luxury for either yourself & a loved one or a delightful treat for someone special in your life! The Retreat Beaconsfield is located within 2000 acres of stunning Buckinghamshire countryside hills & a picturesque valley Treat yourself to this relaxing experience where you will enjoy a 25 minute treatment & a delightful cream tea On arrival you will be greeted by a team of dedicated highly trained professional therapists Your therapist will guide you through your whole experience; putting you at ease from the moment you step through the doorway You can choose one from the following treatments an Express Manicure Express Pedicure Aromatherapy Facial Back Neck & Shoulder Massage Indian Head Massage or an Express Aromatherapy Sugar Body Scrub After your treatment you will indulge in a delicious cream tea in the lounge Unwind in the comfortable surroundings taking in unspoiled rural views as you enjoy a fresh scone with clotted cream & jam alongside your choice of tea If you fancy a stroll after your cream tea why not take a woodland walk & enjoy the peaceful setting This fabulous experience will see you fully rejuvenated by the end of the day Please note for a small fee you can upgrade to a weekend date please enquire on booking When can you go? This experience is available on selected Monday to Friday dates throughout the year subject to availability You must take your experience before the voucher expiry date How long does this activity last? Generally you will spend 2 hours at the venue but there is no set time You need to know The minimum age for this experience is 16 years old If you have any dietary requirements please notify the venue on booking There are no qualification requirements This is for a voucher entitling the holder to any of the activities supplied by Activity Superstore up to the value stated You & how many others? This experience is for one person there will be other customers at the venue at the time of your visit Family & friends You are welcome to bring family & friends but they will need to pay on the day Locations South East
- Buckinghamshire
- Beaconsfields Valid until 01032017

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An atmospheric vibrant & moving tale of pain & passion at the heart of war-torn Spain from Victoria Hislop the million-copy bestselling author of THE ISLANDBeneath the majestic towers of the Alhambra Granada's cobbled streets resonate with music & secrets Sonia Cameron knows nothing of the city's shocking past; she is here to dance But in a quiet cafe a chance conversation & an intriguing collection of old photographs draw her into the extraordinary tale of Spain's devastating civil war Seventy years earlier the cafe is home to the close-knit Ramirez family In 1936 an army coup led by Franco shatters the country's fragile peace & in the heart of Granada the family witnesses the worst atrocities of conflict Divided by politics & tragedy everyone must take a side fighting a personal battle as Spain rips itself apart ...

Everyone has gone away We too should no longer be here Luanda 1975 The Angolan War of Independence has been raging for at least a decade but with the collapse of the Salazar dictatorship defeat for the Portuguese is now in sight Thousands of settlers are fleeing back to Portugal to escape the brutality of the Angolan rebels Rui is fifteen years old He has lived in Luanda all his life & has never even visited the far-away homeland
- although he has heard many stories But now his family are finally accepting that they too must return & Rui is filled with a mixture of excitement & dread at the prospect But just as they are leaving for the airport his father is taken away by the rebels & the family must leave without him Not knowing if the father is alive or dead
- or if they will ever find out what has become of him Rui his mother & sister try to rebuild their lives in their new home This turns out to be a five star hotel in a quiet seaside suburb of Lisbon where returnee families are crammed into luxurious rooms by the dozen These palatial surroundings are a cruel contrast with the reality of returnee life The hotel becomes a curious form of purgatory as the families wait to discover what will become of them
- ever conscious of the fact that they are hardly welcome back in their homeland Rui has his own personal struggle with his new life growing up dropping out of school facing discrimination & the ever-present worry over his mother's deteriorating health & his father's fate And then one night Rui's father returns from the dead Translated from the Portuguese by Angel Gurria-Quintana


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Gone Set in the Australian outback Gone is a contemporary psychological thriller in which a young British couple become involved with a mysterious & charismatic American whose motive for imposing his friendship upon them becomes increasingly sinister The Return Joanna has made a successful career for herself as sales representative for a trucking company But her private life has been difficult; estranged from her father (Sam Shepard) stalked by an obsessed ex-boyfriend (Adam Scott) & with few friends Joanna fears that she is losing control She sees & feels the brutal murder of a young woman she&s never met at the hands of a heartless killer a man who appears to be making Joanna his next target Determined to fight back Joanna is guided by her nightmares to the murdered woman&s hometown Once there she will discover that some secrets can&t be buried; some spirits never die; & that the murder she is trying to solve may be her own ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play In the sequel to A Man Called Horse English nobleman Lord John Morgan (Richard Harris) returns to America to get reacquainted with his adopted Sioux tribe who are at war with the US government over their sacred land As the situation reaches breaking point can he persuade them to take direct action against their oppressors? ...

Tense teen thriller from award-winning Keith Gray No one messes with Johnny Kemp But Dan got him kicked out of school & now word on the street is that Johnny's back
- & he's looking for Dan Will anyone help Dan face up to the bully? Particularly suitable for struggling reluctant & dyslexic readers aged 12
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Twenty-five years ago the Kingdom of Valdonia was under siege by an army of darkness The magical forces of good only had one hope
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With an Introduction by John S Whitley University of Sussex After Sherlock Holmes' apparently fatal encounter with the sinister Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls the great detective reappears to the delight of the faithful Dr Watson in The Adventures of the Empty House The stories are illustrated by Sidney Paget the finest of illustrators from which our images of Sherlock Holmes & his world derive This is the second of three volumes of The Complete Sherlock Holmes newly typeset from the original copies of The Strand Magazine The three books present all the Holmes stories in order of first publication ...

Venice in 1576 is a city ravaged by plague Most have fled but the beautiful & formidable Tullia Buffo once the most desired courtesan of the age has returned home Facing ruin Tullia must now fight for her life & protect her secrets The gondolier Sebastiano a keeper of secrets has plied his trade on the canals of Venice his whole life soaking up gossip & scandal & saving his family from destitution after what happened to his father After all these years his lifelong grudge against the famous painter Titian's son is as strong as ever Now with Titian dead his son has returned to Venice to claim his father's paintings & Sebastiano has a plan for revenge In the present day events from centuries earlier suddenly engulf the lives of ordinary people as far distant as London & New York as they are touched by the enduring legacy of Tullia a lost Titian masterpiece & the secrets of old Venice ...

WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR SIDETRACKEDHerbert Molin a retired police officer is living alone in a remote cottage in the vast forests of northern Sweden He has two obsessions one is the tango & the other is a conviction that he is being hunted constantly pursued by 'demons' He has no close friends no close neighbours & by the time his body is eventually found Molin is almost unrecognisable Lindman a police officer on extended sick leave hears of the death of his former colleague & to take his mind off his own problems decides to involve himself in the case What he discovers to his horror & disbelief is a network of evil almost unimaginable in this remote district & one which seems impossible to link to Molin's death ...