I love travelling. I do. I love exploring the world and experiencing new cultures and just soaking up a life that is so dissimilar from my own. I love meeting new people, falling in love with cities and never wanting to be dragged away from beaches. But sometimes, sometimes I just prefer to be home.
Which is why recently, when both my Mum and I were in need of a major, major break, we headed off to Sopwell House, a stunningly beautiful country house in St Albans, only an hour’s drive and a 20 minute train ride away from St Pancras and oh my god it was the absolute dream!!
We started with a wander of the grounds – which ended with a mini photoshoot because if you see a cute bandstand and don’t take a photo are you even a blogger? – followed by a coffee and snack break in our gorgeous room. One thing that I was immediately impressed with was Sopwell House’s knowledge of gluten free. I was brought an entire cheeseboard – which was as divine as it looked – alongside some gluten free crackers while my Mum tucked into a nice bit of cake. It’s just the personal touches that make a difference (and obvs being greeted with a platter of cheese is enough to make me propose to anyone because cheese over Victoria’s Secret bod any day of the week).
We had dinner at The Restaurant and I honestly just had the most incredible evening. The atmosphere is gorgeous, luxe fine dining but not in any way pretentious, and the staff were unbelievable. That seemed to be a running theme at Sopwell actually, every single member of staff treated us like total royalty (no you pretended to be Kate Middleton) and went out of their way to make the experience as amazing as possible.
From beautifully fresh Tomato soup, to the chicken in the mushroom sauce with the best fondant potato, to gluten free Mille feuille that dreams were made of. Every single dish was absolutely stunning and I have to say, it was one of my favourite ever meals.
Breakfast is my thing. I am not a girl that can ever go without breakfast and if I do…. probs best to avoid me at all costs, and genuinely, as a coeliac I have never been presented with so many options. I was offered gluten free crumpets, pastries, bread… you name it, they had it. So obviously I went for crumpets with a side of sausages – LOL AT MY LIFE – and basically a fry up, with a whole plate of toast, plus yogurt and fruit. Yes there was an awful lot of food and yes I did eat every last scrap but no, not at all sorry.
Unfortunately we didn’t get a chance to try out the spa but we did have a little peak, which to be honest, was probably the worst idea because it looked like a total dream and I basically had to be pulled away kicking and screaming.
After another wander around the stunning grounds we had to say bye to Sopwell and I honestly felt so sad and not at all ready to leave. It was the most calm and zen I’d felt in such a long time and I finally managed to switch off a little even though we were only an hour from home.
So basically, if you’re looking for a place to stay without venturing too far away – or if you’re further away and fancy somewhere calm, idyllic, totally zen and utterly beautiful – Sopwell House is your place. The rooms are incredibly comfortable and homely, the staff are amazing, the grounds are stunning and the food, oh my god the food, is absolutely divine!! Divine. DIVINE!!!!
I would love to know if you’ve ever visited Sopwell house or are now thinking of going? Where is your favourite place to escape to?
Reading this in the morning before breakfast definitely wasn't the best idea, the food looks delicious! Sopwell House looks lovely, nothing better than a little break away without going too far!
Wow, how lovely does Sopwell house look ? I would love to stay there someday. Perhaps I'll take my lovely boyfriend there for our 3 year anniversary. I have been loving looking at your Instagram elle, following you on your travels, it seems so exciting, I wish I had your life, hope it's as glamorous as it seems.
Oh my, this looks gorgeous! I can never say no to a huge breakfast, really want those crumpets right now – they look amazing. Love the gingham shirt on you! Sophie xx | Sophar So Good
You can't beat a staycation. Yes, there's so much of the world to see.. but there's also so many beautiful places here in the UK that you easily forget about. This place looks and sounds wonderful. 🙂
This place looks really beautiful and the perfect place to relax, and that food looks so damn tasty! One of my favourite places to go to relax is a place called Bright, it's about a four hour drive away from where I live but it's one of my favourite places- the food there is also amazing!
This all looks and sounds amazing. I've been meaning to take a staycation for ages now but for some reason I keep putting it off. This is such a great reminder that there's always amazing gems in your own backyard
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Wow, how lovely does Sopwell house look ? I would love to stay there someday. Perhaps I'll take my lovely boyfriend there for our 3 year anniversary.
I have been loving looking at your Instagram elle, following you on your travels, it seems so exciting, I wish I had your life, hope it's as glamorous as it seems.
Great post! Amazing photos!
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Oh my, this looks gorgeous! I can never say no to a huge breakfast, really want those crumpets right now – they look amazing. Love the gingham shirt on you!
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Sopwell looks charming, the grounds are gorgeous and the breakfast sounds very tasty!
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Hi everyone!!!HOW I GOT MY WIFE BACK/MY BABY WITH THE HELP OF Dr. AHMED
I have being married to my wife for the past 3 years and 9 months we have obviously being living fine for those past few years. but the problem i was having was that i haven't being able to impregnate her because i thought i had a low sperm count,i had being visiting many hospital done various of test and samples but to no avail because all they could tell me was that am perfectly fine but i know that i am not fine my wife has being becoming impatient because i haven't being able to impregnate her after so many years. Things got worst each day, every seconds of my life i always think of what next to do because am being fed of me being incapable. i have come across so many health attendant who normally tell me that i have no problem. but i know that am sincerely not OK. One faithful evening when i came online in search of some people testified that he brought their Ex lover back, some testified that he restores womb, cure cancer, and other sickness, some testified that he can cast a spell to stop divorce and so on. i also come across one particular testimony, it was about a woman called Cora, she testified about how he brought back her Ex lover in less than 28 hours, he is the answer to all your problem. that is how they got help from Dr Ahmed, their wife back, how they got their husband back, how they got their low sperm on high rate with the help of Dr Ahmed i had to quickly get his email/phone number on line and contact him as soon as i could because i needed help urgently we had some talk and what i will do to get my self OK. he told me that all i had do is to get some items for purification and cleansing, i did all of those and thanks to Dr Ahmed am perfectly fine and my wife has given birth to Twins of the same sex all thanks to Dr Ahmed for his wonderful help… Contact.: E-mail: Ahmedutimate@gmail.com or call/Whats-app: +2348160153829.
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