Happy holidays

SUFFOLK SWAN

Book mum a Spring Into Su olk break at the 15thcentury Swan Hotel in Lavenham, Su olk between 1 April and 30 June (excluding Easter and Bank Holiday weekends; some Saturdays; minimum two-night stay). Steeped in history, the Swan is set in the heart of one of the country’s best-preserved Tudor villages. From £230 per night for two sharing a Classic room, including breakfast, dinner, cream tea and tickets to Gainsborough’s House, the birthplace museum of Thomas Gainsborough, in nearby Sudbury.
01787-247477, www.theswanatlavenham.co.uk

BEACH BREAK

With more flights to Newquay from Gatwick and other regional airports, it’s easier to reach the Cornish coastline, so Beachspoke has launched the Beachspoke Express package. It includes a three-night stay in an architecturally adventurous luxury cottage in Holidays made to make a mum – or another special someone – very happy indeed St Ives – for example, Blue Moon during May, costing £197.50 per person, or Moon Shadow during April and May, costing £235 per person – including complimentary wine on arrival and chauffeur-driven Duchy Cars transport to and from Newquay airport. Flybe flights from Gatwick from £95: www.Žflybe.com
020-8740 3097, www.beachspoke.com

TRADITIONAL TEA

Treat a loved one to a classic afternoon tea, while a pianist plays in the background, £26 per person (booking is essential), at Gibbon Bridge hotel in Lancashire’s unspoilt Forest of Bowland. On set dates in spring and summer enjoy sandwiches, cakes, pastries, scones and cream, plus a glass of champagne, in the hotel’s orangery or conservatory, both overlooking the awardwinning gardens. Dates include 29 March, 18 April, 14 May, 18 June, 16 July and 13 August. Double rooms from £150 per night.
01995-61456, www.
hotels.com

BE CRAFTY

The Waunifor Centre in Carmarthenshire o ers quiet rural self-catering holiday cottages in the TeiŸ Valley, with an on-site Craft and Pottery studio where you can learn a new craft, from felt, bead, card, jewellery and pottery making, to mosaics and glass painting and workshops. A seven-night stay in Robin, which sleeps four, costs from £260; twohour craft sessions from £25 per person.
01559-395437, www.waunifor.com

JERSEY JAUNT

Mums deserve a luxurious break at Jersey’s Longueville Manor, a member of the Relais & Châteaux collection of Ÿfine hotels and restaurants. Housed in a beautiful 14thcentury manor house in St Saviour, the hotel o ers the April In Jersey Explorer Package, from £150 per person per night, including full English breakfast, car hire and a Jersey Pass to local attractions. One night’s accommodation free, if you book for three nights or more.
01534-725501, www.longuevillemanor.com

Prices correct at time of going to press.

Contact Wendy at wendy.gomersall@lady.co.uk