Daddy vs Daughters: £5,000. One Night. The Cotswolds.

A Tree House, A Helicopter , Cheese, Wine & Mummy

4500

Daddy's avoiding the big Cotswolds hotels completely. He's taking Mummy by private helicopter from Deddington to a secluded luxury treehouse near Tetbury. The Tree House has a log burner, freestanding bath, outdoor shower, wraparound deck and private countryside around it. Dinner isn't Michelin-starred. It's Camembert melted by the fire, a proper French stick, cranberry sauce and a ridiculously good bottle of red wine. Then absolutely nothing. No restaurant. No spa. No schedule. No children. “Harriet invited all her friends. I invited one person. If I've got £5,000, I don't want another posh hotel and a tasting menu. I want to pick Mummy up in Deddington in a helicopter, disappear to a treehouse, light the fire, melt some Camembert, open a completely irresponsible bottle of red and not have to be anywhere until the next morning.” Dad says “Five grand to sit in a tree eating melted cheese with Mummy. Money well spent.”

The Farriers at Estelle Manor — The Ultimate Sleepover

£5000

Forget tasting menus, spa treatments and sophisticated country-house weekends. Harriet wants The Farriers at Estelle Manor, filled with her friends for the ultimate sleepover. The requirements are remarkably specific: Friends. Domino's pizza. Netflix. Pepsi Max on tap. An unreasonable quantity of sweets. Ice cream. And absolutely no requirement to dress for dinner. Essentially, she's taking a seriously luxurious Cotswolds house and using it for exactly what a 12-year-old thinks a seriously luxurious Cotswolds house should be used for. Her reasoning “I'd rather have all my friends there and have a massive sleepover. We'd get Domino's, loads of sweets and ice cream, watch Netflix and I want Pepsi Max on tap.” Dad says “I suspect Estelle Manor had a rather different vision for Bluebell House.”

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