I love a good bath. There’s something about the ease that it provides to a chilled and tired body after a day of work that a shower just can’t match.
So, despite the modest proportions of the bathroom in the new build croft house, we have decided that in addition to a free standing shower, that we must have a bath.
Husband is nearly six feet tall. I stand at a diminutive (although magnificent…) five feet and four inches. You can start to see the dilemma when it comes to a comfortable soak.
For husband to be able to stretch out luxuriously, I would have to learn to float like a jelly fish, my feet not able to reach the end of the bath. For me to wedge comfortably in for a long soak, husband would be left folded up with knees protruding from the water like an origami grasshopper.
We have found a solution, Dear Reader. It is a slipper bath. Supremely comfortable, the bather assumes a supported, semi-seated position, not requiring any wedging on my part to avoid drowning, and yet long enough for grasshopper legs to be comfortable.
The other wonderful thing about this bath is that it is excellent for reading. For those of you who know me this is an equally important consideration. There is nothing like a soggy page and neck ache to ruin an otherwise sublime bathing experience.
We are feeling rather smug about all of this, and I am going to try a number of them next week in order to find The One.
Wish me luck.
Ravencroft Skye 
Good luck. The wrinkled, waterlogged skin you’ll get is only temporary 🙂
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Thanks Leigh. A few more wrinkles added to the collective won’t worry me 😊
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Good luck!
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Thank you Linda!
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There’s always the alternative – share!
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There is indeed! ☺️
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Loving hearing about your journey, ever thought of writing a book yourself?
Good luck in your quest for a bath to suit all who bathe in it and I hope it comes some way in meeting your magnificence x
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Awww Jo… that’s such a nice thing to say. Maybe writing a book when I’ve hit retirement and have the time? Isn’t that what we all say 😄 x
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5’4″? In our house, that’s tall.
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😂😘
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What a wonderful invention!! I used to love to read in the bath. We don’t have enough water for baths these days, and probably won’t ever given the lack of regular rainfall. My favourite thing in the world was to run a hot bath and soak while reading… such an indulgence. I wish you luck with your venture.
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Oh, that’s so sad. I couldn’t imagine not being able to bathe again. I so feel for you. 😢
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