The Vale Hotel, Golf and Spa Resort

Excellant course well maintained greens suberb,a course you must visit.

We played four rounds at the Vale, 2 on each of the courses, both are long and tough (from my scores to tough for me) the Lakes is the slightly shorter but tighter of the two, enjoy the 4th with OB on both sides of a 50 yrd fairway, 3 of us were out of the hole off the tee, leaving Dave K to walk up and play the rest of hole on his own. Plenty of water as the name suggests and with 50p per lost ball my charity fund done very well from the wkend.
The National is 6600 yrds and it was still wet the first time we played which made it play long, very punishing of a dodgy shot which is why I didnt score much. Both courses had some stunning holes and are well worth the trip.
The complex itself is easy to get to about 5 mins from M4, Food was excellent at the hotel grill, bar prices were ok, not as bad as some big venues (Belfry!) Staff were friendly and helpful, a few guys were disappointed in the food at the golf bar, but I had no complaints.
Recommended for any golf weekend package.