Swept Off Your Feet or Windswept - What's Your Idea of the Perfect Date?

Gone are the days when a date simply involved a drink down at the local or a slap-up meal - nowadays you can really impress your beau with an adrenaline packed adventure or ultimate pampering session, all courtesy of a huge range of experience days!

High water

For adventurous experience days, why not take your date white water rafting! After all, she'll probably be more impressed with your raft handling skills (or at least good humoured attempts) than the dodgy moves you'd otherwise be pulling off on a dancefloor! With expert tuition to get you going, you can choose from either man-made rapids - for guaranteed white water action - or head up to the Scottish highlands or Welsh mountains for added natural beauty. Now that's romance! Otherwise if you can handle the cold, why not show off your pecs with a day's surf lesson in Newquay? Soon you'll both be tackling the waves on your boards - and who knows, maybe you'll even get to re-enact some Baywatch moves at the end of it all! That's not all there is to water-themed experience days either - if your date is a water baby, you could also try yacht racing, powerboat speeding - or maybe head underwater for some scuba-diving fun (not ideal for a first date smooch though...)

Take to the skies!

Otherwise, head to the skies with some uplifting experience days! Why not go for pure old-fashioned romance with a beautiful hot air balloon ride. With a champagne toast to get you both in the mood, you'll then be guided through the skies in beautiful peaceful serenity. Let's just hope the great British weather holds up for your journey! You could also go for a high-speed date in the skies with a helicopter tour over London - taking in all the sights in style, it's certainly more glamorous than the view from the No.42 bus - and your date will surely be impressed by your creative date planning!

Foodie dates

Food and romance have always gone hand in hand, but rather than relying on your speciality beans on toast, why not try something different - experience days like doing a chocolate making workshop together? Available in London or Manchester, this workshop will teach you all about the magical choc making process - and you'll even have a go at making your own! The taste of freshly made chocolate is truly a revelation, this really will be a sweet experience! Otherwise, if your date is more of a 'takeout and lager' type, why don't you both learn to make your own fantastic curries with a workshop led by an expert chef. Experience days like this will guarantee you're not stuck for conversation on your date!

Grand gestures

Maybe your date really does need some serious impressing - in that case why not pull out all the stops with lunch in Paris! Experience days like this are guaranteed to be memorable! You will travel in luxury on the Eurostar, have time to shop and sightsee in the famous city of love (impress your beau with some mangled French phrases) and then enjoy a magnificent romantic lunch on a cruiser on the Seine - a bit more special than your average 'pub karaoke night' date - your beau will be convinced that you have magnificent taste and style! (Keep up the illusion for now...)

Or treat that special person to a glamourous night of London's best theatre, with a trip to a show and an overnight stay in a 3* superior city hotel afterwards - with an optional continental breakfast the next day.... Alternatively, why not head to the countryside and pretend to be an idle aristocrat with a Gourmet Classic Car Day! You'll get to impress your beau with your driving skills whilst driving an icon from the classic car world - either an Alfa Spider or Jensen Interceptor! After driving around the beautiful local countryside (you'll be given a local touring route - just don't fall out over directions), you'll stop off at lunch time for a gourmet lunch at a superior restaurant - perfect for making eyes at each other over the table!

So come on, forget the carnations from the local garage and chinese takeouts - it's time you treated your date to a bit of style and excitement and showed them how much you care - and with such a fantastic range of experience days now available, you can guarantee to find something that will really make their day - and yours in the process!