COMPETITION
Tell us about your travels in New Zealand for the chance to win a £250 stay courtesy of Elite Hotels
Inspired by Griff Rhys Jones’s colourful take on his travels in New Zealand? If you too have marvelled at the country’s Southern Alps or the glories of Lake Taupo, learnt about Maori culture at the Auckland Museum or elsewhere, got to know “green and leafy” Christchurch with its vibrant café culture or relished the best food, wine, attractions, landscapes, beaches and wildlife that this amazing archipelago has to offer, we’d like to hear your stories and anecdotes.
The reader who sends in the best entry wins a £250 hotel voucher.
ABOUT THE PROVIDER Elite Hotels (elitehotels. co.uk) is a privately owned collection of four distinctive hotels in glorious settings across the south of England: the seafront Grand Hotel in Eastbourne; historic Luton Hoo, Golf & Spa, set in more than 1,000 acres of Bedfordshire countryside; Ashdown Park Hotel & Country Club in East Sussex, with its woodland trails and roaming deer; and Tylney Hall Hotel in Hampshire, with its immaculate gardens. Each family-friendly hotel offers high-quality service, stunning grounds and views, award-winning dining, indulgent spa treatments and some much-needed escapism.
THE PRIZE
Set in 186 acres of lakes, secret gardens and woodland trails, Ashdown Park Hotel & Country Club (ashdownpark.com) is in
the heart of Ashdown Forest, the inspiration for AA Milne’s Winnie-thePooh stories. Built in 1815, it has 106 bedrooms and suites, the fantastic Forest Brasserie and Anderida Restaurant, a lake with fountains, a walled garden, two tennis courts, a golf course, plus jogging and cycling trails.
The winner will receive a one-night stay for two, including dinner, bed and breakfast, worth more than £250. Valid for stays until June 30 2022, excluding specific black-out dates over holiday periods, and subject to availability.
HOW TO ENTER Email your entry (as close to 150 words as possible) with your name, address and telephone number, by midnight on Wednesday Nov 17, to yoursay@ telegraph.co.uk. Only one prize can be won per person and it is nontransferable and nonrefundable. Other T&Cs apply. See telegraph.co.uk/ tt-yourtravels for details.