September health & beauty

* Cookham Running Club's next six-week couch to 5km course starts this Wednesday 7 September. I did it and it's brilliant. www.cookhamrunningclub.com/

* Try Go Figure's Let's Go Mummy class. This is a great class to get outside with your little one(s) and exercise – suitable for varying levels of fitness. http://www.gofigure.org.uk/pre-post-natal/lets-go-mummy/

* Riva on Cookham High Street have some fantastic offers on this September. Check them out here (deals are for Tues, Weds and Sats) www.facebook.com/rivahairandskin

* I spent last weekend in Staffordshire and came across some truly lovely beauty goodies, available online.

Walk Mill Botanics offer a range of natural soaps, balms and Himalayan bath salts that are handmade with ingredients that are SLS and paraben-free and suitable for the most sensitive skin – even babies. In fact, their

Blackcurrant & Honey soap has even won an award! So if you're after a bit of 'me time' now that's we're back into the school routine, get your hands on some of these products and rejuvenate yourself with aromatherapy ingredients designed to suit your mood. My favourite – the Himalayan Pink Bath Salts, £12.99 – not only look good in your bathroom (I especially like the wooden scoop that comes with it!) but smell divine, and soften your skin like you've never known before. Best of all, the soap packaging, gift boxes and bags are made from recycled clothing and embedded with flower seeds, so when you have finished with the products, plant the packaging, add water and watch flowers grow! Genius. http://www.walkmillbotanics.co.uk