Badminton Now please don't think this most excellent sports facility is at Springstone, however we are extremely fortunate to have it available only three miles away from our farmhouse. We play twice a week, for two hours at a time. This is the most recent addition to our activities and represents a great way to keep a bit fitter. We mainly play doubles and are looking for some more players so we can use both courts. Badminton is a great game for getting a serious bit of exercise; a full body workout in fact - complete with all the aches and pains the following day. More people should give it a go - you'll get much more fun out of badminton than you will watching a TV or sitting in a pub, and you can pick up a couple of good racquets and shuttlecocks for around £20. In the meantime, we have just seeded our outdoor court here at Springstone and this should bring our games on much faster. Having a proper area in which to practice is getting increasingly necessary because at the moment we are just using the farmyard and the ducks are complaining. Springstone recommends badminton. We also recommend Racketworld on eBay.