As a 58yr old mother,grandmother and for 23yrs a foster mother,I was, until 2001,when I became disabled,always frantically busy. My lifestyle was very 'outdoorsy' inc. having horses and running Scouts. Between riding and uniform hats my hair was a constant mess and once described by 'a friend' as looking like 'an unhappy ice-cream cone in a cross-wind!!' I used a sucession of cheep and cheerful hairdressers until my daughters reached their teenage years and demanded to see a decent stylist so as to fit in with their peers. Consequently we met Tracey who was at the time working in our local town and now owns Destiny in Fairford Leys;she cut and variously stled and coloured our hair for several years until one day we turned up for our appointment to find that she had left. After trying different stylists for a time my daughters made their own arrangements and I used detective work to find out where Tracey had gone. I was therefore amongst her first customers and am still using her salon to this day. Having in the past been quite intimidated by the thought of using an 'up market salon' because of my 'tom boy' lifestyle, I happily turn up in my work jeans or, having walked out of the shower, with a towel around my head, and am never made to feel anything but welcome. I have had more than my fair share of health and personal problems and use Destiny as an unpaid counselling service without ever worrying about my personal life being discussed afterwards, sometimes I have to use a wheelchair which must get in everybodies way but have never had a complaint.I often have complimentary hand and occasionally, back massages and also used the 'me time' to partake of the drink selection, often the first relaxing drink of the day. As far as the most important item,the actual hairdressing is concerned,and speaking as a very difficult person to please these days,I have had nothing but a good honest service.I have occasionally tried slightly different stles which haven't always worked but that is due to my medical condition which makes my temples sweat profusely, Tracey has tried everything that she or I can think of and she always cracks the problem. I have had no problems with colouring or anything else and, frankly, had it not been for Tracey and another member of her staff I would have turned up to my daughters wedding looking like a dog's dinner because the fresh flower arrangement for my hair, ordered from the wedding flower supplier, had been delivered in pieces and the wrong peices at that! I was, by then, having a melt down but the situation was dealt with calmly and deftly and my hair and the flowers miraculously stayed put until I took it out at 2.0am the following morning, I had a lot of compliments and I also have the 'photographs to proove it! Finally, I was supposed to be moving to Somerset this time last year and was trying to figure out how to get to Aylesbury every 6-7 weeks to get my hair cut! Don't knock it until you've given it a fair chance! Mrs Penny Smith. read more