GLOBETROTTING beauty therapist Lorna Wilson has clocked up 25,000 miles travelling the world, but now she’s home for Christmas and has been welcomed back to her job at the Grosvenor Spa.

Lorna, from Bebington, Wirral, has rejoined the five-star venue after four years working around the globe visiting 40-plus countries.

The 25-year-old, who attended Bebington High School, got her hairdressing and beauty qualifications at the Conway Park campus of Wirral Metropolitan College and spent two years working as a beauty therapist on Royal Caribbean cruise ships.

She returned to dry land in 2006 and landed her dream job at the luxury spa in the heart of The Chester Grosvenor.

She spent five happy months doing spa treatments before moving on to work for Virgin Atlantic as an upper class in-flight beauty therapist treating passengers, including VIPs and celebrities, 30,000ft in the air.

Back on terra firma Lorna then spent some time working in the spa at Sir Richard Branson’s Moroccan mountain retreat before moving to London to take up a post as a therapist in Liz Earle’s flagship store in Chelsea.

Wanderlust struck again and Lorna moved Down Under to supervise a spa in a Club Med resort in the Whitsunday Islands.

After four years of working away from home Lorna’s back in the North West and has rejoined The Grosvenor Spa as a beauty therapist.

Lorna said: “It’s lovely to be home and back working at The Grosvenor Spa again. It’s also nice not living out of a bag any more.

“I loved working abroad. I met people from around the world and I think all that travelling has made me a better beauty therapist because you pick up new techniques and have a better cultural awareness.

“I was really lucky to get the job at The Grosvenor Spa in the first place because it’s one of the best spas in the North West. I have been even luckier to return from working abroad and a position to be available so I can return to work there.”

Lorna is living at home with her family in Bebington and as well as working four days at week at The Grosvenor Spa is currently training to be a beauty therapy teacher at Wirral Metropolitan College.

Spa manager Karen Hardman said: “We are thrilled that Lorna is back working with us and a lot of Lorna’s regular clients are delighted too.”