The good hotels are all in the countryside, Poirot murder mystery type settings. City ones are largely awful.
The good hotels are all in the countryside, Poirot murder mystery type settings. City ones are largely awful.
When I was going around the south west I couldn’t find a thing that wasn’t a glorified guest house. I remember one awful one somewhere in Cornwall where the owner insisted all the guests congregate in the evening for drinks. And don’t get my started on parking.
Definitely seems to be a lack of good modern 200+ room hotels that aren’t just the bog basic airport type.
Jesus, that is proper nightmare fuel.Originally Posted by Giggles
Isn't the South West largely stuck in the '70s [which would tally with the Fawlty Towers style accommodation]?
When our trip to San Sebastien was looking like it wasn't going to happen because of the passport debacle, I started scouting for a fancy restaurant in the UK which had availability in the time frame, was in a nice area and had a decent hotel nearby.
Was basically going down the list of 2 and 3 Michelin star places and got to Le Manoir aux Quat’Saison (2 Michelin star restaurant in a hotel of the same name).
Rooms are £1500 a nightProper reminder of what peasants we really are.
That's Raymond Blanc's place right?
Indeed.
Is a reach-around from the man himself included in the price?
Hotels seem impervious to just going down the tubes. The basic ones are still too expensive for what you get, the middling ones are far too expensive compared to the basic ones (even with location bias in their favour), and the expensive ones are just lol beyond belief. Are they really that expensive to run? They can't be covering for empty rooms either because they seem to build new ones quicker than the need for them grows. Hull has probably added more hotel rooms than jobs since I left.
Large majority of hotels are paid for by a company card so the prices are set to rip off because most of the time it’s not the individual paying for it.
I went to the Manoir for dinner once.
Thought it was a bit shit tbh.
There's a decent pub/restaurant/guesthouse nearby where I stayed.
Phonics is right.
But if you have the luxury of doing so, wait until like 6pm on the night to book a hotel. At that point they're just giving them away to cover the wage of cleaners. The wife and I did a domestic honeymoon last year just driving round the country and booking last minute hotels. We stayed in nice places (and even a penthouse type thing in Edinburgh) and the most I paid was £145.
Can confirm, used to book rooms for drivers etc and I almost never considered the price just the location and facilities.
Bringing the bins to the road is now and forever will be a pain in the hole.
Nationwide adverts.
I completely forgot it was a bank holiday and got up at ten to five.
UK-specific bank holidays, because when I get back into work there are hundreds of bawling Europeans in my inbox, tears streaming down their faces, desperate for attention. 177 fucking emails.
Have you tried Socius in Burnham Market? I can't imagine it's a million miles from where you are and it's worth a visit.When our trip to San Sebastien was looking like it wasn't going to happen because of the passport debacle, I started scouting for a fancy restaurant in the UK which had availability in the time frame, was in a nice area and had a decent hotel nearby.
Was basically going down the list of 2 and 3 Michelin star places and got to Le Manoir aux Quat’Saison (2 Michelin star restaurant in a hotel of the same name).
Rooms are £1500 a night
Yep. I've come back to a load of screaming Germans. Including one who sent an email Thursday afternoon telling me he would really appreciate it if I got a design and BoQ back to him by close of play Friday, lol.
I wouldn't worry guys, I have similar from (presumably unemployed) British people.
"This is now the third email I have sent you!" Is the best possible way to make sure you wait the full 10 working days for a response, Denise. Stfu.
Yes, been a few times, it's great. Went a couple of weeks ago for Sunday lunch with the in-laws in fact.
Travelling backwards. Just makes me feel rough on an otherwise routine journey home. Just make all the seats face the same way.
Yeah it’s a great little place. Only problem is this time of year when all the London nonces head up there and it’s almost impossible to get in unless you book weeks in advance.
There you go that’s a little thing that pisses me off when London takes over parts of Norfolk for the six week summer holidays.
Serves you right for getting to live in a cheap, empty, peaceful area the rest of the time.
Dentists are absolutely fucking useless these days too, aren't they?
I even tried ringing some private ones a while ago about signing up with them instead thinking they'd see you faster but none of them were any better. They were all "not accepting new patients" or still couldn't see anyone for about a month.
Dentists are twats anyway. Truly lovely people, don't get me wrong, but simply cannot fathom that most people aren't obsessed with oral hygiene in the same way they are.
The amount of dentists I worked with where dentistry was the family business just screams 'autistic cult,' but sadly its a necessary autistic cult.
Yeah, less of the judgement about enjoying a can of coke or a cigarette would be nice too.
Mine haven't been that daft. I got grief from one about teeth staining but only because he was trying to sell the whitening service. I drink tea, mate. As long as my teeth aren't falling apart, I'm not bothered my chompers look off-white.
Cigarettes are just paying to smell like shit to be fair so dentists are just doing you a favour on that front.
We just had a bit of commotion outside work. There's a driving test centre opposite us. Someone failed his driving test and launched a full on assault on the examiner. Police cars and all sorts.
I properly fucking hate aggressive people who can't control their emotions.
Sounds like the type of guy who should definitely be able to drive a ton of metal at 80mph.
Similarly, people who are unnecessarily rude. There was a guy in the same ward as dad earlier this week who was being positively vile to the staff, bitching about how they didn't know what they were doing, calling the doctors quacks, their antibiotics were crap, swearing at all the nurses, he would be better off at home etc. Just an irredeemable cunt. He also claimed to be deaf in one ear, had been for years, turns out it was just wax and his hearing was fine all along.
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Woken up by a helicopter, fly higher you fuckwits.
Calling card small talk.
By 'calling card' I mean when a person gets associated with one thing as a small talk topic. With me it's cricket. Some people at work know I am involved in cricket (though I literally never talk about it unless asked). Bloke calls me wanting some information.
"Morning, how are you?"
"Fine, you?"
"Good, thanks. How did you think Potts got on?"
"Erm... he did well."
"How old is he?"
"Erm... 23/24, I think."
"He looks so young!"
"Yeah."
"Isn't it just because we're getting older?!"
"Probably."
"Anyway, I was looking at this quote, and I had a quick question..."
Why can't you just skip straight to 'Anyway', and even if you have to do small talk, why does it have to be about fucking cricket, a subject in which I am well aware you have no interest? Maybe next time I call him I'll interrogate him about the ins and outs of being an oversized big posh cunt.
Yeah man I hate it when people try to relate to me on a human level. My mum asked me how the football was going the other day so I told the stupid bitch to fuck off.
I just find it massively patronising in a professional context. Maybe I'm the freak.
In the reverse situation I'd just go 'How are things?' and if they really want to tell me about their cat food situation then it's up to them, but I'm not forcing stupid patter on them.
Beat me to it.
I've got a pretty bad cold, and my other mate's daughter has a stomach bug. A guy we're playing boardgames with tonight wants us to wear masks cus he is going on holiday next week and doesn't want to get his family Ill. Please tell me this is insanity. Especially as he just sat in a very crowded barbers and got his hair cut.
He ain't even worried about covid, he knows we've all had negative tests lol
They'll get ill on the plane. I guarantee it.
If I was going on holiday I would probably avoid ill people before I went.
Firstly - who wants to be ill on holiday?
Secondly - who wants to risk that it's actually Covid and wind up having your holiday ruined by the pre-flight test?
Yeah that's fair enough, but surely you'd just not come to board games if that was the case.
Exactly. Is it imperitave you don't get sick before holidays? Then stay the fuck at home.
Oh yeah, I wouldn't be asking people to mask up. I think masks are long gone now. Maybe at a hospital or something.
My wife and daughter have Covid right now and I'm not bowling round the house with a mask on (or asking them to), but if I was due to have my feet up somewhere hot next week I'd be camping out in the shed right now.
Are pre-flight tests still a thing?
No idea tbh. I haven't heard otherwise so I assume so.
I think pretty much everywhere has cancelled any tests/precautions for vaccinated people.
When I went on holiday I noticed that Germans are still quite masked up.
France, Belgium, Netherlands and Poland have pretty much done away with them.
The yanks are still testing and I'd wager the Chinese still shit themselves over anyone coming in.
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