On arrival to the hotel we couldn’t help but notice the build-up of filth on the windows and the frontage. Once we entered we were greeted by friendly but very unhelpful staff.

The receptionist couldn’t find the key to the room and gave us the spare claiming the cleaner still had it however on closer inspection of the room I should imagine he/she would have retired some many years previous.

We had been allocated room 1 so we carried our heavy luggage up the narrow flight of stairs including a 2 year old only to walk in on another startled guest who had just exited the shower having also been allocated room 1.

The receptionist soon run up to correct the problem and we was relocated up further more stairs to a small dingy box room furthest away from the bar area with damp patches on the ceiling and fixtures and fittings appeared to come from a local charity shop with handles missing on various draws and cupboards probably best described as a PIT.

The corridors smelt like they were lined with more oil and grease than the local Kwik Fit centre.

When we booked our family room we had expected to find 1 double bed with a cot/single bed and a bath. Not 1 double bed for 3 of us to share and a stench of a large person with a bad B.O issue having spent his life paceing up and down in there. The roof tiles in bathroom lifted up and slammed back down when the windows were open and a breeze blew through room which became quite annoying during the night.

We were supplied no towels or toilet paper and was told by reception we would have to wait 20 minutes for toilet paper, presumably for them to run down to the local happy shopper to buy some.

The duvets supplied as much comfort and warmth as covering ourselves in tissue paper so we had to sneak our own covers in from home bargains down the road.

After a sleepless night we ventured down for breakfast only to be greeted by a plate of unidentifiable articles swimming in grease judging by the temperature presumably cooked the night before and reheated in a microwave for several minutes.

Our side order of bread was staler than the stench of the rooms. The Toast conveyer had no option to have lightly toasted bread just cremated.

The lemonade from the bar was out of a bottle which tasted like it had spent its life on a radiator as was extremely warm. The only larger on draft was carling and was flatter than a road kill hedgehog.

The hotel entertainment was non existent where the only games machine of remote interest looked like it had been teleported from the 1950’s all located in the TV room which strangely enough didn’t have a TV.

The downstairs communal toilet (ladies) was more like a cesspit with various black and yellow hazard tape holding various floor tiles in place.

Pictures in the coridoors kept moving around during the night and being placed wonkey on the walls with a few guests running riot during the evening playing knock down ginger at approx 4am and being some what LOUD although this isnt so much the hotels fault it became some what annoying while trying to sleep.

Although these points are somewhat bad towards the hotel if it wasn’t for the other great guests we met we seriously wouldn’t have had such a good time so thanks for that.