For £95 a night, in the off season, you'd expect luxury.
To be fair we weren't expecting luxury, we had seen the photo's and knew what sort of place it was.
To be even fairer we weren't expecting to pay £95 a night either. The wording on the confirmation letter was ambiguous and given the decor etc we mistakenly assumed the rate was £47.50 per room per night - when we checked out we realised this was actually a per person per night rate. Meanwhile, our friends stayed in Bamburgh itself in a B&B twice as nice and nearly half the price!

Suddenly all the little niggles and gripes we had tolerated "because it was cheap" became mighty insults. We still talk to friends about what appaling value this place was.

Even a friendly greeting, and undeniably pleasing views could not redeem our experience. We were ripped off.

No Central heating - a horrid little electric heater. Cardboard thin walls, a narrow bed. The tiny and mouldy cupboard with a very noisy extractor fan was our "ensuite". Very outdated decor - miserly towels, and an all pervading whiff of cooking fat. It really wasn't very clean either.

The breakfast buffet was fairly standard, but the cooked breakfast was very poor - the sausages in particular were inedible.

For £47.50 we wouldn't have had any complaints, and the "luxury B&B" description would have been amusingly forgiven.

To put it all in perspective the night we left we stayed in the buzzing heart of Newcastle in a 3 star Thistle Hotel - which was huge and immaculate at a standard rate of only £56.