The best "Bed and Breakfast stories" ... ever!!
Have you got a great story about staying in a B&B?
All week we are celebrating different types of breakfast experiences... for example a liquid breakfast on a boat at Saul Marina...a barbecue breakfast at a camp site at Wainlodes... and a continental start to the day in Cheltenham.
This Tuesday it's a classic English breakfast and we will be exploring the delights of a successful B&B in the Cotswolds.
However not all establishments are all the same. If you've come across the landlady from hell, the stingiest breakfast ever served up or the drabbest decor ever please get in touch. Post a comment or email cummings@bbc.co.uk
updated Tuesday morning 29th June.
Alistair Adams emailed..
Many years ago, I was an engineer 'on the road' visiting various factories in East Anglia.
I got to Kings Lynn at 8.00 o'clock one cold, wet night and needed to find some 'digs'.
Through the rain, I saw what looked like a nice welcoming B&B, so I pulled in.
On ringing the bell at reception, a man appeared and said yes, he had a room and could feed me.
After a long day this seemed like heaven!
He asked for his money up front, which I thought strange, but I was not going to argue - I had a bed and food!
I quickly went upstairs, dropped my bag, then went downstairs for my meal.
The landlord took my arm, led me back out of the front door (into the rain) and pointed to a pub about 100 yards down the road.
He said 'Go in there, tell them where you are from and they will feed you!!'
Well by this time, I was hungry and wet, so I did it. The food was not memorable.
To cap it all, when I got back to my room and got into bed, I found the floor sloped, which meant I had to cling to the bed to stop falling out, then it gradually soaked in, literally, - the bed was damp!
Next morning I left early and found a Little Chef for an early Starter!
Angela emailed
You have awoken an awful memory hidden away in the back of my memory. It was in the 1970s. My friend and I booked to go on a coach trip to Blackpool to see the lights.
While we were on the coach we were told the groups that would be together in the different guest houses. My friend and I were in a group of eight. Two married couples and four single women. When we arrived at our guest house the two couples were given bedrooms and us four women were told we would have to wait until the evening before we could unpack because camp beds would be put up in the dining room for us and it didn't look very good have them up during the day. We were also told that we would have to get up early in the morning so the beds could be put away and the tables put back in place ready for breakfast. We couldn't believe it. Talk about "money grabbers"! I couldn't wait to get back home.
Angela
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Comment number 1.
At 28th Jun 2010, David Lloyd wrote:Staying in Rhyl for a night (dont ask ...) we called in to a B&B who had vacancies. We agreed the price and went in.
Before letting us upstairs she demanded the cash ! It was getting a bit late ... we paid up.
In the morning we had the weakest cup of tea ever, watery orange juice and a cooked breakfast. That consisted of two strips of the cheapest fat (with bits of bacon), a supermarket cheap egg, and a desert spoon full of non branded beans. They may have been a sausage !
Landlady told us she had recently bought the business, had heard "all the tricks of people not paying" ... and had costed accurately what could be spent on breakfast !!!!!
I doubt she lasted long !
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Comment number 2.
At 29th Jun 2010, View from the Armchair wrote:My wife and I once had a couple of nights in a B&B in the Lake District.
Well on our first night, roundabout midnight, there was about 5 minutes of...how can I say this...quite audible noises coming from another bedroom in the house. In fact, "quite audible" doesn't really do it justice...let's just say the nocturnal silence was somewhat shattered.
I have no idea which couple was to blame, but as as my wife and I are both in our thirties and we were the only pair under the age of 70 at breakfast, it sure felt like the silence in the dining room was aimed at us!!
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