You know what it's like,instead of booking into your hotel,you go to the pub first for an afternoon drink. I know what it's like anyway, because that's just what happened last week.
We arrived in Scarborough at half eleven,but we couldn't check in until half one. So after finding a car park,which I have to say at £4.50 for twenty four hours ,on a weekend, at the seaside was damn cheap! we decided to go for a bit of a wander round and see what had changed in the five years since our last foray into N Yorkshire.
After walking around for only about ten minutes Ange got a phone call summoning us to the pub. Four hours later we were heading for the hotel.
From the outside the place didn't look much,ok,but nothing spectacular. Once inside though it was different. Some people would probably not find the layout of the building that nice,I though found it pretty cool. Lots of corners and stairs all a-jumble (It's an old victorian building,as they all are in this part of the town).
After checking in with the very friendly, smiley Lady we headed for the lift. Now the lift said max 4 people,I would've paid to see 4 people,especially adults try to squeeze in. It was very small and had one of the best signs I had ever seen in it,see photo.
The room was perfectly fine,maybe a bit small for some,but seeing as how we were only there for one night and primarily wanted it for the bed it was perfect. You could tell that back in the day they had tried to cram as many rooms into the building as possible,sink in the bedroom not the toilet etc. But overall the place had a really nice vibe to it.
The only downside for me was the breakfast,not the quality of it,that was fine. Nice sausage,egg,bacon,beans,tomato and toast,washed down with tea,coffee or juice. No for me the problem was the time,breakfast between 8 and 9:30 was just a bit early for me,I'd add at least another half an hour to an hour onto that. A minor quibble though.
If we head back to N Yorks in the future then I won't have a problem if i'm told i'll be staying here again.... read more