Jumped in the car at 4pm prompt after work and headed South towards the English border. Foul weather as I approached the border Cumbria. Car twitched sideways a couple of time on the motorway in the high winds. Eventually got down to a major town at the top of the Lake District in just over 3 hours. This included a Burger King pitstop on route. Abandoned car in the town centre car-park next to the hotel and checked in rapidly. Didn't get an upgrade to a double room this time, they gave me a single room, #1 for convenience in case I forget the number. Last time I stayed here, I paid very little for the room at checkout as the fire alarm went off right before I checked out and the flustered girl who'd set it off by accident never noticed the miniscule bill I settled. Of course I never pointed it out. They caught up with me by telephone a month later, and I decided to settle rather than pay hardball and awkward person. Mind you they left out the almost £30 of bar charges so I guess I didn't do too badly. I guess that was the carrot they dangled in trying to partially salvage their loses from my stay. The poor receptionist probably got sacked over that, and the fire alarm incident.
On check-in tonight they asked me to authorise up front the rest of the charges. Me thinks they revised their procedures after my last visit!
Sitting in bar right now. Ordered a beer and charged it to Room #1. Maybe lightening shall strike twice and my beverages shall be complimentary again. Chortle. Chortle.
Rain was falling on final descent into the Lakes. Cloudy dark weather. No idea what it's going to be like tomnorrow.
Newlands Horseshoe is the target tomorrow, one of the signature hikes by all accounts in the Lake District and somehow one on the few I haven't done. Time to rectify that I feel. I may have to make it an "all weather" event. I've got all the stuff in the car. I'm prepared. Tonight I take a wander around town after abusing the free Wifi here. Haven't quite unwound from the motorway yet, I flew down tonight despite the winds.
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