What a difference a week makes

Last week I was in a beautiful country house hotel. It’s a life I could get used to. This week I’m in the Express by Holiday Inn in a less than salubrious area of Stevenage. If there is a salubrious area, I have yet to find it. I tell myself that it’s the times like this that pay for the ‘Kilworths’ in my life.

The first difference I notice is the coat hangers. Kilworth had proper coat hangers, not those without hooks so you can’t pinch them. And the tea and coffee cups were Royal Worcester. It’s the little things that matter you see. And I didn’t have to leave my car in Matalan’s car park!