Being summoned into a room full of TV-watching Kosovo-Alabanians and ordered to sit down by the landlady, a snappy 4ft-tall midget of SE Asian origin, does not make for a good start, especially given that the online reviews refer to a homely trad-sounding gaff.The area itself is awful too - Salford-on-Sea with more aliens & Orwellian architecture/wind. We legged it. more

My wife and I spent a very pleasant week at the Highfield Hotel on the North Shore at Blackpool Lancashire England. The evening meals were amazing 3 course and all homemade soups and desserts beautifully presented. You were treated as a guest in someone's home, nothing was too much trouble, The beds were firm but not hard, the bathroom en-suite... more