I went because it was my fiftieth wedding anniversary. My husband died a few years ago, and I didn't want to stay at home, so in an odd way it was a celebration.
From the moment I arrived and drank my glass of sherry as I booked in, I felt I had done a good thing. The room was pretty, if very warm, and the bathroom fresh and new. I could get in and out of the bath easily, which for me is like magic. I lay there reading the guide I'd bought in the church, a fascinating place everyone should visit. Poor Harold, before he was king, went there on his way to Normandy, and there is a scene in the Bayeux tapestry, showing his visit and naming the village. I went along the shore line. The evening colours were stunning and I could hear the geese over the water,
Back to the hotel to find that they had bought me some rice cakes in the village, because I had forgotten the gluten-free bread I had said I would take.
Dinner was very good. The menu had a good variety with a range of prices, but I opted for the rich things. I had forgotten that I am really a one-course-only woman and had to leave half my marvellous fillet of beef. They were very concerned and checked later that I was well. .
Good choice of papers delivered early in the morning, and as another correspondent has mentioned, fresh milk in the fridge. I left next day feeling that I had done exactly the right thing, and I recommend it to anyone in need of a bit of cosy comfort..