I think we may have stumbled across the Ghetto of Reigate. On arrival we noticed the glass in the door was boarded up, and there was piles of rubbish either side of the stairs.
Staying optimistic we headed upstairs to our room.
We thought we'd...close the curtains and put the TV on, the curtains were completely transparent in one window, and in the other window the curtains were too small to cover the window. Light was beaming in from the platform of the train station which we were overlooking.
We soon realised, after having looked for the TV control, that the lack of curtain was actually quite handy, given the fact that we had no lightbulbs. So we could use the light from outside! Genius idea to assist with global warming!
Luckily we had a phone to check the time as the light was so bright all night I couldn't tell when morning had actually come....
The toilet was across the hall and didn't have a sink to wash your hands as this was in the bedrooms, 2 issues here, the towel to dry your hands was in the toilet. So one would use the toilet, touch all the door handles with dirty hands to walk to room to wash hands, then touch dirty handles on the way back to the toilet to dry your hands??
But at least my Fitbit logged the steps right! Surely that's a bonus?
After the phone confirming it actually was morning we got ready to leave! Credit where credit is due there was a lovely supply of teas,green tea, chamomile, coffee etc, and also plenty of salt and peppers from McDonald's which the staff had kindly made the effort to acquire.
Finding that we only had one cup, ( The other belongs to a guy called Ken ) we decided to skip the tea and leave as fast as we could! As we headed down the stairs, there was a mini assault course, of shoes, socks, a wallet and phone strewn all over the stairs suggesting that one of the other guests had either a very good - or very bad night?
Lastly please be careful if you are feeling romantic, the head board isn't actually attached to the bed and the bed moved across the room meaning the headboard could possibly fall on top of you and cause a nasty injury!
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