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Possibly the worst hotel ever?

Possibly the worst hotel ever?

I’m at the Essex County Hotel in Southend on Sea, after an epic but enjoyable 350-mile drive from Falmouth yesterday afternoon and evening. If ever a hotel did NOT live up to its web site – this is it. My fellow guests overnight are:

  • a drunken cricket team
  • a party of German businessmen who appear … Read the Rest
  • Dental implants from £660..

    That was the sign I read on a billboard alongside the M56 in North Cheshire as I drove back to Manchester from a practice visit in Wrexham 2 weeks ago. I was on my bluetooth phone at the time and didn’t catch the email address that was detailed under the offer (perhaps driving a little … Read the Rest