We were up early and dropped Ellie and the car off at Lou and Rhys’s. Ellie was staying there for her holiday and Lou drove us down to Herne Bay Pier where we caught our coach. Mal doesn’t drive and I get fed up with all the driving, so coach seemed a good idea. Unfortunately a car was on fire on the M25 so we did a diversion, right past where I used to live in Palmer’s Green, London, many years ago. That was a coincidence. Eventually we made it to Shearings “Gateway”, a central depot where all the coaches meet up and swap passengers! On to another coach and this time there was a major disaster on the M1 and so the driver made a diversion via Flitwick, another coincidence, this was where Mal and I met!
We then waited for more passengers to board our coach at Corley interchange and had our final driver Andy. I guess the 10 hours was bearable as we had lots of stops but we were a bit unfortunate with traffic. Our new driver Andy was very good and pointed out everything on the way, including Harrogate hospital, where Rhys was born!
Wow, we were very pleasantly surprised on entering the hotel. It had just had a major refurb and we were both very impressed. It was Country Living Saint George, Harrogate.
We had a shower, unpacked and things just got better when we went downstairs to eat and have a drink! We also had £50 free drinks included!! A three course meal every evening and the food was perfect. We made a very good choice with this hotel.