The Dukes Head

I stayed here over the week of family celebrations. We chose it because it was convenient and not too expensive. It was very friendly and helpful, but one or two negative points should be mentioned: the ensuite shower room was tiny, the shower itself a slow trickle, slow to start and slow to stop. The toilet roll holder kept falling off as it was missing a few screws (it fell into the toilet once!), and there was nowhere except the toilet cistern to put your toiletries. In the bedroom there was a double socket which was hanging off the wall, though it did work! The third bed (we were 3 in the room) had no bedside light, and there was no radio at all. The TV had poor reception and was not digital. The scrambled egg at breakfast was to be recommended, but there was no fruit, either dried or fresh, and no yoghurt, just fruit juice and poor quality meusli, cornflakes and weetabix, followed by your choice of an excellent cooked breakfast. Some of the waiting staff did not understand English. But I suppose it was reasonably priced (not sure how much as it was paid for me by someone else). I think next time I would pay a little extra for better facilities.

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Norah B.