We arrived at the Duke William Hotel in Lincoln. No problem finding the hotel, but the proprietor was concerned that we might not be able to find the parking lot and so sent one of the pub patrons with us to show us the way. This man was as "pissed as a parrot" and it's a wonder he could find it. But he did and we wheeled our bags past the inflatable hot tub in the courtyard and into the pub. Our room was in the "annex" which was a short walk down the street.
The drunk patron latched onto my bag in order to "help" us get settled. Mark assured him that we could manage, but he was determined. Trouble was he had no more idea where this annex was than we did. In the end, Mark went back into the hotel and this time the owner came out and gave him a bit more specific directions. (The first directions were "down there on the right").
We went down a dark narrow alley and emerged into a courtyard of sorts. Not much in it really. Then we entered a dark room with a fridge and hotplate and a narrow stairway. After looking at the stairway, the drunk bailed on us and left us to it. Just as well, he couldn't have navigated that stairway at all. But really, what do the English have against elevators?
We had the bags in the room and we had no idea where we were going to put them. The room was soooo tiny. The solution was to dismantle the clothes rack and store it under the bed so we'd have a place to stack our bags. The desk I'd planned to work at was non-existent. But you could sit on the bed and put the computer on the window sill.
But the icing on the cake was the bathroom. We figure the bathroom was about 3 ft. x 7 ft. You had to sort of slide under the sink to get on the toilet. Well here, check it out. Room Tour Video
But what I really loved about this room was the fake fireplace. I turned it on so that if I woke up during the night, I would be reminded that I was in hell for the night.
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