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We woke up and did our usual on Thursday morning, got ready for the day, got a nice big full-English breakfast inside of us, then checked out of the hotel and went off on our adventures. We set off to Caerphilly to visit the castle there (castles are our favourites after all). It didn’t take us long to get there, and after navigating around the town, we parked at the back of the castle and made our way round to the front.
Arrival Date: 2013-04-09
Departure Date: 2013-04-11
Accommodation: Novotel, Cardiff Centre
For our short two-night stay in Cardiff for Helen’s birthday, we left on the Tuesday afternoon after lunch, and around 3 hours later we found ourselves in the hotel. The hotel itself was very nice, clean, and professional, it seemed mostly business-oriented, but the minibar was stocked, and the restaurant was inviting, so we were happy.
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We woke up utterly freezing, and went to have a cooked breakfast, then get ready for the day. The shower was an improvement to the day before, but only in that water came out at an acceptable temperature… The water itself was little more than a dribble from the showerhead unfortunately, so another disappointing morning in the hotel. We went to check-out, expecting a discussion with the hotel manager, only to be told that no messages had been left for him, and he was going on holiday for the week that day so didn’t want to come in to work in the morning.
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On the Sunday morning, we decided to take a quick drive in to Coventry for breakfast, seeing as how poor the Ibis breakfast was; we stopped off at The Earl of Mercia, a Wetherspoons in the centre, not far from the cathedrals. The breakfast here was much better than at the hotel, very filling, preparing us for the day ahead!
Arrival Date: 2012-08-24
Departure Date: 2012-08-27
Accommodation: Ibis, Coventry South
For the August Bank Holiday, we set off from home after work and dinner on the Friday night, arriving in Coventry fairly late on. The hotel wasn’t at all what we expected, and was more of a motel, with rooms leading straight in to the open air. It was a little like Bates Motel from Psycho, but luckily we weren’t in a room next to the reception.