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The Bedford Swan is the city’s ‘premier resort’ -or so the web site says.
Which isn’t nice information for Bedford. However it’s in a first-rate place overlooking the Nice Ouse river.
And if somebody might simply open all of the home windows for 5 minutes and blow out the stale, staid air and change it with one thing recent and invigorating, then this former 18th-century teaching inn might turn into one thing of a vacation spot resort relatively than, as I think, a spot to remain en path to someplace else.
Prestigious: The Bedford Swan is the city’s ‘premier resort’ — or so the web site says
We had been working late — too late to fulfill the 9pm cut-off for dinner, however had been informed on the phone that we might order room service.
We might have performed with some assist with our baggage on a bleak Sunday night time, however nobody provided.
We might even have performed with higher signage as we roamed alongside numerous slim corridors in the hunt for our tiny, commonplace room.
My spouse took towards it immediately, regardless of accepting that it had benefited from a latest refurb.
She thought it poky, company. I acted for the defence, however ran out of proof on seeing the miserable toilet.
I referred to as the restaurant and ordered two Caesar salads and a bottle of glowing water (Dry January), solely to be informed that the 24-hour room service menu will not be in operation on Sunday evenings, though the menu says it is accessible seven days every week.
‘So what’s our selection?’ I requested. ‘Sandwiches or deep crust pizza.’
Picturesque setting: The resort is situated in a first-rate place overlooking the Nice Ouse
We opted for the latter. Nothing arrived for 40 minutes. Then, simply as I used to be about to name down and get shirty, there was a knock on the door.
‘I used to be starting to surrender on you,’ I mentioned.
‘Sorry. The resort porter needed to make this.’ Truly, he did not do a nasty job and we slept soundly.
The previous a part of the constructing was engaging, albeit musty, and the breakfast buffet was beneficiant. As we left, the spa was in operation and locals had been popping in for espresso.
A household of swans was going about its day on the river and the resort’s winter skating rink was opening.
Maybe we caught The Swan on a nasty night time and we definitely ought to have pushed for a room on the entrance by the river relatively than on the again above the automotive park.
