Sometimes on the road you’re lucky enough to find that kind of B&B or Hotel where they just get everything right. You want to become a spokesperson for their place. Obviously the place I’ve stayed at for the last couple of nights has more than filled the bill. The breakfast was awesome- tons of choices. The bed: the kind you never want to get out of. The proprietors: Hatsue and Michael, are wonderful. Plus their dachshund:
Does it look like I'm interviewing him?
It’s the Hatsue Guest House, in Camberley. If you’re ever in Surrey, UK, and need accommodations, the B&B is lovely and reasonable.
Hatsue, is a very personable woman, she really goes beyond the call of duty to make you feel welcome. She even went so far as to drive us to an alternative rail station so that our trip would take almost two hours less.
She actually offered to drive us! This has never ever happened before.
Yer darn tootin' I'm smiling.
Thank you Hatsue! Isn't she lovely?
Camberley is a pretty little town I discovered. The streets are beautifully signed and named:
Sensational
The Camberley Theatre was cool:
Some drive, others cycle.
It’s always a pleasure to have your name in lights too:
If the neon sign says I'm "hilarious" it must be true.
The sign must have the power to convince. I had a whole whack of folks who came to the show who’d never seen or read Lord of the Rings. Like these two young guys:
Tom, Oli and family. Notice their step-mum with child? This is the second unborn child to appear in this blog in two weeks. Then again, this blog has only existed for two weeks.
In fact, the only person in the photo who’s seen or read the Lord of the Rings is me. Oh, the man in specs saw the LOTR Musical, in London.
The boys wanted a signed poster too. It was a pleasure to be in Camberley.
Tonight, I’m in Reading at the Concert Hall, starting at 8pm. Henry Paker is our comic support man.
I have an Executive Room at the Rainbow Hotel- it’s nice too- but I’d be lying if I didn’t say I miss the Hatsue Guest House.
Not as much as I miss my wife, mind you, because nothing compares to her.
🙂
Hi can i point out that ‘mum’ is in fact my stepmum and i would be grateful if you could point that out.
thankyou
Tom & Oli
Wow! Great that you’re having such a great time, you just keep finding better and better B&Bs…When is your luck going to run out? Never, that’s when!
@Thomas Hyam: Personally, I’d be grateful to be given a major role in his blog at all, so any grevious error on his part surely can be overlooked?
Can I just say that the Reading show was *amazing*? (Also, a big WTF to the heckler at the end? After that show, as far as I’m concerned, you get to make Oscar speeches all damn night.)
You are very talented and very, very fucking funny.
Hey Charlie, I know how you feel about the B&Bs, some of them are the most amazing places. Have you seen the inside of The Theatre Royal in Bath? Unbelieveable, looks like a jewelbox.
Maybe Durham, it’s the only night that I’m not at an event that you have a show, unless it’s the April night, but that might be unrealistic, have to check my travel logistics, I’ll mostly be in the midlands, except the very end, Cardiff & London, seeing Bad Company on tour as well. Haven’t seen the LOTR thing yet though, so I’m going to try.
Say Hi to Christine, we miss her at Bowling.
Wendy