On arrival at Crewe we pulled in alongside the Northern Belle
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This was returning from London having been on an excursion to the Flower show at Chelsea.

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Our hotel for the night was the conveniently located Crewe Arms, 50 yds from the station.

They heating was on full blast on a mild evening. Requests for it to be turned off in our rooms failed but in the process they managed to lose Geoff's room key. It was nowhere to be found as we returned that evening.

The rooms had mismatched numbers (just shabby)/ keys had mixed fobs/mine had a towel under the loo waste pipe to catch the leak/broken stays on windows/due to heat windows open but noisy youths and aircon packs made for a disturbed night.

This hotel gets the "London Midland" award of 4/10 and that is for the chatty and helpful receptionist on the desk and its convenience for the station.


Not the best evening on the trip then!