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Really looking forward to our lunch today, Mothers Day , which was booked on Tuesday by my Son only to be told there was no record of the booking ! The only choice available was the ' snug ' a narrow space near the front door, so rather than have no food we sat there. Lovely Mothers Day sitting in a line facing a wall about 3 feet away! Cold draught every time the door opened and people standing next to the table while waiting to be seated ! Although the girls were pleasant enough wasn't really what we were expecting and the food when it came was nothing special. When I went to pay I said how unhappy we were, wasn't even an offer of free sweet or something, not that I was looking for that but the offer would have been nice for the inconvenience . Certainly won't be going back or reccomending it to anyone! Thanks Knitsley for spoiling our Mother's Day lunch.

The room was spotless and nicely furnished with THE comfiest bed! The bathroom was large and there were copious fluffy white towels (but no bathrobes as described). The views were tremendous and it was really close to Durham. The lounge area was lovely and accessible all the time. But…the breakfast was self-service continental style and we (and the other couple staying) loaded and put on the dishwasher which we’ve never done in a B&B before! The bedroom is within a conservatory and it was sooo hot. On our final night we asked for a fan as we couldn’t get a breeze from the window as the conservatory door was closed at night. The fan made for a better night’s sleep and I would suggest that the rooms have one in there permanently. On the confirmation email it did say that guest rooms were not guaranteed noise free. Maybe a touch of an understatement! We could hear the man next door having a good old yawn and if we weren’t talking ourselves, we could hear their conversations. Eeeek. It was a lovely location but I did think it was expensive. We used our Christmas present BuyAGift ‘2 night luxury stay’ vouchers and as we stayed a 3rd night, we paid the difference which was £230! Ouch.