Hotels with Broadband are great aren't they? The hotel I'm staying in tonight doesn't have Broadband, actually this is the sort of hotel where electricity and inside plumbing are not taken for granted. I suppose that when you consider that this place was built almost 150 years ago the fact that you can have a reasonably comfortable stay at all is something of a bonus.
So, internet access is courtesy of Nokia 6310i and I'm not even talking GPRS... It's slow going but quite useable, I rely on this type of access most of the working week because if I'm not at home or the main office, it's all I've got. It's a shame really because this laptop is all Wi-Fi'd up but is disabled due to company policy, it's a clear case of fear of *new* technology holding us back.
I know I'm rambling a bit here, been drinking lots of coffee again!
I had dinner in the restaurant at the hotel, food was good but the service was pretty poor really. It's the only place I have eaten in where they encourage you to read the menu and make your choices before you get seated, I didn't quite understand this and managed to get myself seated first by just walking in and asking for "A table for one". I hate eating alone in restaurants, I just don't know what to do with myself while waiting so tend to just sit there day-dreaming, it's probably disconcerting for the other diners to have some dodgy bloke next to them with a glazed over expression!
My room is about 50ft from the busiest railway line in the country, train noise isn't a problem in this particular room but there seems to be a load of interference from some radios somewhere. I'm listening to some decent Drum&Bass on Radio 1 (not normally my bag) and it cuts out every couple of mins to be replaced by a crackly northern bloke.