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The hotel is beautiful. The sea reminds me of Lake Erie on a day that the wind is blowing from the north, all muddy.
I'm glad you could get your watch fixed. Some places will only change batteries if you bought the watch from them.
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Wow, what a view! Your room looks fantastic too. Score! Afternoon tea sounded like it hit the spot.
And great job with walking! I remember post-knee surgery how excited I was to walk again too.
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Wow, what a view! Your room looks fantastic too. Score! Afternoon tea sounded like it hit the spot.
It really did.
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And great job with walking! I remember post-knee surgery how excited I was to walk again too.
It's such a great feeling to be able to do something that you'd previously just taken for granted. To be honest, it's a good reminder about how you don't realise what you've got until it's no longer an option for a while.
You picked a winner with this hotel! It's so beautiful and love the lobby that is so well themed with the historic appointments. Very nice room overall and love that couch. Amazing views from your veranda.
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Beautiful hotel, and so lovely that they have a tea included in the stay! The one jeweler here who did watch batteries has retired now. So I've no idea where I would go to get watch batteries. I have several watches that need them, but I'm always wearing my Fitbit, so I guess it doesn't matter.
It's so beautiful and love the lobby that is so well themed with the historic appointments. Very nice room overall and love that couch. Amazing views from your veranda.
Beautiful hotel, and so lovely that they have a tea included in the stay!
That was one of the big selling points of the hotel.
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The one jeweler here who did watch batteries has retired now. So I've no idea where I would go to get watch batteries. I have several watches that need them, but I'm always wearing my Fitbit, so I guess it doesn't matter.
Wow, that is such a shame that it's dying off like that. It's one reason we need local retailers, as they provide such a valuable service to people.
Saturday 31 March – part eight: a clever way to do things!
We headed back to the room for some downtime. I couldn’t help but get some more photos of our sea view…
Because our clocks went forward last weekend, we almost didn’t realise the time and before we knew it, it was coming up to 7:00pm, so we figured we’d better get ready and go out for dinner. We strolled along the promenade and I got some shots of the sea and the sunset…
…and our hotel…
We walked in through one of the bars here…
We headed inside and it’s all very cleverly done here. You don’t need to book a time, because your room has an assigned table. As we were the Faulkner Suite, we had this one…
I really liked that idea and it does give you a lot more freedom when it comes to dinner. I’d bought some nicer tops down, as I had the feeling that one might be required and I was right. Let’s just say we were the youngest people in here by about 20 years and, as quite often happens here, the older you are, the more people tend to dress for dinner. I like that and I think it’s a shame it’s dying out, apart from Christmas parties. I remember the days when even if you were going out to a relatively cheap chain restaurant or a country pub, you’d pull on something a bit more decent. Now people just don’t bother, which is a shame.
They were very good and attentive here and were immediately asking me about my fruit allergy, as when you book, you have to note any dietary issues. I’d forgotten that, so at first I was very impressed that they knew so much about me, but I quickly worked out why that was!
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I remember post-knee surgery how excited I was to walk again too. 
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