Interesting no one mentioned pet hairs on the table at the feed back did they?

I just stripped the bed that I've been sleeping in for a week. How many hairs did I find? 1. One very long one that's clearly mine. None under the sheet on the mattress cover. None under the cover. Not a single pube. And I've been sleeping on this mattress for 3 years now, not always with a mattress cover either. So all these hairy beds full of pubes and what not are always very suspicious to me. I am more likely to find a hair on my sheet after washing and ironing it.

This. The things I will actually use need to be clean- like beds/ showers/ tea making facilities. Dust behind the wardrobe I couldn't give a flying duck about.


I wondered the same thing- surely if you claim to have a choice, you actually tell that choice to your guests?

Yep she said there "were not a coffee shop". To serve instant coffee in a tea pot is frankly bizarre. You can get decent caferie coffee from the 99p shop and it would work out cheaper than instant anyway.

I didn't hear her say that but it makes it even more strange because she still claimed to have a supply of good coffee that they didn't ask for - perhaps the production team had something to do with it

I watched that run yesterday (so much faster when you whizz all the adverts!) and Ben was clearly the best by far. I find going first is a real advantage in this competition. Nobody knows each other, so they all pay roughly spot on. There's nothing to compare the first place to (well, except their own I guess) and providing it looks good and clean as theirs did, you'd have no reason to under pay much. Compared to going last, when you've had quarrels with the other hosts and they have stayed at better places during the week, they're more likely to under pay. If Mr and Mrs whiney went last I'm sure they'd not have won.

I've tested out this theory by using a sticky roller that I use forr removing pet hairs from the settee - not a single hair. I really am tired of 'hairgate' every episode - please Production, drop this silliness now.

Totally agree - and coffee served in a teapot - why???? I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume it was more silliness from the Production team. <rolls eyes>

The "cross-contamination of the jam" summed up her whiney pedantic ways exactly. She wouldn't last five minutes in my house... we sometimes stir our tea with the handle end of a knife if we can't be arsed to walk back into the kitchen to fetch a teaspoon! Oh calamity!

You savages!

Another week........

The first visit of the week is to the 12th-century Oxenham Arms, Devon, where owners Simon and Lyn Powell hope to kick-off the competition in style. The guests participate in broom dancing and after throwing some moves, the hosts have fellow contestant John pegged as the one to watch.
http://www.theoxenhamarms.com/
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_R...n_England.html


The owners visit the Elegant House bed and breakfast in Liverpool on their second night, where host John Brady hopes his unique property will stand out from the crowd. Nikki and David get to grips with the unconventional facilities, and David reveals his background as a hotel inspector - with Amanda making her opinions on the star rating system very clear.
http://eleganthouseliverpool.com/
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_R...e_England.html


The third visit of the week is to Monmouthshire in Wales, where Peter and Amanda Copp want to rope their guests into the world of `glamping' at Hidden Valley Yurts. John has a hairy encounter in his yurt, and the shared bathroom facilities fail to impress David and Nikki. The next morning, the DIY breakfast proves underwhelming for some, while the hosts discover that the great outdoors is not everyone's cup of tea.
http://www.hiddenvalleyyurts.co.uk/
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_R...les_Wales.html


Former hotel inspector and owner David Stanbridge and manager Nikki Deans welcome the contestants to The Cley Hall Hotel in Spalding, Lincolnshire. Peter and Amanda are impressed by their room, but Simon and Lyn are unhappy with the state of the carpet. The next morning, the guests decide to put their eight-minute breakfast rule to the test, and some of them have concerns about Nikki's waitressing skills.
http://cleyhall.com/10037/welcome
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaur...e_England.html


The hosts meet for the final time to find out what they've been paid and confront their critics. Simon and Lyn kick off proceedings by demanding answers from John about his disturbed night's sleep, but then find themselves taken to task by David over their cleanliness feedback. However, the former hotel inspector receives his own interrogation from Peter and Amanda, who want to know why he didn't praise their shared bathroom facilities. Tensions run high as the payments are revealed and the winner is announced.

Thank you as always ew

I'm disappointed to see another yurt/glamping experience again. It's so different from a hotel or a B&B experience and there are many people, who no matter how brilliant it is, just wouldn't choose to be 'under canvas' at all, so it's even less of a level playing field. I'm trying to recall if there have been any converts on the show or if people stay very much within their established comfort zones?

I'd have been interested to see a whole week of similar places though, to see how they measured up against each other, what they thought of the rival experiences and how prices compared in various parts of GB.

Thanks for the info ewoodie!

For better or worse, here we go again....

Evenin' all. How many more weeks are left of this series?

Evening all x

She likes blowing her own trumpet.

Evening aft, was wondering that myself. My on screen TV guide only does up to 2 weeks ahead, so not sure on that one.

Oi Oi it's Tin Tin the OAP years.

He is going out of his way to appear eccentric

Thanks Torch. Was just wondering how many more eps there will be this series.

Did she say £118 or £180?

The Clayhall is a lovely building.

Wow thats a nice one, cant wait to see theirs.

The Shagford Room is £138.

Yuck, yurts.

Yurts. Yawn.