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Bully for them!

I find him creepy.

Alex Polizzi found no fault with the rooms.

They were basic and much like travelodge, sad and uninspired. I would not be prepared t pay such a price for such a basic room.

Sooner stay in them than the mausoleum yesterday.

Oh no! I LOVED yesterdays, an experience, anyone can pull into a travelodge, but staying in such a beautiful house is a one off special treat, no comparison, one was spectacular, one was seedy.

Seedy? Whay on earth is seedy about the place? They were clean bright modern rooms.

I doubt she suggested rates north of £100 per night though.


As I recall she suggested the financial straights could be avoided by targeting business travellers because the rooms would provide the basics and the dining facilities were rudimentary.

That's not the same kind of assessment as 'finding no fault' She was judging on accommodation on a needs-must or niche basis rather than a general leisure destination.

And she certainly would remark on the cheapness and ineffectiveness of the window coverings as seen today.

The rates were about the same then, or similar. In fact, the rates can be considerably cheaper on offers.

Creepy guy walking round naked with drinks, porn hidden in the rooms, no not seedy at all ,lol

The porn was planted yawn.

Nice that you equate naturism with being creepy.

You dont know that

No I do not equate naturism with being creepy, quite the opposite, but he came across as creepy , forcing his hobby onto the others who were not there to get naked.

Then that's obviously why he was struggling so much.

Anywhere that has to put on special offers that are considerably cheaper than their published rates, is clearly not filling enough rooms.

How the hell was he forcing it on them? They didn't have to undress at all! He was there most probably at the production's behest, to demonstrate how the spa is used, (just as well when you have a t shirt in there, God) and when you have a spa on site, what other activity are you going to do?

Of course it was planted, he hints as much in his email shot I received.

He turned up at the hot tub b**lock naked, if that's not forcing it on them I dont know what is. There was simply no need.

You are emailing him? why?,lol

To make a reservation.

These below are his de facto rates on the website, which confuses me on why his rates were what they were on the programme. And they have been so for a long time....even during the Inspector programme.

Large Double Bedroom from £90 per night
Medium Double Bedroom from £80 per night
Small Double Bedroom from £70 per night

FGS, it has been said before.

The production would have demanded it. For them, it's great TV. Regardless of what the contestants would have thought.

It's a generated hotel mailshot for offers and news.

You don't know that as fact. it wasn't great TV at all.

Because to them, nudity is a talking point. The only thing they are interested in is talking points. You are talking about it!

Percentage wise he was quoting massively overinflated prices and surely you can't blame that on production as well? How very very strange.
Personally I wouldn't pay the above prices to stay there, but I suppose if people specifically did want what he's offering then he's got to charge those prices to try and cover his costs.

I don't think it made for good TV at all, quite the opposite.
The two random naked people in the background outside? the evangelical kind of preaching which you seem to favour too - about people criticizing when they haven't tried something - ?
I think of naturism as something people should embrace, not something people should be persuaded in to.

For me when people have used the word creepy it's used in a similar context to some of the situations Louis Theroux's featured. The people involved are and the people not involved are very much It doesn't matter what the circumstances of the particular situation are, it's the fact that it's very obviously not for everyone but the people who embrace and possibly enjoy, keep going on and on about how everyone would be fine with it if they only got involved. Always smacks of protest too much to me.

I cannot explain the prices.

Clearly another couple was staying there, or possibly they may have just been day visitors which was not elucidated. The production probably wanted to show the hotel as being 'used' in that way, for want of a better description. I doubt Tim, or any of the contestants involved have very much say in what they want to show, but it is only sense that as the spa is the main selling point, in a naturist hotel, that it is shown as being used as such by at least the owner! And of course Tim is going to be passionate about what naturism means to him. Why shouldn't he be. I have seen many other people on the show passionate about their businesses and sidelines in the business, if they are selling points. It is a means of publicity.

Nudity in it's context is obviously still very misunderstood by a lot of people which is partly fostered by our media and advertising equating it with sex and as a commodity to sell products. In spas in Germany, Holland and Austria, entire families and people of all ages enjoy the facilities without any conscious hang ups and just treat the fact of stripping off in a matter of fact way. Which is surely a healthy attitude to take with the body. If you want to use a spa in Germany you can't be evangelical about keeping swimwear on. It is banned, and naturism has little to do with it. It's the undress code there.

Totally agree. We all have things we know we wouldn't like to do. With me it is skiing and going to the opera. But I fully understand there are people to whom both these activities are wonderful - and good on them. To a lot of people, naturism is probably a definite "I would" or "I wouldn't" thing. And no-one is right or wrong. I don't have to go to a naturist spa to know it is definitely not for me. I don't need anyone to preach at me - I have a mind of my own.

At the end of the day, none of us will fit in everything we would really love to do in our lifetime, so why try something you know you wouldn't like?

BTW, on a different note. I haven't noticed anyone else mentioning this, but I may have missed it. If so, sorry. But a pet hate of mine is poached eggs done in one of those poacher things. The white always turns out like rubber, and the yolk is often overdone.

For the young couple today anyway, it wasn't a definite 'I would' or 'I wouldn't' thing. So that kind of blows that one out of the water.

From Tommo

Tommo, nice to see you again btw. I was going to say, but I thought the comment would be lost in amongst all the debate. It's a pet hate of mine too. That isn't poached, it's steamed. I don't think it's possible to cook the white through without the yolk becoming hard. They turn out more like flat hard boiled eggs.


I only mentioned them as earlier you were so sure there wouldn't be any other guests while filming was taking place.

The young couple haven't been visited and scored yet. I think they were playing smart