I’m getting quite a taste for grand old station hotels, most
recently the Royal at Newcastle. It was opened in 1850 by Queen Victoria,
though she probably gave the indoor heated swimming pool a miss for one reason
or another.
The Grade Two listed building, originally constructed for
the North Eastern Railway, is now part of the Cairn Collection. Jane
Russell, Richard Burton, Laurel & Hardy and Muhammad Ali have all stayed
there over the years. A more pressing concern was the stags and hens potential,
and would they be looking for something a little less stately?
The plan worked and I even got to watch Eng-er-land v Panama
on the telly in the bar in almost splendid isolation. I’m quite happy to
generate my own enthusiasm, thank you. The hordes of beer-swilling, painted
faces were all whooping it up down the road.
This is just my sort of Grand Hotel.
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