May 2006
Fabby holiday in .... wait for it..... Birmingham!
Monday-29-May-2006 Filed in: Holidays
So why on earth Buuurrm-ing-am. Well we had tickets
to see 'I'm Sorry I haven't a Clue' (BBC Radio) on
the Sunday night so we made a weekend of it. Friday
night we said 'Tom Tom' take us to our Holiday Inn.
Well actually, we said take us to 'x' road - and it
did (but not the right one - an hour and a half away
from the hotel... eh hmmm [cough]).
We arrived very late, checked in and went to our room. It wasn't accessible. Back we went and without a word the guy at reception handed over another key card. After a trek, once again, down the corridoor, the room wasn't the twin we had booked...back again. Anyway, basically the booking got messed up somehow so we stayed in the the twin. Not even an apology
Good and Bad.
How did I rate this room. Bathroom was half of the room next door converted and was big enough for a bath and a shower - but only a bath and oodles of room. Not a bad room really. Just 0/10 for friendliness of reception - shame on you.
Saturday we went to the Black Country Museum. It rained for the majority of the day. Accessibility is as expected for a Victorian recreated museum (bump bump bump.... oh how I love cobbles). They did have portable ramps to go where no Victorian could have gone before and we even donned on a hard hard and went down the mine. It was so funny. The chap (guide) kept referring to me as 'the chair' in a really Brummy accents. Every time we stopped to hear the 'story' of that part of the mine complete with resin pit pony and figures, he signposted each member of our party to a particular viewing spot so 'the chair' could see. Each time we stopped we had this loud ushering of people into their places. You had to be there - it was very John Cleese. My hat kept falling down to cover my eyes and I couldn't see anything as we trundled through the narrow passages.
Sunday we basically stayed inside until it was time to go the city centre to 'see' our Radio Show. It was really funny and a good night.
Monday we checked out - and the tried to charge us £600 for three nights!! Finally having argued my case with another guest who had been charged too much, we paid up and headed back home.
So... that was Birmingham!
We arrived very late, checked in and went to our room. It wasn't accessible. Back we went and without a word the guy at reception handed over another key card. After a trek, once again, down the corridoor, the room wasn't the twin we had booked...back again. Anyway, basically the booking got messed up somehow so we stayed in the the twin. Not even an apology
Good and Bad.
How did I rate this room. Bathroom was half of the room next door converted and was big enough for a bath and a shower - but only a bath and oodles of room. Not a bad room really. Just 0/10 for friendliness of reception - shame on you.
Saturday we went to the Black Country Museum. It rained for the majority of the day. Accessibility is as expected for a Victorian recreated museum (bump bump bump.... oh how I love cobbles). They did have portable ramps to go where no Victorian could have gone before and we even donned on a hard hard and went down the mine. It was so funny. The chap (guide) kept referring to me as 'the chair' in a really Brummy accents. Every time we stopped to hear the 'story' of that part of the mine complete with resin pit pony and figures, he signposted each member of our party to a particular viewing spot so 'the chair' could see. Each time we stopped we had this loud ushering of people into their places. You had to be there - it was very John Cleese. My hat kept falling down to cover my eyes and I couldn't see anything as we trundled through the narrow passages.
Sunday we basically stayed inside until it was time to go the city centre to 'see' our Radio Show. It was really funny and a good night.
Monday we checked out - and the tried to charge us £600 for three nights!! Finally having argued my case with another guest who had been charged too much, we paid up and headed back home.
So... that was Birmingham!
