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Main Boards => Long Distance Walks => Topic started by: Campingman on 16:40:15, 13/11/17
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Thought we (wife & myself) would get one last walk in before clocks go back. Decided upon the Devon Coast to Coast; had to be with B&B's - walking with the wife.
What a rip off B&B's are on this walk.
Averaging £100 per night (as much as £110 where B&B has a monopoly) usually for a small box room with 'grubby' facilities; sharing the dining room with dogs allowed to sit on the chairs, being petted by barmaid/waiters whilst serving food/drinks, gnawing a large bone during breakfast; as many as 5 dogs in the dining area, dog in the lounge, in 5 of the places we stayed.
'Walkers' breakfast - 1 sausage, 1 rasher of bacon, half a tomato & a spoon full of scrambled egg, 1 round of toast - to walk 21 miles on!
We were at pains to ensure we cleaned our boots before arriving at accommodation points and we carried smart casual clothes + slippers so as not to sit around in our walking gear.
The B&B's we stayed at all said they cater for walkers.
The walk itself is good and we met some great people.
During previous LDW's we have stayed at some really excellent accommodation.
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dogs allowed to sit on the chairs, being petted by barmaid/waiters whilst serving food/drinks, gnawing a large bone during breakfast; as many as 5 dogs in the dining area, dog in the lounge, in 5 of the places we stayed.
Sound just my sort of Pubs -proper job rural O0
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'Walkers' breakfast - 1 sausage, 1 rasher of bacon, half a tomato & a spoon full of scrambled egg, 1 round of toast - to walk 21 miles on![/quote]
Perhaps the dogs had the other half ;)
Seriously, I'm sorry Devon disappointed so badly though not surprised at the cost. At least it was for a couple; B&Bing as a single is truly prohibitive. Was your route the extended version of the Two Moors Way?
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Extended version - yes. Known as The Devon Coast to Coast.
Dogs in pubs - yes. Dogs in hotel dining rooms?? why would you take the poor dog into a hotel dining room and not give it anything to eat/drink???
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....why would you take the poor dog into a hotel dining room and not give it anything to eat/drink???
Umm, because it's already been fed ??? It's only the same principle as feeding it at home ... on the floor in a bowl, in the kitchen, before your own meal, rather than at the dinner table, during your own meal O0
"Poor" dog ::)
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I did this one in 2012 on my own. I don't remember it being particularly expensive.
I'm sure I paid less than £40 per night on average (because I've never gone over that.)
I always go for the cheapest I can find but I don't remember any really grotty places. I think the worst place was a farm with a grumpy host and slightly dated accommodation.
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I did this one in 2012 on my own. I don't remember it being particularly expensive.
I'm sure I paid less than £40 per night on average (because I've never gone over that.)
I always go for the cheapest I can find but I don't remember any really grotty places. I think the worst place was a farm with a grumpy host and slightly dated accommodation.
Gosh, you did do well. Was it out of season?
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It was the end of August 2012.
I.e. the end of the wettest summer on record.
I mostly remember the mud... and the pain in my right ankle (tendonitis), and in my thigh, and a couple of other health issues I don't care to describe. :-[
Other than that it was ok.
I usually somehow manage to keep average b&b costs comfortably below £40 but it's getting more difficult each year, obviously.