Since the boat was cancelled, I’ve checked myself into a posh hotel. It’s above St Aubin and I’ve always been curious about it. It commands a great view.
The place purports to have a good restaurant, and you know me and good restaurants.
I can’t tell you for sure if it’s a good restaurant or not. The tasting menu was unavailable. They brought me the wrong starter and then told me they couldn’t fix it. My insurance company (hopefully) is covering most of the cost of the room here but it’s expensive being here and when you’re binning this much per night you might expect more than a sea view. This is an eighties hotel in feel, like many in Jersey.
Credit where credit is due, the venison was extremely good. Chef has run out of loads of things. Everything is expensive, and nobody is under 60. I’m starting to realise that I’m bringing the average age down by about twenty years. Off to get a drink.
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Oh dear. I called the barman “darling” instinctively. It was a mistake. I immediately backpedaled. He couldn’t let it go. “Did you just call me darling?” Asked with hostility, not curiosity. Rather than “I call everyone darling,” I tried to double down: “You could be my darling if you want?” He spat almost as if I had fed him poison. “No. No thank you.” An enemy by mistake.
Now I’m in the bar but they don’t like me. They are massively on my case. They told me I was sitting incorrectly because part of my trousers was in touch with the corner of a chair. As anyone who knows me would know, I don’t put my boots on soft furnishings. I was dragged up well. But I did have my calf on a corner. Bringing the tone down.
I’m sad I booked two nights here at that price. I’m in an old folks home.
It’s well placed. But … everything here is dated and evidently they want to stay bound in leather. This can’t be fixed with a refurb. This problem goes deep. Maybe when it dies, artists will find a way to make use of the building. And call each other darling.
Once I’ve written this I’m gonna see if I can get my second night refunded. It is rare that I don’t feel comfortable in my clothes, but I went and changed into a 3 piece suit so I wouldn’t feel quite so fringe. This is the place you book for your grandma.
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The manager tells me he will refund the room for tomorrow but I can’t book anywhere else until I’m certain I’m not paying for here as it isn’t cheap. I’ll wait and see how that all pans out. Shame.
He’s a good manager. The location is great… Just Crab People Crab People Crab People Crab People
This tiny island.
I’m off to sleep here tonight now anyway. Comfy sheets, comfy room. As Lou would correctly observe, it only went wrong when I had a drink. Easy to prevent.
AlBarclay 