We are now staying at the Esplanade Hotel and the place seems ok - however the parking space is bloody awful which seems to be the norm in GB. Our room is clean and bright and we have a view overlooking the car park where I can watch the latecomers try to find a space.
The place has a Fawlty Towers feel to it which was endorsed by our dinner waitress, English was definitely not her first language I was tempted to ask her if she came from Barcelona !! Dinner was served with military precision between 7 and 8 o'clock and it was surprisingly good.
This morning we decided to take a look at the ferry terminal as we will be using the car ferry from Dunoon to Gourock - it's about a 30 minute "cruise" and knocks off over a 100 miles of road travel.
It was a good walk and on the way back we called in at Morrissons to buy some red wine, coffee and a pasta salad for Sue. I got myself a Scotch pie at the local butchers. We slunk back to our room and had a secret lunch with the stuff we had bought.
We did another walk in the afternoon looking at the houses that had great views across the water.
We came across a gaggle of geese sunning themselves by the waterside. I don't know if they are resident there and we wondered what they ate - and also we wondered what they would taste like after a good roast.
Tonight there is an entertainer performing in the hotel - the theme is Dirty Dancing !!
How a lady can put on a show on her own without Patrick Swayze I don't know unless the show title is just a play on words and Payrick Swayze has been substituted by a pole !!
I think we might stick to watching the golf highlights on BBC 2.
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