I had planned to spend last night in a Travel Lodge on the M6 Motorway to break the journey from London to Hatton.  But everything changed. when I was near Birmingham.  I got a phone call telling me that the hotel was overbooked and did I mind transferred to a Travel Lodge in central Carlisle?   They dogs seemed to have no objection, so I said yes.

It was quite a different Travel Lodge to what we are used to.  Indeed it looks as if it had a Royal Appointment.  I did hear that the Queen is having to move out of Buckingham Palace to allow renovations to take place, but I am not sure she will be expecting to stay at Carlisle Central Travel Lodge, even if it has King – Sized beds.

A quick search on the internet confirmed my suspicions that the building was actually a former Telephone Exchange – hence the EIIR on the wall beside the door.