The Flying Horse Inn

Terrible old mattress - sagging, springs worn out, very stained on one side (flipped it to see if any better, but wasn't). Not what we needed after a long drive from Yorkshire. Both left fatigued due to lack of sleep and with bad backs. Raised issue with manager and was curtly told nobody else had complained all summer. He tried to help, however, by providing 2 duvets to add to mattress. Raised again later with female staff member and was told that we'd been given duvets to pad it out. Offered another, smaller room with bathroom across corridor, but mattress felt much the same. She did say we could go elsewhere but wasn't feasible to sort with timing of wedding and uncertain if would be refunded. We drove to Sainsburys and bought a mattress topper, which helped a little. Empathise with difficulties those in hospitality face but a decent mattress is key and this one desperately needed replacing.
Bathroom had a huge bath in the centre, a wardrobe and a bucket with shower head in, as was leaking onto the floor. Sink also leaking and old towel underneath it for this reason.
Plug socket near kettle too high up wall and behind TV so need to use bedside tables for making a brew.
Only less than half a toilet roll provided.

Expensive for the quality. The whole place looked a bit dingy and tired. It seemed clean but the carpets and furniture were worn, the window sills in the bathroom had dead flies and spiders on them. The hallway doors were ingrained with smudge stains.

Breakfast was very good when the cook arrived an hour or so late

Breakfast not served until 8.30, difficult if trying to catch early ferries etc.

The room was quite spacious but very quirky. The bedside lights didn't appear to work and the bathroom corridor light came on once anyone in the bedroom moved.

Breakfast was an hour late! Nobody there for half an hour.

Im Bad roch es ungewöhnlich. Entweder ein Reinigungsmittel oder der Bodenbelag. Ich musste darauf achten, die Badtür geschlossen zu halten, damit sich der Geruch nicht im Schlafraum verbreitete.

Not keen on hand-held shower over bath.

No shower was available, which I wasn't aware of before getting there. The bed wasn't the most comfortable, and the window didn't actually close, which wasn't an issue since it was hot outside.

Unfortunately the bedroom was infested with mosquitos so we didn't sleep well! There was also an annoying security light that kept coming on so we had to keep the door shut. No fresh coffee with breakfast and the landlord was a bit grumpy.

Klein, smal en kort bed met de veren die er doorheen komen. Kleine slaapkamer en er ruime badkamer, maar geen kast of planken waar je de toilettassen neer kunt zetten. De weg naast de pub wordt in de avond en nacht als racebaan gebruikt, erg gehorig dus niet relaxed.

We had one of our worst nights stay here. Our room was just above the pub which meant people were just outside of our windows until midnight. Between the noise and the cigarette smoke it was impossible to sleep. We asked for a fan so we could keep the windows closed to help with the noise but they said they didn’t have any.

There was a motion light between our room and our bathroom that would randomly come on for no reason all night long. Of course not only was this quite frustrating, it also encouraged the mosquitos to come in.

Dinner was just ok, it lacked flavor overall, but it was are only option. This could have been a much better stay with a few tweaks thinking about the inn guests a bit more.

Very uncomfortable mattress