On the move again

This afternoon I'm off to my friend & colleague Sophie's to flat sit while she's on holiday (a cruise round Turkey & Greek islands incidentally). So it's time for another bed rating.

I've been staying at my friends Cindy & Fred's house, in their daughter Jessica's room, as she's away at Cambridge. Their other daughter, Davara, is doing her A-levels at the moment (also likely to be going to Cambridge) and her to-ing & fro-ing to exams and constant revision has reminded me what it was like to be at college. Okay, that's a bit of a lie. When I did my A-levels I think the full extent of my revision was flicking through a couple of my text books while lying in the sun. I got Bs regardless, but it's probably indicative of why I didn't go to Cambridge. Mind you, I did choose dossy subjects - Theatre Studies & Communication Studies (I dropped Sociology). Anyway, here goes:

I rate it as follows:
Aesthetics - 10/10
Comfort - 9/10
Quality of sleep - 10/10
Hospitality of hosts - 10/10
Total - 39/40

Comments - Cindy, Fred & Davara couldn't have been more friendly and hospitable - I have begun to feel like one of the family and am very sorry to be leaving! Fortunately, I'll be back here next month to house sit when they go on holiday...

Review of bed #2

The second of my sojourns was spent at my friend Suzie's while she was away in Ireland.

I rate it as follows:
Aesthetics - 7/10
Comfort - 7/10
Quality of sleep - 8/10
Hospitality of hosts - 10/10
Total - 32/40

Comments - it was very light in the room so I kept waking up early, but I quite like being woken gently by natural light rather than being torn from a darkened womb-like state by a harsh alarm so that suited me just fine. Nermal the cat was delightful company. She's a special needs cat, with one too many toes (are they still toes in cats?) on each paw, who is ridiculously soppy. I discovered a great Indian takeaway round the corner who did a mean saag chicken.

Sofa hopping

Well, it can happen to the best of us. For various reasons too complex to go into here, my time at my dad & step-mum's did not work out and I have moved out again which, given that my tenants are now living at my flat, leaves me without fixed abode at present. Have had various offers from nice people of comfy sofas/spare beds so I'm probably going to be doing this for the next few weeks until I head off to Canadia. At Silas' suggestion, I shall be rating the beds/sofas on which I'm sleeping and including photos so you can chart my progress*. The first bed I have borrowed, where I have been for the past 4 nights and belongs to my friend David (who gallantly took to the sofa for the duration), can be seen here:

I rate it as follows:
Aesthetics - 5/10
Comfort - 4/10
Quality of sleep - 8/10
Hospitality of hosts - 10/10
Total - 27/40

Comments - this bed had a sunken middle, which gave the slightly odd impression you were sleeping in a ship's bunk. Nevertheless, I slept remarkably well in it, mainly, I'd hazard a guess, because I knew I wasn't sleeping in my car.

As you can see, surprisingly comfort and quality of sleep do not always go hand in hand...

For the next week I will be staying at my friend Suzie's while she is on holiday in Ireland and looking after her cat, Nermal. I shall be sleeping in her cousin Sammy's bed (though I have my own sheets, duvet & pillows). I shall let you know the ratings it achieves in due course.

*Please not, this is just 'a bit of fun', in the words of Keith Barret and is not intended to cause any offence to anyone - I'm extremely grateful to all the offers of beds that I've had!