Tim Tunnicliff
"He's an eternally happy soul, isn't he?". It was a throw-away observation about one of my fellow guests from James, one half of Hotel Avalon's marvellous management double-act, James and Dani. Without pause I replied "Yes, there's quite a few of us here aren't there?" And that got me thinking... Everyone wants to be happy, but it seems so few people genuinely are... For any period of time at least. Myself included. But everyone at Hotel Avalon has been happy. Sure, the hotel is sited in a mountain wonderland. The food is great and the beer is cheap. There are log fires and friendly dogs, but it goes deeper than that. Happiness abounds here. This place feels like home and that is to the total credit of James and Dani. Our job as guests was easy. We just had to be picking up what they were putting down, feeling what they were dealing, drinking what they were thinking and jiving what they were conniving. What they've created is special and I'll miss it. Till next time... Tunnocks World Tour