Dunoon
Granted I was only there for one depressing night on work matters but that was more than enough for me and my coleague. Turning up at around 4 o'clock and finding a hotel near the bustling "Main Street" we dumped our stuff in the rooms, quick change and back out for a few beers on expenses. We stepped back out at 5ish only to find the Main Street devoid of any living soul, it appeared that Dunoon shut at 5. With only a few slower grey haired folk still rambling along past Superdrug (They needed some) we managed to find a pub that was open, we were the only people in, it stayed that way for at least an hour. On to the local Snooker Club/Bar thing round several corners, a few more pints and the odd strange look from some of the local folk playing on the 10p fruit machines we decided that the night wasn't going to get any better. Time for some snap, it was around 8:30 and there were some lights on in an Indian restraunt, we went in, we were the only people in. We could hear tins being opened in the kitchens in anticipation of a customer ordering food, we had a quick beer and left. Finally a "normal" looking restraunt near the hotel was also open, after perousing the menu the lovely old lady behind the counter informed us that the kitchens closed at 9:00, current time 9:05.
We finally found a dirty burger type place that also sold packs of beer, one rat burger with cheese and a 4 pack of Stella and it was time to retire to the hotel.

Dunoon - Open Mon-Sat 9:00 - 5:00
(Midamachewspageoshirkews We don't need another hero, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 14:35, 2 replies)

Odd place to go...
Wow, Dunoon. We actually went on a family holiday there. I remember my Dad apologising quite a lot for that one. In an odd way, it was a good holiday, in that we were all in agreement that Dunoon was one of the worst places we'd ever been. We might even have cut the holiday short, it was just crap.
It's good to be able to look back and laugh.....
(badfiremonkey, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 22:49, closed)