Can anyone make out the long word/phrase in the second layer of this palimpsest?

Layer 1 (rust lettering): "Whitebread, Earl Russell Inn"

Layer 2 (black lettering): "The Earl Russell, West _______ try"

The location is 143 Lawrence Hill, Bristol BS5 0BT (corner of Earl Russell Way) and the sign was revealed from beneath a billboard between 2019–20: https://maps.app.goo.gl/oKGDHEaDayoEB6ELA.

Photo: Carla Wakfer (https://www.linkedin.com/in/carla-wakfer-60a95a31/).

#Ghostsigns #Palimpsest #Bristol #Whitebread #EarlRussell #Pubs #Inns #AskFedi

Hype for the Future 69E: Hotel Recommendations for novaTopFlex

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/hype-for-the-future-69e-hotel-recommendations-for-novatopflex/

Twelve pet peeves about modern hotels

Listed below are this author’s 12 pet peeves about staying in modern hotels. If there are others that readers of this blog wish to send along, please feel free to do so. The peeves are not listed in order of importance and this author is sure there are many more peeves that could be added. Peace!

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• Why are there so many darn gadgets with glow-in-the-dark digital lighting that cast unwanted light across the room like the Vegas Strip at night?

• Must 90% of all continental breakfasts be composed of solely carbs and sugar?

• Please let the customer control the heating and air conditioning, instead of being subjected to preset temps in the room that arc back and forth between North Pole and Death Valley.

• Why does a pet cost nearly as much per night as a person? And, what the hell is it with $75 for the first three nights, even if you only stay for one, at certain hotel brands. If you don’t want pets, just say so.

• Funny how in the archaic days of pre-internet you could cancel reservations over the phone by 6:00 pm on the day of arrival and not be charged. But now, in the high speed digital age, many places require 48 hours notice or more!  So, it now takes two days for a cancellation to reach its destination where before it took mere seconds by phone? Can you say “rip-off?”

• Why can’t night shade curtains be made that actually extend past the middle of the window so that damn beacon in the parking lot doesn’t shine through right where your face is on the pillow?

• My kingdom for a mini-fridge that doesn’t turn everything into a glacier overnight!

• Exactly how many documents does one have to sign to check in to a hotel for that breathtaking cubicle overlooking the truck stop?

• Why are breakfast areas always jammed packed with travel soccer teams or families heading to Disney World right when we come down to eat?

• Ever notice how brand new hotels, especially along highways, are awesome at first, but each subsequent visit they seem to be gradually losing their luster to the point that within a few years they seem to be falling apart? Are we that disposable of a society?

• Does anyone offer decaffeinated coffee anymore?

• Why do hotel showers always have a sweet spot on the handle that instantly switches between hell-fire and deep freeze?

#fun #hotels #inns #lodging #motels #satire #tourism

An iconic Route 66 roadside respite

We had the opportunity to stay at one of America’s most iconic roadside motels — the Wigwam Motel Village located along Old Route 66 in Holbrook, Arizona.

While not necessarily a politically correct name/theme in the present day (they are technically tepees for example), this quaint motel exudes tons of Mid-Century modern cuteness and charm with a hefty touch of Southwestern flare. Adding even more pizazz is the collection of antique automobiles and small trucks parked throughout the site.

A small museum of the motel’s storied history and of the surrounding region is located in the back portion of the front office.

If you are ever passing through Holbrook from https://www.nps.gov/pefo/index.htm or by the town on Interstate 40, consider taking a few minutes to see and admire this historic roadside attraction that’s been successfully operating for three-quarters of a century.

Peace!

#architecture #Arizona #fun #history #Holbrook #iconic #inns #motels #motorCourts #roadside #Route66 #travel #WigwamMotel

History repeating: 1936 (top) and 2024.

Visit https://bl.ag/inn to learn more about the 1936 Inn Signs Exhibition and https://bl.ag/biles for details of George Biles: King of Signwriters, which is showing in Bridport, Dorset until 29 August.

#signs #SignPainting #exhibitions #pubs #inns #Bridport #Dorset

What are your favourite books about British pub signs? I'm working on a very special bl.ag online piece and want to include some recommended reading.

Pictured is renowned pub sign painter Stanley Chew from The English Pub by Andy Whipple and Rob Anderson.

#signs #pubs #inns #SignPainting #AskFedi #SignPainter

"This week has seen the media sharing information about sightings of the non-native Asian Hornet (Vespa velutina), here in the UK.

As a result of these early sightings conservationists feel that it is highly probable the hornets have overwintered and may now be successfully breeding in the UK"

https://www.nonnativespecies.org/non-native-species/species-alerts/#Species_53

#AsianHornet #VespaVelutina #wasps #inns