Staying at the Copthorne in Cardiff

Well the Copthorne Hotel was a hit, but not a musical one. Instead of the musical theatre performance I had a delicious meal in the restaurant - yummy soup with specialist breads, partridge, and an apple based light pudding. Between each course I was brought a nibble with the 'compliments of the chef'. I just had a jug of iced water because the manager had left an open bottle of wine for me in my room as a way of apologising for the cancelled performance.
I didn't have to pay for the dinner as it was included in the 'dinner bed and breakfast' relatively cheapo theatre package which I had booked. To be honest, I was happy to do without the music, because I listened to a conversation being held by some people from a major cancer research body on another table about forthcoming loss of funding for some research or other. What a familiar story that is to those of us in the voluntary sector. I shall refrain from mentioning the name of the person with the loud and clear voice who was clearly a VIP in the field.
Dining alone can be a rather sad business but at least I don't feel self conscious about it any more. I only do it when I am working. This was an interesting conversation to listen to, though, and it wasn't interrupted with dreadful canned music....maybe it was a 'ban all music' night.