And the winner is.....ME!!!!!!!!

I won!!! and I am now officially the AA's Friendliest B&B in the whole of the UK!! I have added the official picture today. We had  3 wonderful days in London and  stayed 2 nights at the excellent  Royal Horseguards Hotel where the awards ceremony took place. The first night we went to see Noises off at the Novello Theatre and roared with laughter the whole show. The next day was the awards luncheon and the champagne flowed, perhaps a bit too much for some! Not for me thank fully, I did manage not to  trip up or fall off my high heels! The AA presented each of the 25 finalists with a beautiful engraved glass decanter and framed certificate to show that they had been a finalist. This is in itself  a great achievement when you consider that the AA chose the 25 finalists out of 3,500 places they inspect for their quality standard star ratings. Eventually the compere said "We are down to the last 3,  the 2 runners up and the winner" I thought I must be in with a chance or they have forgotten me! When it was announced that I was the winner I was thrilled, surprised and quite over whelmed but it is brilliant and apparently Chris Evans mentioned me and my win on his BBC radio 2 breakfast show the next day a couple of times, thank you! Here are some pictures taken at the awards ceremony.

All the finalists