The Hobgoblin, Brighton

These toilets were a bit of a treat as they have chalkboards on the back of the cubicle doors for entertainment. A lovely feature!

On the whole the toilets were quite average. Unfortunately they had those metal toilet bowls, usually found in unpleasant places such as public toilets or the Honey club.

The chalk boards were definitely a redeeming feature though and hopefully will prevent people from writing nonsense all over the rest of the walls with biro & lipstick.

Hammersmith Apollo

I was at Hammersmith Apollo to see Ross Noble and had never been to this venue before. I was impressed by the place overall and my first visit to the toilets didn't dampen my mood - it was bright and clean and we didn't have to queue and everything was shiny (as you can tell by the picture of the taps on the left).

During the interval I made my second visit and the toilets were packed. We had to queue for some time and there were two lines which were confusing people (although one was for the men's and the other for the women's, so maybe not that confusing...) The toilets were struggling to meet with demand - paper was running out and there was no room to move. I was just glad not to have come into close contact with the hysterical woman sitting nearby in the auditorium. (Not that Ross Noble wasn't funny - it's just that no-one finds things that funny....do they?!!??)

Arundel carpark

I didn't enjoy this sunday afternoon toilet stop at all. I don't think it represents Arundel very well, which is a very quaint town indeed with lots of little antiques shops, cafes and a wonderful castle.

The main problem was the smell. It stank really strongly of wee, and for a women's toilet, this is (fortunately) quite unusual. It was also quite dark, cold and very old (but not in a nice antiquey way).

There was enough toilet roll, but I was still too scared to sit on the seat. This is the kind of place one might inject illegal substances and I shall not be visiting again.

Royal Oak, Fritham

The toilets in this lovely pub in the New Forest were in a separate building from the pub, a kind of Portacabin style block that you had to walk through a marquee to get to. A bit weird, but I guess it means more space for tables inside by the fire, rather than toilets taking up space in the pub itself.

The toilets were well stocked, almost too well - 5 rolls of toilet paper in each cubicle seems excessive, but better than not enough I suppose. Nice fragrant aroma, clean but very basic. No hand driers.

The Ploughman's Platter at the pub more than makes up for the bog-standard (sorry) toilets here.

Nasza, Brighton

The facilities in this Polish restaurant are my favourite to date.
Very spacious unisex toilets with scented candles, plants & a basket full of hand towels.
Great.


Image courtesy of Mike Darlow