Mrs S.
Not as billed
Spend more and use an another tour company! We met Matthew ( as a group of 42) we started off with a rambling introduction and eventually moved on to the Bodliam Library, bearing in mind we were only 15 minutes in and he announces we are stopping for a comfort break which was a surprise as I would have thought most people would have used bathroom facilities beforehand, however we were then told that we needed to pay ( a tariff of expected charges was presented to us … from £7.00 upwards) I said to him well can we pay you later as we can’t judge payment as we haven’t really seen anything yet! He said no you need to pay now! We then waited while Matthew collected payment from the group ( don’t worry if you don’t have cash, he has a card reader …very savvy!) we wasted yet another 15 mins for him to coin in his money ( excuse the pun) and started off again, further stop starts and then he informs us that we can go into a college to see a dining room hall and chapel at an additional fee of £5.00 per person payable on the door, we did this and that was money well spent, well apart from some students who were about to start rehearsing a Carol concert ( they obviously were not aware we had been granted permission and paid to see the inner workings of a college!) Further ramblings more to do with Harry Potter and a tree featured in one of the films ….a little more buildings to see which you could easily do independently. A group of 42 people is too big as we couldn’t hear him! My advice is either spend more or get yourself a good guide book and walk … don’t feed Matthew’s pockets! Also tour was supposed to be almost two hours it was way less …