A hotel chain has revealed the most bizarre items left behind in its rooms (and car parks) - and they include a bath full of potatoes, Bob the Builder costumes, a canoe and even pets. Plus a mother-in-law. Budget chain Travelodge, which has 542 properties across the UK, published a list of the weirdest items that have ended up in its lost and found offices over the past 12 months.
The hotel manager at Manchester Trafford Park Travelodge got quite a shock after finding a 27ft ‘Starchaser’ space rocket at the hotel. And in Leatherhead a spaced-out guest forgot to take their pet lionhead rabbit, Bugs Bunny.
Over in Weston-Super-Mare staff found a cat and dog called Baskin and Robbins had been left behind and in Newcastle, an unlucky guest lost their winning EuroMillions Lottery ticket.
Interestingly, the hotel chain has also seen a growing trend in forgetful brides. One new bride staying at York Central Travelodge left behind her mother-in- law, and only realised when she got home that she had forgotten her new relative. All items left behind in Travelodge hotels that have not been claimed within three months are donated to local British Heart Foundation Charity Shops, Travelodge’s charity partner.
Here is the complete list:
Aberdeen - A 50-year-old teddy bear called Rupert
Bicester - A 24ct gold Buddha necklace
Birmingham Broadway Plaza - 20 Bob the Builder costumes including work belts and hard hats
Birmingham Bull Ring - A diamond Mangala sutra (a wedding necklace worn by Indian brides)
Birmingham Streetly - 84 pairs of builders boots
Blackpool South Promenade - Mobility scooter
Bradford Central - A Swarovski encrusted wedding coat worth £50,000
Brighton Seafront - A canoe
Cambridge - A degree in engineering
Carlisle - A personal diary spanning over 40 years
Coventry - A 100-year-old alarm clock
Eastleigh Central - A bath full of Jersey potatoes
Edinburgh Central Princes Street - A land deed and title to land in the Scottish Highlands
Gatwick Airport - Pilot's licence
Harrogate - Tickets for the Orient Express
Harrogate West Park - Life-sized cut-outs of Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt
Heathrow Terminal 5 - A script for a movie
Leamington Spa - A drone
Leatherhead - A pet lionhead rabbit called Bugs Bunny
Liverpool Exchange Street - A set of Hermes tarot cards
London Bank - A Montblanc pen worth £8,000
London Farringdon - A Hublot watch
London Finchley - Eight baskets of wooden spoons
London Kings Cross - A Moncler ski suit
London Liverpool Street - £500,000 worth of share certificates
Manchester Central - A vintage Louis Vuitton trunk with ball gowns inside
Manchester Trafford Park Travelodge - a 27ft model space rocket
Milton Keynes at the Hub - A mixologist book of cocktail recipes
Newcastle Central - A winning EuroMillions lottery ticket for £100
Reading Central - A statue made from screws
Redhill Town Centre - A black Range Rover Sport and keys
Ryde, Isle of Wight - A gold Second World War bravery medal
Sunderland Central - Eight suitcases of designer clothes and shoes bought from Bond Street
Torquay - Six-foot Christmas trees fully decorated
Towcester - A Belgian Malinois dog called Betsy
Weston-Super-Mare - A silver cat called Baskin and Yorkshire Terrier called Robbins
Dudley Town Centre - An antique urn containing ashes
York - A pair of Oranda fish called Gin and Tonic
York Central - A mother-in-law.