It is often said that the British army is the finest in the world with the best training.
Of course thanks to the politicians it often feels like it's one of the worse equipped as well, with soldiers forced to make-do-and-mend, share body-armour and, one imagines, say bang to scare off insurgents rather than waste expensive bullets firing weapons.
Still, London's Cavendish hotel is concentrating on the former rather than latter and is offering guests British Military Fitness (BMF) sessions in nearby Hyde Park.
The BMF classes are run by serving or ex-armed forces physical training instructors - no doubt with moustaches - and allow guests to run around the park and excercise while a burly man barks orders at them - to each their own, I guess.
Classes are open to all abilities and as they don't require any fancy equipment are about as environmentally sound as you can get, which is fitting for a hotel named Considerate Hotel of the Year 2007.
