O dear. Just when everything was going so well, I had to go and blot my copybook.
This weekend saw the climax of the 2007 Acorn Awards. For the twenty first time, Caterer and Hotelkeeper celebrated the achievements of thirty high achievers under the age of thirty from across hospitality, first with a day of networking, and then with a more formal awards lunch.
The Acorn weekend was played out against the stunning backdrop of Pennyhill Park Hotel and Spa, whose GM, Julian Tomlin and his team left no stone unturned to ensure that our winners were wonderfully welcomed, magnificently lunched, dined and accommodated.
Given such generosity of spirit on the part of all at Pennyhill Park, one might have thought the least the Caterer editor could do would have been to settle his bill on leaving.
Sadly, in the blur of thank yous and goodbyes after the awards lunch, I managed to negotiate myself through the front door of the hotel, into my car and onto the M3 without troubling the front desk staff.
Apologies have, of course, since been made, and accounts settled. Still, guests, eh? Can't live with them, can't live without them.