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[DS23]

That's a pain... even worse than being in a room next door to a snorer...

usually. the worst was this place i stayed in a few months ago. the thinest of thin paper walls. there was me snug as a bug and fast away when i 'm woken by key in lock and bang of door...

[DS23]

i turn over, grab watch and squint at time: 03.30. argh. turn over to sleep agan... and then crash, bang, wallop, screech, bang, knock, scrape, creak, bang, shower......... creak, bang, crash.. etc.

[DS23]

at 04.00 the noise is worse - i mean, seriously sounds like whoever it is is re-arranging the entire room. i cough loudly and then very loudly <no reaction> bang, crash, scrape, drawers open and shut, door open and shut, chairs moved etc. continues.

[DS23]

04.15 and still more noise than you could conceive. i live in hotels - and this is not normal noise and certainly not at 4 in the morning... i shout "what the feck are you doing? - there are people trying to sleep here!"

[DS23]

banging, crashing, scraping and walloping continues unabated until 04.35. then... silence

[DS23]

i breath a huge sigh, fluff up my pillow and lay my weary head down.

[DS23]

at 04.38 i hear a snort, snuffle and cough.

[DS23]

followed by an earth shaking snore.

[DS23]

i'm used to loud snoring. my mother and grandmother could win snoring championships. i mean - real, real loud. but they snore rhythmical - easy to sleep to. this chap was on some kind of free jazz snoring trip.

[DS23]

his head was inches from mine through the paper wall... at 5.15 i lost it.