Monica Horn

My daughter, who is 2 weeks away from having her baby, had booked a tour of the Rosie. We set off in lots of time, reached the roundabout near the main hospital, followed signs to the Rosie that then petered out. We went on and turned left as had been directed a long way back and finally found signs for the hospital again. We were directed to park and again, no clear signs where to go. Eventually we found our way round the main hospital, miles from the car park and arrived too late for the tour which had left 5 mins. before. Eventually after 30 minutes looking for them, we gave up and spoke to a very helpful porter. We explained that if she had been in labour we would have been frantic. He said it was simple and we should have been able to park in front of the hospital by reception. He had to help us find the way back to the where we had parked. So thinking that we had missed a sign or been stupid, we retraced our steps so that we would know where to go when she is ready to be admitted, but we still couldn't find it. I can see how to do it, or think I can, by looking on the map on the internet. However, this bears no relation to the signs on the ground. We have only just moved here, maybe you take it for granted that everyone knows where they are going but we certainly had a bad experience and my daughter missed the tour.

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