Strange items travellers left in UK hotels

A show jumping horse, a set of gnomes and a life-size cardboard cut-out of Lenny Henry are just some of the odd items left in hotels in 2008.

An annual assessment of lost and found rooms highlighted just how ditzy some hotel guests can be.

For example, how do you not take your wedding dress after the big day or how did another forgetful traveller get home after leaving his Porsche 911 keys behind.

Maybe the guests just have more money than sense, after all one person left a diamond Rolex watch, and another a Centurion Card, the most exclusive credit card in the world.
 
Toni Morris-Ditty of Travelodge said: "Each year our lost and found departments provide plenty of revelations and demonstrate what a cross section of people stay with us."