Imagine the excitement of being the new custodian of a hotel, enjoying a festive season there, and then within months, seeing it shuttered as the world grinds to a halt.
This is how it must have felt for Russell Lines, who arrived as general manager at beautiful Bailbrook House Hotel in Bath in November, only to have to close it down a few months later as the virus started to take the world hostage, and with it, the entire hospitality sector.