Or Torquay's elegant three-star Grosvenor Hotel (01803 294 373) is a stone's throw from the seafront and the town centre. Llandudno offers a great choice of activities and is easily accessible by train. It boasts stunning views across the bay and all the facilities required by Joan. John Bevan of : The Grand ( in Llandudno is slightly over budget at £71 per night, but the hotel is family-owned and warm and welcoming. The downside is that it is 20 miles from Truro station, so Joan would need to add the taxi cost to the £60 per person B&B price based on sharing a twin room. The hotel has a restaurant and a less expensive brasserie. She will love this village and fishing port with its local trips to the Poldark country of the Roseland Peninsula. Unfortunately seaside hotels at reasonable prices in the UK often still have a whiff of postwar austerity and service about them, but The Idle Rocks Hotel (0800 243 020 in St Mawes, Cornwall, is right on the water's edge, and its perfect position for Joan's priorities is more than matched by its stylish interior and the friendly staff. Philip Davies of Real Holidays: Joan may need to take a friend to avoid invidious single supplements if she is to keep within her budget.

I also have cancer of the gut and need to nibble food regularly, so I'd want the hotel to serve meals all day. Since having a stroke I've walked with a stick, so I need to go somewhere in the UK that's easily accessible. Some sites, a museum or garden, that I could walk round easily - with no steps or steep slopes - would be nice. I'd like to be in a village on the coast, maybe in Wales, with little shops and a beach where I can paddle. My priority is to stay in a country house hotel or pub, in a room with a view of the sea so I can see it from my bed and hear the waves crashing when I open the window. The brief: I have a simple request but it's hard to find because I can't drive or fly.

Greatest beach oops