Thanks everyone
Well I've got the cases out which is a start
I usually start getting ready early because I'm so disorganised, I don't know how DH puts up with me - on Sunday I had a major panic when I couldn't find the E111 cards, they turned up eventually - still in with the documents from last years trip -Ooops.
Today I spent several hours looking for the travel kettle, which should've been in the spare room, with all our other camping gear, in a bag with the other cooking stuff - but it wasn't. After a fruitless search I gave up and then this evening after explaining to DH how someone obviously hasn't put it back in the right place, it suddenly occurred to me that I might have seen it in one of our kitchen cupboards - I've really no idea how it got in there.
I haven't contacted the hotel this time Martina, it was great last time at the NPB it was unexpected and I was grateful for the balloons etc. but I would feel like I was taking advantage to ask for something special again, plus I was planning to ask on arrival if we could upgrade to a Montana room.
I'm looking forward to staying @ Sequoia but I don't think it'll measure up to our experience at the NPB, but this time it really is only a place to sleep, we haven't long enough there to spend time in the hotel, but I'll let you know what we think.
"Anxiety packing dream" -

really Becky !