By only staying for a short while and missing the food out, I appear to have been saved from:
Rabies from the rat.
Starvation from the paucity of the food.
Bankruptcy from the price of imaginery feast.
Talk about a lucky escape
Ah well, at least in Inverness we could always go to Harry Ramsdens. I used to stay at the travelodge where we're meeting when I was working in Inverness Medical across the road or Raigmore Hospital.