Horsham International Hotel opposite the Chargefox charging station

 I chose the Horsham International Hotel to stay Sunday night as it is literally across the road from the charging station.

That way, I could plug the car in, and walk across to my room and watch TV in comfort while waiting. This way, I could also use the slower charging station (cheaper at 40c per kWh, compared with 60c per kWh), as it could be left there overnight if necessary. 

As it turned out, I had finished charging to 100% by around 11:30pm, needing about 2 hours charging.

Arriving pretty late on a Sunday evening, there's slim pickings for dinner in a town like this. Even the reception at the hotel was clothed in darkness, with instructions to get my room key out from a lockbox. Luckily, there was a petrol station open across the road from the charging station, and the attendant there was friendly enough, was probably just glad to see another person that time of day. There were 2 dim sims sitting together in a huge bain-marie which looked pretty dry, so I chose a sausage roll and a pie from the warmer next to it. Fascinating to watch the attendant guy carefully inserting a temperature skewer into these savoury items as if he was performing delicate surgery to check they were warm enough before handing them to me. And they were! 

 

Charging at slower rate of 50kW in Horsham overnight.

Horsham Chargefox

After charging, just a hop across the road into the Horsham International Hotel carpark. Incidentally, I noticed 2 Tesla chargers in this carpark, with one Tesla car plugged in. 

View from my hotel room across the road!