Pub patron has unusual carpet hobby

Kit Caless is a fan of the pub chain Wetherspoon, and this has led him to an unusual hobby. Kit writes a blog about Wetherspoon carpets which contains images of different carpets from Wetherspoon pubs.

No two carpets in Wetherspoons’ pubs are the same, each is unique. Wetherspoon’s head of property development Jon Randall explained:

“All of our new pub carpets are individually designed, some with details to reflect aspects of the building's history or local area.”

Kit says that his interest in pub carpets began when he read the novel The Way Inn by Will Wiles, which features a character who visits the same hotel chain whenever he travels. When Kit found out that every Wetherspoon carpet is different, he decided to become a dedicated fan of the carpets. He says:

“I got really interested, because, for a corporate chain to not repeat itself is a really rare thing. So, I started looking into it – and it just sort of snowballed."

Wetherspoon has over nine hundred pubs which require lots of carpets. Kit does not aim to visit every single one like the character in the novel, so he has asked visitors to his blog to submit photos of their local Wetherspoon pub carpet

Individually designed carpets for Chester or North Wales rooms can be commissioned, but they are expensive and beyond the budget of most households. As local carpet retailers have a wide range of carpet designs and colours available, you are bound to find one to match your individual taste.