BOOKING in at the same North Yorkshire hotel 100 times isn't as dotty as you might think.

By staying over and again at the four star Rudding Park Hotel in Follifoot, near Harrogate, business consultant Colin Campbell has proved an interesting mathematical equation.

Namely, 100 Dottys equals one magnum of Champagne.

Every time a guest stays at Rudding Park they are given a differently-coloured Dotty Ladybird Massager and when they have the full colour collection of the cute-footed toys, they progress to Dotty's Daddy, the Dotty Stress Reliever, Dotty's Magnet etc.

So Mr Campbell who regularly travels from his home in Dumfries to Link Interchange Network Ltd of Harrogate, where he is a consultant, is festooned with Dottys.

But his 100th visit was rewarded by the hotel management with that magnum of bubbly.

Updated: 09:27 Tuesday, March 25, 2003