Have you ever wanted to be sung to sleep with the Welsh national anthem? Or ever wondered which volcano lava bread is made from?

These are among the bizarre requests that staff in Travelodge hotels in the Welsh capital have been asked over the past year.

The Travelodge hotel teams across the length and breadth of the UK receive thousands of strange requests every year and Wales provides some of the strangest oddities, ranging from:

  • Which volcano is 'lava bread' from? (Cardiff Queen Central Street)
  • Can you sing me to sleep with the Welsh national anthem? (Cardiff Central)
  • Does Gareth Bale wish he was English? (Swansea Central)
  • Do you sell Welsh dolls? (Ludlow)
  • Can you pack my suitcase? (Llandudno)
  • Can I borrow your suit for my meeting? (Swansea M4)
  • Can I borrow your engagement ring to propose? (Holyhead)
  • Can you create an inflatable slide outside of my window? (Pembroke Dock)
  • Can you look after my goldfish, Charles and Camilla, for the day? (Cardiff Central)
  • Can you pick up my wife from the station? (Swansea Central)
Does Gareth Bale wish he was English?

Shakila Ahmed, Travelodge Spokeswoman said: “Our hotel teams at our 552 Travelodge’s annually look after 18 million business and leisure customers. Every day they go above and beyond to help customers.

"Just recently our receptionist at Doncaster M18 Travelodge, Karen Dyas was asked to deliver a baby, which she did.

"However, there are some requests that our hotel teams cannot help with, such as finding a train to take a customer to Hogwarts, building a helipad on top of Edinburgh Central Travelodge hotel and directing a American couple to where they can see wild haggis.”

Receptionist Karen Dyas from Doncaster M18 Travelodge has been praised for her help and quick thinking in being asked to deliver a baby in the hotel’s car park only last month - one of the hotel's most bizarre requests.

Receptionist Karen Dyas, centre, with baby Michael who she helped deliver and parents Heather and Matthew McSharry

She came to the aid of mum and dad to be when new mum’s waters broke just outside the hotel. Karen delivered the baby and unblocked the new-borns airwaves when baby wasn’t crying.

Karen has been hailed a hero for her quick thinking in bringing the new born baby into the world.

In addition to the examples listed above a customer staying at York Layerthorpe Travelodge loved the bed runner on the king-size Travelodge Dreamer bed so much that she asked the hotel manager if she could make a hat with to wear to the races.

And the hotel receptionist at London Tower Bridge was asked by a customer’s PA if he could dock his yacht in the hotel’s car-park as the hotel is close to the Thames.