We went away for a couple of nights to a B&B on the south coast. We booked at a place which had it's own bar (as we always do) so that we can sit in the bar with a drink and the baby alarm. Unfortunately being so small they didn't offer a babylistening service (where you leave the rooms phone off the hook and staff listen in every 10 mins or so).
We found that the bar was closed but fortunately there were public bars in two hotels either side a couple of houses away.
We checked that the baby monitor worked at one of them before we put Jack to bed (13months)and once he'd settled down (he's a good sleeper) we went to the bar.
The monitor worked perfectly but unfortunately the clientelle of the bar started to get a bit "rough" so we went to the other bar.
The baby monitor was noisy here so we took it in turns every 5 minutes to walk up the road until the sound was crystal clear to check on him.
After half an hour 2 policement came up to us saying that someone had complained about us.
He said that we should be there and that we would have to have an interview with our local social services about the way we are looking after our son.
We were both gobsmacked very upset and although we would never have set out to be in this position we were mortified to think that we could get in such trouble with the authorities.
Be aware - never go outside of the best range of your monitor - it does not matter to them how often you check on your baby - you cannot be out of range even for a moment.