A lovely B+B in Devon

Advantages: Convenient, friendly owners, good breakfast.
Disadvantages: A bit pricey

...Last summer I spent a few days in Salcombe after my Mum had booked this place as a birthday present for me. It was my first time in Salcombe so I didn't really know what to expect, but my Mum had been going there for years so I was looking forward to discovering it. The Ria View is run by Peter & Bernice Henesey Smith. LOCATION: The Ria View is on Devon Road in Salcombe, Devon. Salcombe is a tiny town on the south coast. The roads to get there are quite windy so take care. Ria View Devon Road Salcombe Devon TQ8 8HQ (0044) (0)1548 842965 PRICES: Prices for a double room at the Ria View start at £62 per night and go up to £84 per night. This includes breakfast. PARKING: The parking at the B+B itself is very limited. We managed to get mine in but there is room for 3 cars and they can only be small cars...

tartlette83 18.06.2008 · Read review
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Avid BB7 Mechanical Disc Brakes

Advantages: Easy to fit and maintain plus great price
Disadvantages: Will need adjusting from time to time

...Overall: The Avid BB7 mechanical disc brake is a good option if you're looking for an aftermarket mechanical disc brake that's both affordable and adjustable. By most accounts (including mine), the Tri-Align Caliper Positioning System is the easiest way to mount a disc brake on a mountain bike, and it allows you to spend less time cursing tiny shims and stomping around your shop or garage. While I wouldn't argue that the long-term performance of the Avid mechanical brakes trumps that of most hydraulic brake systems on the market, they're far and above the best mechanical disc brakes that I've tried. If you have the choice between a set of Avid mechanicals and pretty much any other mechanical disc brake available today, go with the Avid and save yourself a bunch of headaches and many days of sore hands. If you're considering a set...

helix1250 29.08.2007 · Read review
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Blast it out with a BB Blaster 10

Advantages: Small, not too loud, easily transported.
Disadvantages: Small, not very loud, can be overpowered

...probably make it totally unsuitable for the average teenage player. You can buy the BB 10 for between £25 -£40, depending where you shop and as such I think it represent pretty good value for money, especially when you consider that the professional stage rigs as used by the likes of Gilmour, Hendrix, Page and the like come in at well over a four figure sum. It doesn't sound too bad, the only weakness I have found is with the Gibson guitar with its powerful humbucker pickups the bass notes can make the speaker rattle a bit. I don't get this problem with my other guitars as they only have single coil pickups which have much lower power. During the time I have owned the amp it has been totally reliable and has even been used at a bingo night for calling the numbers in a church hall, although with a microphone plugged in you have to be...

JeffFromPoole 21.10.2008 · Read review
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My Friend Mr Pellethead

Advantages: The plain stuff is very cheap. As a whole, this is a brilliant bait!!!!!
Disadvantages: Fattens fish so they look funny sometimes, can get overfed which fishery owners don't like. In fact they are banned on a fair few venues these days.

...Pellet huh?? The best bait in the world (only on Mondays), but banned on many fisheries. Why’s that then?? To be honest I don’t really know. I’ve seen it done in a few places but have only really heard the gossipy reasons (from the owners, sisters, brothers, friends, nephew who got it off his dog etc. etc.). One was that it just caught too many fish. Anglers were catching too much, and to compete with each other they were introducing vast amounts of the stuff to keep the fish to themselves. I won’t go on though, it’s the bait I’m here for. I suppose they’re more commonly known as ‘Trout Pellets’ (that’s what many of them are, but there are some specially manufactured ones around now that are supposed to be more friendly to fisheries and fish). Named, I think after...

BJEEE 16.03.2001 · Read review
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The Great Barn Maplecroft B&B is definately Great!

Advantages: Great location, friendly owners, good price, great breakfast, clean rooms
Disadvantages: I wish i could spend more time there!

...The Great Barn Maplecroft B&B is situated in Bradford on Avon in Wiltshire only about 7 miles away from Bath. The family run business is based around a 13th Century Stone Barn, which the owners live in, having restored it from an old deralict shell about 12 years ago. The B&B itself is an annex off the house and contains 3 rooms, two double and one large family room (2 single beds and a double) all rooms are en-suite and provide coffee and tea making facilities and a TV. The rooms are decorated to an excellent standard and are kept exceptionally clean. Breakfast is served either in the beautiful conservatory (in the summer) or in the dining room (in the winter). You are offered more than enough food to fill yourselves up for the day. Cerals, toast, fruit, then comes the cooked breakfast, certainly one of the tastest i've ever had...

Sweetboy84 26.05.2007 · Read review
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Leylands Farm B&B Surrey

Advantages: Lovely picturesque characteristic accommodation with fantastic potential.
Disadvantages: Felt unwelome, food was past its use by date, not as clean as you would expect.

...of dust which had not appeared to be cleaned for while. In the morning I was hoping to stay a short time longer to have a look around the 7 acre gardens, which seemed to be a big adversing point on all website and was one of the reasons why I choose it in the first place. However, even though I was emailed that check out would be by 11am, the host came in at around 10am and asked if we had had a good sleep. I was hoping for an invite to view the gardens but instead I loaded up the car and could see one of their private guests putting on the garden. After we loaded up, the only ones to see us away were the host's dogs. They were very welcoming and I felt they showed us more hospitality than the owners of Leylands Farm B&B. I am not sure if we would have been made to feel more welcome if we had hired a Jaguar rather than an old banger. Maybe it...

daveg1977 11.08.2009 · Read review
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Smelly Goldfish Pellets

Advantages: Seems to work!
Disadvantages: The look and the smell! (oh and weird dreams!)

...this! Once you've opened the bottle, you will get hit with the most disgusting smell ever! It is FOUL! It smells like goldfish pellets - REALLY nasty. It really puts you off! And if that wasn't enough, they are dark brown and look really nasty. Still, if it meant I was going to get a long, lushious sleep, I'd do it! The first night I tried it, it didn't work all that well. Maybe this is because I was lying awake thinking about it! I also had some crazy dreams! - Whether that was down to the Nytol, I can't really say. I think it might be because other nights where I have used Nytol, I do have weirder dreams than usual! The second night, it worked faster and I had a really decent, deep sleep. I still didn't want to get up in the morning though. This may have been because I'd taken Nytol quite late and I'd only had 7 hours sleep...

PerfectlyPink 04.03.2002 · Read review
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Kill those slugs

Advantages: Kills slugs
Disadvantages: Maybe harmful to people/animals

...slugs around the main ones being: Dark brownish/ grey slug with an orange under side. He causes a lot of damage. Large Black not much damage Great grey lives in damp places One of the worst slugs for causing damage is the netted slug he is a small creamy coloured slug, who does most damage to greens ,cabbages etc. What shall we do about them? I used to spend a fortune sprinkling salt on top of them and watch them shrivel up. Then I turned into a real sadist when I discovered Bio slug pellets. I found out I could kill thousands of slugs in one go for such a reasonable price. Just £2.99 for 800g. (available from most major garden centres) prices may vary. These pellets come in a large green bottle/tub kind of thing and are easy to sprinkle around your garden. (wash your hands after using) They are blue in colour...

gill1960 07.04.2003 · Read review
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Pine fresh all week long.......

Advantages: -
Disadvantages: -

...While I was pregnant, one of the best parts of it for me was not having to clean the cat litter tray because of the risk of toxoplasmosis. So this smelly task was passed onto my then husband, as was the duty of shopping for the litter (can't have a pregnant woman lifting heavy bags!) My husband came back form the supermarket with a different brand of litter than usual. While we usually used the clumping litter, he returned with Beauticat. This litter comes in a white bag with coloured, almost childish lettering on the front and a cartoonish image of a moggy that looks incredibly chirpy. When emptying these pellets into the tray, the first thing you will notice is that you are not enveloped in a thick cloud of grey dust. For me this has always been one of the most annoying things about cat litter. Secondly, this doesn't look...

Thehonesttruth 11.01.2005 · Read review
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TO MUFFIN........OR NOT TO MUFFIN?

Advantages: a wide choice of food, lots of tables, brilliant staff
Disadvantages: expensive, can be busy

...A couple of weekends ago, I was in town with my grandma, and I had promised myself (as well as being forced too), to have lunch in two with my grandma. The past few weeks had been hard and so I was fairly doubtful about whether I'd be able to manage but luckily I did. The place of choice for our bite of lunch was BB'S, sometimes known as BB's coffee and muffins. ** The first UK BB's store opened in the year of 1997, and over the past 12 years it has become the largest shopping centre café in the UK. BB's boasts that their stores have a "relaxed ambience"?but would they be right? .. The Café itself After some shopping in town we decided it was time for a bite of lunch and so we arrived outside BB's in the shopping centre. BB's, I have always though is sat in an unusual place in our centre- right next to Subway...

SweetTooth93 18.01.2009 · Read review
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