Rule Britannia!

Advantages: Cheap! Central Location.
Disadvantages: Soft Pillows, dirty bathroom.

...expensive. So, it was time for some shopping around? Doing a load of searching and whatnot on Google, I stumbled upon this, the Britannia Hotel. Located down New Street, Birmingham, and at just £35 per night as the advanced fee ? it was a bargain. Finding The Hotel Being pretty poor at most sort of planning, I didn?t really take much note of exactly where the Hotel was, just that it was somewhere down New Street. So, it actually took us a bit of finding, but that was mainly due to us not knowing Birmingham at all. All I remember now, is it is next to Primark, so that?s that. The Room We had room 225, located right at the end of the maze-like corridor, on floor two. Opening the door, the room was pretty much how we expected it to be ? as basic as humanly possible. Two Beds, sat next to each other, with a tiny set of drawers to...

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RULE BRITANNIA

Advantages: Well thought out and good gaming rules
Disadvantages: Requires a little focus, not for everyone

...Long before the popular games like 'Age of Empires' and 'Civilisation' tried to bring us a flavour of historical strategy gaming to our PC there were a number of board games that did the same on a more traditional gaming format. Britannia is one of the best of these and has been going strong with a few updates since the mid 80's. This review deals with the 2nd edition of the game brought out by Fantasy Flight Games featuring revised and updated rules from the game's original creator, Lewis E. Pulsipher and including new graphics and streamlined game play but rules and game are essentially the same for original edition brought out in 1986. Britannia is turn based historical strategy game that aim to take the player through the history of Britain from the Roman invasion of 43 AD to the Norman invasion of 1066. This is a very...

Mauri 23.11.2006 · Read review
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Rule Britannia?

Advantages: newly refurbed room, brilliant bath and shower, price
Disadvantages: some areas still quite tatty

...Well my second weekend in Brumopolis passed with little excitement, which was something of a relief. The hotel on this occasion was booked through laterooms.com (see previous review) and was the Britannia in the city centre, it cost me £47 for a double room bed only, a friend also staying the same night paid £42 for a single. Arriving at the train station my previous visits 'beer compass' directions sent me for a walk around the outside of the train station but from the exit through the shopping centre it is literally a walk of a minute at most (note to self shoving through groups of football fans is a bad idea). But for a city centre hotel you cant get much more central than this one. The hotel itself has the entry through Union Passage just off the main street. The revolving door is quite heavy but there is a wider...

scuba_angel 28.07.2008 · Read review
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RULE BRITANNIA!

Advantages: Strong, full of flavour and well balanced beer
Disadvantages: May be too strong for some

...I like trying new beers! That goes without saying?but, more importantly I like trying beers from local breweries. This is not always as easy as it sounds - most local pubs are tied to national breweries or pub companies and are often not allowed to stock locally produced products. So, when a new local free house opened - with a free rein to stock whatever beers it chooses - I was really pleased. This new pub was also leased by the people who run one of my local breweries, so there was also the chance to regularly get some of their beers. So, we duly got the bus over to see what was on offer over the Bank Holiday weekend. This is when we came to be drinking Britannia Cream Ale in the Britannia, Tupton! ~~~THE BREWERY. Spire Brewery began was officially opened by the mayor of Chesterfield in April 2006. They are based on a new...

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My New Addiction - Robin Hood?

Advantages: Dramatic, Good Acting, Fantastic Soundtrack, Brilliant Plot!
Disadvantages: Would have loved more Special Features :(

...I am a Robin Hood addict. (Richard Armitage and Jonas Armstrong are just one of the reasons... If you get my drift) What Is It? This DVD contains the first five episodes of the BBC new series about the legendary outlaw, Robin Hood. This was first shown on the BBC, and later released as DVD's, however they can now be bought as a full box set, and no longer per every 5 episodes. There are three volumes in this series, all of which I own. This is another take on the outlaw, and is seen to give him a new light and make him much more exciting and thrilling. This is PG rated and is suitable for children, as long as you don't mind them watching the odd sword fight. Since 2006, a new series of Robin Hood was shown on the BBC and most recently series 3 is on our screens. I watched the first episode of series one and since then have...

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Rule Britannia, Britannia Rule The World..NOT!!!

Advantages: Close To Manchester Airport, Current Staff Are Very Good
Disadvantages: Tatty, Dirty, Smelly, Terrible Food, Awful Drinks

...Having stayed at The Britannia Country House Hotel, about a mile up the road from this one, I would not have chosen to stay at another Britannia Hotel if my life depended on it, however we were working here and had to stick it out for a couple of nights in October. I have to admit I was expecting the worst. First Impressions As you approach the hotel you are me with one of the worst looking hotels you have ever set eyes on. I am not exaggerating, this hotel really is an eyesore, it is simply a huge mass of pebble dashed concrete, and resembles a block of ugly high rise flats, it is also about 100 meters from the M56, which is handy for getting to the airport amongst other things, but also adds to the eyesore and, obvously, noise factor. It has a multi storey car park to the left of it and an open air car park to the rear...

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A Fantastic Flying Finale For Our Hero Hood!

Advantages: Fantastic Acting, Drama, Stories, Action, Fight Scenes, Romance and Price
Disadvantages: Difficult to understand if haven't watched first volumes.

...After buying Series 1 volumes 1 and 2, it only seemed right to buy the third volume. Of course after giving the first two 5 stars, I had exceptionally high expectations for this one as well. Not only did this have to round off the first series but of course still have the sparkle that the first two had. I have to admit I was hoping a lot for this DVD so it really had to do well for it to get 5 stars again. And it did, in fact I think I could say these were the strongest and best episodes in the series. What Is It? The BBC decided to re-make a high budget of the famous Sherwood outlaw, Robin Hood. This was first shown on the BBC, and later released as DVD's, however they can now be bought as a full box set, and no longer per every 5 episodes. This DVD is made up of the LAST four episodes of the series, so after this you will left...

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Britannia Airways

Advantages: On time, not bad for a holiday airline
Disadvantages: Poor food, cramped

...Britannia Airways are one of the biggest package holiday airlines in Britain and most of their passengers are customers of Thomson Holidays. We go Thomson most years when off on our summer hols so I?ve used Britannia a several times now. I?ll be honest from the start, Britannia are not a patch on British Airways. But it is unfair to compare the two airlines as Britannia operate on a much tighter budget than British Airways. If you compare the amount of money you pay for a seat on British Airways and the amount Thomson pay for your seat on Britannia I am sure there will be a big difference. So Britannia are a package holiday airline have tight budgets and as well as flying you to your destination they are expected to provide entertainment, decent food and overall give you a pleasant flight. What would you prefer ? pay an extra £250...

Disillusioned 30.08.2001 · Read review
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Robin Hood mixes comedy, romance and action

Advantages: Great stuff
Disadvantages: A few errors, but nothing major

...Robin Hood Prince of Thieves is the 1991 take on the legend of Robin Hood, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. This film was hailed as one of the biggest films of the 1990s, especially by women (!) and features an all star cast and a soundtrack including Bryan Adams' 'Everything I do' which spent about a million weeks at number 1 in the charts. Director Kevin Reynolds gives us a rollicking feature length display of sword fighting, comedy, action and romance, and the cast do as is required and give us a damn good film. Robin of Locksley (Kevin Costner) has been away fighting in the Crusades. Escaping with a Moor named Azeem (Morgan Freeman) he heads back to his native England after many years to see his father and live out the rest of his life in peace. Not so much luck! In the King's absence, his evil brother John has taken...

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Ruddy Britannia!

Advantages: Cheap flight, no delays, clean plane
Disadvantages: Flight attendents, food was awful, do not have scheduled flights

...Flew with Britannia from Gatwick to Orlando a while ago and the memory of the trip still wrangles! We had an early flight which wasn't a problem. Arrived well in advance of the take off time and had the usual delay with checkin. The checkin staff were gestapo like in their hunt for items not on the "acceptable" list. I presented my tickets, handed over my luggage and started the process of checking in. Now came the fun part. I had assumed (rightly or wrongly) that if we were on a long haul flight, we would be on a larger plane. I have called the airline in advance to check what size plane we were going on. I had specifically asked prior to booking and also during the booking period if it would be at least a DC10 or similar and hopefully if would be would a jumbo. "Yes" came the reply. So you can imagine my shock when I saw...

shazzy1967 05.11.2007 · Read review
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