Dimplex Burlington, to take away the 'BRRRRS'

Advantages: Looks stunning
Disadvantages: Flames are quite small

...When i decided i wanted a fireplace, without the hassel of making a hole in my chimney wall, or get the chimney swept, i knew i had found the perfect fireplace in this here Dimplex Burlington. Here are my advantages and disadvantegs of it: Advantages: **** Fitting **** Easy. It fits flat against any wall, so you dont need a chimney breast or a hole, just a plug socket (and the ability to cut away the coving where you want it lay flush against the wall). The shape of the base is slightly raised off the floor at the back, allowing the plug wire to fit underneath without it getting squashed and eventually worn out, which is great. It comes supplied with wall plugs and screws, so once you have decided the place, it just takes a drill and a screwdriver to secure it tightly. **** Set Up **** Very easy to use. The controls are all well...

pirate33 19.01.2007 (13.06.2008) · Read review
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A weekend at Fawlty Towers

Advantages: Close to amenities
Disadvantages: Bad customer service, 24hr reception, next to busy road

...On May 17th my husband and I celebrated our 1st wedding anniversary and as a gift from my Mother & Father-in-law we were 'treated' to a weekend away at The Hotel Burlington, Torquay. FIRST IMPRESSIONS When we arrived our first impressions of the hotel were that it seemed ok but were almost certain that the room we were given was not the room my Mother-in-law had booked. Our room was on the second floor overlooking the rather busy road. The room was quite dated, but clean. There was a tea tray with tea and coffee but I have to say that after the long journey I would have killed for a biscuit of which there were none! Later that evening we discovered after speaking to my Mother-in-law that we had been put in the wrong room and she said that the assistant manageress would speak to us about it. NOISY GUESTS On our first morning...

rachpoppy 16.06.2004 · Read review
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Ben and Jerry's Is Not Suitable For Children, Hide It!

Advantages: Fab taste and smell.
Disadvantages: Lots of fat, very moreish!

...It was 1986 when Ben and Jerry?s first came up with the idea of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream. It really was a brainwave. It took them another five years to perfect it and it first became available to the public in 1991. (Now how?s that for the perfect job: Ben and Jerry?s ice cream tester?) It was, of course an instant success. What it basically is, is vanilla ice cream with lumps of chocolate chip cookie dough. The story behind its development features a group of sorority girls in Vermont who had gone into a grocery store and bought packs of chocolate chip cookie dough and taken the across the road to the Burlington Scoop Shop (Vermont). They had ordered plain vanilla ice cream and chopped the cookie dough into it. Perhaps the thought of raw dough doesn?t sound appetising but it is delicious. The top scoring flavour...

jan007 08.10.2009 · Read review
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Dont believe the brochures!

Advantages: Only the sunny weather and good company from other guests.
Disadvantages: Everything relating to Shearings holidays.

...reached Normanton at 4.30. The journey would take 2 hours by car at most. Before we knew this, we stayed at the Shearings Burlington Hotel in Eastbourne for a week. We booked 8 months before and paid extra for a sea view, expecting a really smart room, but instead got a tiny scruffy room on the top floor, with just enough space for a double bed, a bathroom and a tiny wardrobe. Our small room was even partitioned off to make a shower for the room next door. Wallpaper was peeling off, and the paint was full of scuff marks. The corridors between rooms were tatty and the lifts were filthy and slow. I spent much of the week at the chemists, first for earplugs to sleep through the noise from the Discos on Eastbourne Pier which started at midnight until 3.pm three nights a week. I complained to reception but the staff lied and said they...

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The Cookie Monster

Advantages: Lovely ice cream
Disadvantages: Very moreish

...According to their web site "Back in '66, in a school gym class, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield found they hated running but loved food. Years later in '78, Ben had been fired from a series of McJobs while Jerry had failed for the second time to get into medical school. So, armed with a $5 correspondence course in ice cream making, they opened their first scoop shop in a dilapidated gas station in Burlington, Vermont." They soon became popular in the local community for the finest all natural ice cream. Ben had no sense of taste so he relied on what he called 'mouth feel', so big chunks of chocolate, fruit and nut became their signature. While they disagreed at times over the chunk size, they did agree that they wanted to enjoy themselves - as Jerry put it 'if it's not fun, why do it?' In the early days the boys were pretty bad at book...

EvelynDunton 06.07.2009 · Read review
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Great Shopping in Piccadilly

Advantages: Elegant shops. Great book stores.
Disadvantages: Busy

...a great addition to the shopping scene, for this building houses Europe's biggest bookstore,Waterstone's.This five storey paradise for book lovers also has a juice bar, a restaurant,cafe,lounge bar and is open until 11 pm six days a week.Further down is yet another good book store Dillons and also well worth a visit is the Burlington Arcade- a short promenade of very exclusive shops designed for the English gentry. Piccadilly also houses some fine hotels such as the Ritz and Le Meridien and is a great thoroughfare....

ashford 18.08.2000 · Read review
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Comfortable and quiet in Preston

Advantages: Easy access, Marriott standards and deals, very comfortable
Disadvantages: Some delays in restaurant

.... We noticed that bar meals were available in the lounge and they looked reasonably priced, with a varied menu. There are also restaurants within walking distance - Burlingtons is about 8 minutes heading north. Although we did not use the facilities, the gym and pool etc looked large and well designed. Overall then, this was a really enjoyable stay in a very comfortable hotel, with just the delay in the restaurant on 1 night as the negative. It was made even better by the Marriott deal - use code OTP on the Marriott website....

mashpuma 04.06.2007 · Read review
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Fancy a drink in Ancient Greece?????

Advantages: Cosy, not too crowded
Disadvantages: Stict dress code

...Its Friday night, I?ve had a rubbish day at work (nothing new there) and am in need of a good night out. My partner suggests we go to Bacchus (its actually where we went on our first date aaahhhhh). Bacchus is situated in the middle of Birmingham City centre, in the Burlington arcade on New Street (its about a 1 minute walk from New street train station). Actually Bacchus is underneath the arcade so unless you know its there you wont find it. There is a staircase in the arcade, which you follow down to a glass door where you are greeted by a pair of bouncers. Not your typical ?one wrong look and I?ll hit you? bouncers, but smartly dressed and pleasant (occasionally there is a female bouncer). Bacchus is the Greek god of wine (and fertility) and there is a large paining of him on the wall above the stairs. Once inside, you...

catrinaf 16.03.2005 · Read review
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have your peace of cake and eat it

Advantages: Its ice cream
Disadvantages: Hard to find in shops, quite expensive.

...gave in, paid the £3.49 and I got to bring it home . ---------- History: ---------- Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., was founded in 1978 in a renovated gas station in Burlington, Vermont, USA, by childhood friends and dedicated hippies Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield. The two friends started their ice cream careers with a $5 ice cream making correspondence course from Penn State University and a $12,000 investment ($4,000 of which was borrowed). They soon became popular in the local community for their innovative flavours, made from fresh Vermont milk and cream and large portions of whatever ingredients they felt tasted good on the day of making! Over the following years, Ben & Jerry's moved from being a one parlour operation to manufacturing tubs of their increasingly famous ice cream for distribution to retail outlets nation...

ian4552 21.07.2005 · Read review
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Ground breaking service from Air Coach

Advantages: Reliable, cheap, comfortable service
Disadvantages: None

....00 for a return ticket and Children play a flat fee of ?1 and must be accompanied by an adult to use the service. *~*Where does the Aircoach Stop?*~* The Aircoach stops at many of the popular hotels including the Burlington, The Gresham and Jury?s Hotel. As previously mentioned there are city maps available on the coach which will detail all of the stops and this is also published on the Aircoach website if you want to plan your trip before you arrive at the airport. The journey into Dublin City does take approximately an hour from the airport however we were on the first flight into Dublin which was mainly business passengers and we hit rush hour traffic so we were almost 2 hours arriving at our stop on Upper Leeson Street. Coach Stop Estimated Time FROM Airport (mins) Dublin Airport...

KELLYLOUJ 28.06.2007 (29.06.2007) · Read review
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