A quieter coastal holiday experience

Advantages: A wonderful quiet seaside destination
Disadvantages: Maybe a bit too quiet for teenagers

...Lytham St Annes Perhaps it?s because I live in Lancashire, or perhaps it?s just because Lytham Saint Annes is a seaside resort, but I think the area is wonderful. I hope you agree as I go through the key selling points of this interesting location. The Past Lytham Saint Annes is really two towns on the Fylde Coast in the western Lancashire coastal plain. Situated at the mouth of the River Ribble, which is one of North West England?s largest rivers, the settlements have a long history. They pre-date their much larger and better known neighbour of Blackpool which is just up the coast to the north. Lytham is considered to have first been settled by the Anglo Saxons in about 600 AD and up until the seventeenth century it was a fairly small and isolated community. In 1606 the Clifton family came into possession of Lytham...

MumCC 23.06.2007 · Read review
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Coastal too - UPDATED

Advantages: Friendly atmosphere, high standards of teaching
Disadvantages: distance from main campus can make access to library etc. difficult

...With a commercial diving qualification being offered to me, and also the chance to do a Civil (and Coastal) Engineering degree, I was pretty stoked. The reqired entry level involved me getting 14 points at A-level (which isn't very high when you onsider the high quality of the course), to get on to the full degree course, and only 4 points for entry on to the HND. However, I think that this is different for each person, as it depends on your predicted A-level results. Living in Cornwall for nearly all of my life, and being a keen angler (sea an freshwater) and surfer, I've always loved the sea. This was going to be the ideal course for me with its marine tendencies. It was close to home too which was a massive bonus, and was one of the things I was looking for. the course is by no means easy. In fact, I strongly believe...

BJEEE 16.12.2000 · Read review
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NHA TRANG: a beautiful coastal town

Advantages: Easy to get to from Saigon, plenty to do, cheap scuba diving, cheaper than HCMC
Disadvantages: Long bus ride from Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City

...My time in Vietnam was running out and there was one more place I wanted to visit: Nha Trang. From what the internet and my Lonely Planet were telling me, it seemed like a pretty fun coastal town with plenty of things to do. As the bus journey from Ho Chi Minh City takes around 10 hours, I decided to take the sleeper bus overnight. This was a pretty good decision, as I know it would have been hard to hack such a long journey sitting upright! The beds weren't exactly comfortable though- maybe if you're a tiny Asian, but not if you're an overweight Westerner struggling to keep everything from dangling off the side like I was! I recommend asking fellow travellers for advice on which company to travel with, and also shopping around, as often different travel agents book people onto the same bus for varying prices! I arrived in Nha Trang in...

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I love this!!!

Advantages: great colours
Disadvantages: none

...****Coastal Scents 88 Piece Makeup Palette **** **Where to buy and brand** These palettes are available from coastalscents.com for $24.95 plus postage(depends on weight of total shop). All the products on the site are coastal scents and they sell mainly makeup. **Packaging** These come packed really well which is a good thing considering its the other side of the world!!I don't really like the case as it looks quite cheap compared to other make up palettes i have came across plus the plastic that separates the eye shadows also feels quite cheap.Each eye shadow is around the size of a 1 pence piece and i would say that there is enough to last at least 20 uses. **The colours** As you can tell by the title you get 88 colours in this. Unlike other palettes where you might like 80% of the colours i think that all the colours in this are...

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Review of Coastal Scents Ultra Shimmer 88 Eye Shadow Palette

excellent, as good as MAC

Advantages: stays all day, comes off easy, cheap, good colours
Disadvantages: comes from america so post can take a while, but they do post everywhere

...I bought this with a liner brush as you need this to apply the product. everyone raves about the gel liners from bobbi brown and mac, so i thought i'd try the coastal scents one, which is a lot cheaper. the first one i bought took about 2 weeks to come, which was fine because it was from america and i can appreciate it would take a while. the packageing was amazing, it came in a little pink bag and with a free eye dust sample! the brush was of a super high quality and i would buy another as a spare! the product itself comes in a lovley little pot, it is very soft and plyable and easy to get enough on your brush. i bought the purple and the colour was so bright and so nice. i put this on on a morning and had it on all day, it lasted so well and doesnt smudge as it dries on your skin and sticks fast. it comes off very easily...

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Review of Coastal Scents Gel Liner

English Coastal Castle in Wales

Advantages: Magnificent views accross the Dee Estuary. Unique architecture. Free entry.
Disadvantages: Local meeting place for youths. Large amount of litter.

...Flint castle, with its magnificent views across the Dee Estuary, was once a remarkable architectural edifice with a formidable keep unique to British castles. Although now in ruins it is still a incredible site and well worth a visit. Under the care of CADW: Welsh Historic Monuments, the castle was actually English in origin built by the master mason of King Edward 1. Welsh ownership was achieved by 1301 when the castle was given to Edward Prince of Wales. So for a minute close your eyes and cast your mind's eye back to July 1277, King Edward 1 arrives in Flint. He has a vision of a coastal castle that could be supplied from the sea thereby avoiding travel through densely wooded areas occupied by hostile Welsh tribes waiting to claim the area back. 2,300 men were employed to build the castle overseen by the great royal master...

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Review of Flint Castle, Flintshire

I'M ALL FUDGED OUT

Advantages: Everything
Disadvantages: You have to have a car

...On Saturday the 13th July, myself, my daughter and a couple of friends went to Woolacombe, North Devon for a week of peace and relaxation. Yes, we left the men at home! Woolacombe is on the north coast of Devon just a short distance from Ifracombe. We booked our holiday through Coastal Cottages, we selected a cottage contained in a converted barn on the old part of the site. The price for our week 13th-20th July was a grand total of 395.00GBP, split between the three of us this worked out quite resonable. Our cottage in the brochure was described as a pretty natural stone barn conversion decorated, furnished and equipped to a very good standard comprising of entrance doorleading into sitting/dining room with two settees, storage heater, electric fire and colour tv. Small kitchen with electric cooker and fridge. Open...

Zoe30 22.07.2002 · Read review
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Review of Coastal Cottages Woolacoombe North Devon

What are you waiting for...go buy it!!!

Advantages: fantastic colours
Disadvantages: takes ages to get here

...****Coastal Scents 88 Piece Makeup Palette **** **Where to buy and brand** These palettes are available from coastalscents.com for $19.95 plus postage(depends on weight of total shop). All the products on the site are coastal scents and they sell mainly makeup. **Packaging** These come packed really well which is a good thing considering its the other side of the world!!I don't really like the case as it looks quite cheap compared to other make up palettes i have came across plus the plastic that separates the eye shadows also feels quite cheap. **The colours** As you can tell by the title you get 88 colours in this. Unlike other palettes where you might like 80% of the colours i think that all the colours in this are nice and i have used pretty much them all. I like how some of the lighter colours in this can be used as a cheek...

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Warkworth Castle - a coastal treasure.

Advantages: Great day out
Disadvantages: None

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JEFFJEN 11.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Warkworth Castle, Northumberland

Townsville a Coastal Oasis

Advantages: A cost effective holiday destination with heaps of activities and very few tourists
Disadvantages: Limited places to swim and you can't get out of other peoples way while in the water at designated areas

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keithwin 15.05.2001 · Read review
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