Fun with feathers!

Advantages: Great fun, good exercise, cheap to buy
Disadvantages: None for us!

...When we were adopted by our handsome cat, Mew, we decided that he should have some toys to play with. It was with this in mind that we went to Pets at Home to see what was on offer there. We came back with a couple of little balls ? hubby said that they would be good as Mew hadn?t got any of his own! Actually even though they had bells inside them Mew wasn?t interested. We got a little sack of cat nip which Mew completely ignored! The real success was the Feather Chaser Wand (yes I know it sounds like some sort of sex toy but trust me on this one!). It is made by a firm called Willow?s and the full name of it is Willow's Feather Chaser Wand Catnip Toy for Cats and it cost just £2.99. It is supposedly infused with cat nip but as I said earlier this wouldn?t make a blind bit of difference to Mew as he doesn?t react to cat nip...

SusanLesley 04.03.2009 · Read review
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Light as a feather

Advantages: nice light skateboardcan
Disadvantages: can become expensive sport

...the equipment is usually expensive and in skateboarding this is no different, a skateboard can last anything from a month down to one skating session, depending on where the skateboarder is skating and what tricks they are doing, as you can imagine this is a very expensive hobby. My son has often dragged me round skateboard shops every birthday and Christmases, looking at trucks, wheels, boards, grip tape and numerous other shops for the right trainers, clothes, ect for skateboarding and I now consider myself educated on the subject of what?s good and what?s not. Element Bam Feather Skateboard Deck is pretty good. Bam Margera has put his name to this skateboard deck he has a very good rep as a skateboarder, ranking high amongst the well known like Tony Hawks, whom, if you have never heard of ,you can get his playstation skateboarding games to...

Sunnysmiles 14.07.2009 · Read review
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Scarlet Feather

Advantages: Excellent cannot put down
Disadvantages: none whatsoever

...I have to admitt - lm a Maeve Binchy fanatic - l have read all her books and Echos is my favourite, but lm not hear to tell you about that book, its her latest and apparently her last novel - Scarlet Feather. The 2 main characters Cathy Scarlett and Tom Feather - they attended catering college together and always had the pipe dream to run thier own catering business - suddenly it looks as though this dream may well indeed come true. The story is weaved around the lives of these two central characters and is an enchanting tale. As with all of Binchy's novels it is set in Ireland - this one is based in Dublin. She tells a tale and describes the area so well that its easy to close your eyes and picture exactly what she is describing. As usual l found the book hard to put down - in fact l read it in about 3 days - and it was her...

purdy 05.03.2001 (21.05.2001) · Read review
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The Strand Palace Hotel

Advantages: Central location, clean
Disadvantages: Food, rooms

...We stayed at this hotel in London a little over a month ago now for two nights, we chose this hotel mainly because of the central location and because it was only a ten minuite walk from the show we had booked to go too. Check in was very quick - About ten minuites and the staff at the reception seemed very friendly. My first thoughts on the hotel was that it looked really clean and that it was nicely decorated and it looked modern. I was a little dissapointed with our room as it was very small and basic, our room had a double bed, tea and coffee making facilities, a tv with satellite and a small, basic en suite bathroom with a shower. The views from our room very very poor - A block of offices which made our room dark as they were so close. The hotel has two bars and two resturaunts, the bars were again nicely decorated...

kate44 03.05.2007 · Read review
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BRITISH EMPIRE - THE FOUR FEATHERS

Advantages: Solid remake of a well used storyline.
Disadvantages: Never quite makes the top grade, not emotive enough

...--- Combining a wide range of emotions including love, friendship, trust, heroism, loyalty and romantic rivalry this film tries to cater for all needs, but at times satisfies none (I would though recommend it as a stereotypical his and hers film as it manges to give action and a love plot). Involving a British officer who resigns his commission before going against Sudanese rebels, he is presumed a coward and is given four symbolic white feathers by his friends and fiancee. As a way of dealing with this he goes to Sudan to find his comrades and goes through prison, fights and general pain. In the end he finds most of them and obtains there forgiveness and understanding to why he resigned. Although well made the film constantly leaves you with the false belief that something really good in terms of plot, action and special effects is going to happen...

Puma1000 03.04.2004 (06.04.2004) · Read review
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Wonderful service, lovely hotel.

Advantages: Excellent friendly service, easy to find location, family friendly.
Disadvantages: nothing i can think of really, not for one night's stay at least.

...to go) and understandably we got what was left, but nevertheless there was still a good choice. And again, we were not rushed even though we were late. I would highly recommend the Feathers Inn Hotel for anyone travelling with children - so far it is definitely on top of my list of family friendly hotels and we will certainly stay there again if we are looking for a place in the area. Don't hesitate to give it a go!...

pattypapageorgiou 30.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Feathers Inn, Ware

Hotel International

Advantages: Location, breakfasts
Disadvantages: Poor rooms

...I recently went on a cultural girlie trip with a friend to Paris. I was left to do all the booking. I was looking for a reasonable hotel, near a metro stop, which included breakfast. I came across the Hotel International on various travel sites and it seemed fairly highly rated so I booked us in for three nights. LOCATION: The hotel is located 6 Rue Auguste Barbier in the 11th Arrondissement. The nearest Metro stop is Garcourt which was a two minute walk away and it was a five minute walk to Republique which gives good links to other lines. It's not really central enough to avoid the Metro and walk to the attractions but it was located so close to a stop that it seemed ideal. PRICE: Prices vary depending on size of room and season. There are singles, doubles and triples available. We paid Euro254 for the whole time...

tartlette83 17.06.2009 · Read review
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Scarlet Feather

Advantages: Heartwelming and enjoyable
Disadvantages: none

...This book gives a modern insight to Dublin life, through the eyes of various characters. Cathy and Tom, founders of catering company, Scarlet Feather, and their dysfunctional friends and family members. The perfect read for a rainy day. Heartwelming and enjoyable, i could not put this book down. if you are a fan of Maeve Binchy (author of Cirlce of Friends, amongst others) then you are garuntied to enjoy this book. The main story is about the set up of catering buisness Scarlet Feather', accounting the highs and lows of the buisness. We get to know all of the characters equally well, with some suprising twists, which were welcomed, although unexpected. The mischeivious twins are one of the highlights of the book, creating humour and happiness at some of the darker times. Cathy and Tom, the main characters are realistic...

knittingdolphin 04.04.2005 · Read review
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Review of Scarlet Feather - Maeve Binchy

Feathers and stones may break my bones

Advantages: Vocals, music, lyrics
Disadvantages: Hard to find, not to everyones taste (unlucky them)

...Keeping to the same formula as my past few music reviews this one might as well follow suit, despite it's much more obscure artist (compared with Katie Melua, The Streets and Arctic Monkeys, it's not really anything against Mr Baxter himself). After seeing Tom Baxter on www.myspace.com I actually wrote little blurb for my own private site about the young man: "The unsigned Londoner claims to sound like "Tom Baxter", so at least he's honest, he fails to mention he also sounds a bit like Elbow, with a dreamy sound of an apocolyptic future wearing down on his mind. A guy who has been compared to two artists I'm fans of (comparasions by The Evening Standard to Jeff Buckley and Nick Drake). After his first album, released in 2005 ("Feather and Stone), his follow up, has just recently been released on iTunes, "SKYBOUND". Check it out...

iamasadlittleboy 03.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Feather And Stone (Limited Edition) - Tom Baxter

sachas hotel

Advantages: good price,great location
Disadvantages: no window

...****Sachas hotel- Manchester**** I booked this hotel last minute as i had a job interview in Manchester and needed somewhere quite cheap ,that was also near the centre. **Location/Getting there** This hotel is located in Tibb street which is a 2 minute walk from Piccadily Gardens or 10 minutes away from Chorlton street bus station.The Train station is a little bit further away say maybe a twenty minute walk but i don't think that this is that bad .You can also get a tram from Piccadily gardens and this goes to quite a few places.You could also get a taxi to the hotel but i am not sure what parking is like if you were to take your own car. **Reception/staff** Since i had never been to Manchester before i phoned and asked the staff for directions -they were very nice and helped me out.When i got there i think i got the same...

katie22008m 04.09.2008 · Read review
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