In the night garden ninky nonk train set

Advantages: strong, versatile, compact, nice bright colours, fun to play with
Disadvantages: none so far

...I decided to buy the in the night garden ninky nonk train set from Amazon as my young daughter is a big fan of in the night garden and whenever it comes on TV she gets really excited. So as my daughter already had some of the other characters from the show I wanted her to have the whole set and since buying it the train set the ninky nonk train set has become one of her favourite toys to play with on a daily basis. The train set can come apart and be attached on many different ways and my daughter enjoys looking at the nice bright colours and putting some of the other in the night garden characters onto the train set even though it keeps falling of now and again it keeps her busy and sometimes I hear her in fits of giggles. The train set is very cute and versatile and its great as children such as mine can have hours of fun with it...

jmarlene 02.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Hasbro In the Night Garden Ninky Nonk Train Set

Welcome to my bargain on-line log cabin

Advantages: Excellent prices, fast delivery, lovely stuff
Disadvantages: Are you willing to buy from a photo?

...garden centres and big DIY places like B&Q /Homebase etc. We were looking in February and I can tell you now that nobody has them at that time of year. All the big DIY places have catalogues with nice cabins in but none had them on show. The size we were looking for was coming out at around £1500. I price-check EVERYTHING but as the cabin was intended as a birthday present for me, my husband the techno-phobe was set the mission of hunting down options on the internet and he found 'garden buildings direct' amongst many others. It soon became apparent that the photos in the DIY store catalogues and on the GBD site were the same - but the prices were very different. We chose the 'Walton's Retreat Log Cabin' in 12ft 6 by 10 foot 6 size at a cost of £1014 - saving around £500 off the cheapest we had seen elsewhere. What do they sell...

koshkha 26.04.2006 · Read review
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Review of Garden Buildings Direct

The Garden on the Downs

Advantages: Easy to get to and small and shady enough to enjoy without getting exhausted in the heat.
Disadvantages: Hilly in places.

...would like refreshments, there are some tea rooms nearby. I haven?t visited these, but you can find out more about them via their website: www.highdowntearooms.co.uk/ How to get there:- The garden is accessible from the (A259), when you are driving in an easterly direction. It is well signposted. If you are coming from the opposite direction you need to get onto the right side of the road via the first roundabout you come to. Further Information:- Highdown Gardens has its own website: www.highdowngardens.co.uk/ If you go into this site you can download the information leaflet in advance....

gillianae 16.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Highdown Gardens, Worthing, Sussex

Phenomenal Album by Savage Garden

Advantages: Great music
Disadvantages: None

...effort by Savage Garden though I never liked this song much. Santa Monica (Album Version) "But on the telephone line I am anyone, I am anything I want to be..." This track has very good piano rendition. However, when I listen to this song, my ears tell me something's not right with this song. The melodies just don't match much. Hayes shows exceptional talent in this song though with his falsetto vocals. Santa Monica (Studio Version) Putting two same songs in an album with different versions is perfectly alright as long as it is the greatest song in the album. But I don't think 'Santa Monica' is Savage Garden's greatest hit. These two same songs must not be placed in direct sequence. I don't find it nice to hear two same songs in a row. This is a good song anyway, just not excellent. I prefer to hear the album version as it...

browndoll 10.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Savage Garden - Savage Garden

The Spice Garden - No Garden, Plenty of Spice

Advantages: Light airy conservatory, pleasant service, good value for money
Disadvantages: Nothing out of the ordinary

...Another week brought another visit from my hungry curry-loving colleague Joep. I had no plans for the evening and asked if he wanted to have dinner. His eyes lit up; "Can we have curry?" he asked excitedly. And so at around 6.30pm we left the office to go in search of a new curry restaurant that we'd not tried before. I'd spotted the Spice Garden on my way to work that morning and decided that this time it would get our custom. The world (well the UK anyway ? and India, Bangladesh, Pakistan etc?..you get what I mean) is full of curry restaurants and in the middle of a recession we should spread our pennies around and try to support a new one each time until we run out or get food poisoning. I got lucky and found a parking space right in front of the restaurant. It's on New Chester Road in Bromborough, about a mile off the M53, close...

koshkha 07.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Spice Garden, Merseyside

A garden to die for!

Advantages: Plenty to see and do for both adults and children
Disadvantages: None

...The Alnwick Garden in Northumberland is a really lovely place to visit, as I discovered recently when in the area. I had decided to visit on the recommendation of a friend who had recently spent a day there, and had spent quite a while telling me about it afterwards. I was intrigued to find out more and visit here myself, as although I live in the North East and have visited many places in Northumberland, I had never visited The Alnwick Garden. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOW TO GET THERE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Alnwick Garden is situated just off the A1 at Alnwick in Northumberland, and is well signposted if travelling by car. Buses connect Alnwick to surrounding towns and also Newcastle. If travelling by train, the east coast line stops at Alnmouth which is 4 miles away. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE ALNWICK GARDEN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Alnwick...

JEFFJEN 17.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Alnwick Garden, Northumberland

Gardening for Wildlife

Advantages: Encourages a mini eco-system right on your doorstep
Disadvantages: Does involve a small amount of effort!

...It is a widely held belief that gardening is good for you. It is good exercise, it builds confidence and self-esteem, and it promotes a sense of inner peace like nothing else on earth. In short, it can heal the mind and soothe the soul and really should be handed out in blocks of 1 hour on prescription in place of chemicals and drugs that fool your brain into thinking you are fine. I am a great believer in gardening for good health, and, having been treated for depression last year, have found my garden the most therapeutic and important element of my healing process. My garden is an oasis of cool, soft-edged light, filtering through trees and climbers. Gentle sounds of wind chimes and bells ring out through the space, and although I am close to a busy main road, you wouldn't know, for the air is clear and quiet. It is the most...

phoenixgreen 10.09.2006 (14.06.2007) · Read review
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Review of Member Advice on Gardening

First Direct - I will be the first to direct you away.

Advantages: See text.
Disadvantages: See text.

...I would just like to write a review on First Direct, an internet banking organisation that I opened an account with some years ago (although this account is now actually in fact closed for reasons which I shall tell you about a little later on in my review). First Direct as already noted is an internet banking firm, which is wholly owned by the high street bank known only as HSBC. They offer all of the different services that a normal high street bank offers, and you can take care of your account online (although you can still use your local or any branch in fact of HSBC in order to conduct your affairs). By way of different services, I mean of course all of the different accounts that you can (current; savings, etc); the various ISA's etc that all of the banks have; insurances; loans and mortgages, to name but pretty much all...

dynamicnurse 18.12.2009 · Read review
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Review of First Direct

Busch Gardens

Advantages: read opp
Disadvantages: read opp

...Well having wanted to visit Busch Gardens on a number of occasions and unfortunately not being given the chance, I felt I had to visit the place during my recent visit to Florida. I had always heard mix reactions about the theme park, some complimenting it, whilst other simply saying it was not there thing. Nevertheless, I was still determined to visit it, at least once to squash the rumours and determine for myself whether this place was thumbs up or thumbs down. History of Bush Gardens Africa (Tampa Bay): Bush Gardens is the name of two of the biggest theme parks in America, one in Tampa Bay, Florida, and the other one in Williamsburg, Virginia. Bush Gardens is currently owned by Busch Entertainment Corporation. Busch Gardens Africa was first opened in 1959, and was a 340 acre African themed, safari park. The park was...

jaygami1986 30.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Busch Gardens, Tampa

Gardeners Delight

Advantages: Wide range of good quality goods
Disadvantages: Not the cheapest

...a bit frantic. We usually manage to find a space eventually, but have occasionally found ourselves in the overspill car park which hasn't yet been properly surfaced. CUSTOMER SERVICE When it comes to gardening I've got enough knowledge to know that Primula isn't just a processed cheese and Hyacinth isn't just a sitcom character, so I haven't often found myself requiring assistance from the staff. On those occasions it has been necessary, I've always found them to be extremely helpful and knowledgable, even the weekend staff (and I'm not getting at students here) have more than a basic knowledge of the products they're selling. What's more you aren't just pointed in the general direction of the product you've asked for, but actually taken to it. Peter Barratt's do also offer a delivery service for those heavy and bulky items you...

scampi1 30.05.2005 · Read review
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Review of Peter Barratts Garden Centre