Poole in all its Glory

Advantages: Lovely area plenty to see
Disadvantages: Beaches can get busy

...Poole: Well Poole is the slightly quieter neighbour of Bournemouth. It has the most beautiful beaches Sandbanks a peninsular which stretches out to form the harbour entrance has been said to be one of the best beaches in the country with its white sands it has been awarded the blue flag for management and cleanliness for the last 20 years, It does get busy in the summer so plan well. The harbour itself is said to be the Largest natural Harbour in Europe. The Harbour holds 5 main islands the largest Brownsea Island, home of red squirrels and the Birthplace of the first ever scout camp founded by Baden Powell way back in 1907. Regular boats run between Poole Quay and Brownsea allowing visitors to get up close and personal with the island. The smaller islands are long Island, Green Island, Round Island and Furzey Island...

F1Princess 05.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Poole

Coolest Pool

Advantages: Great graphics and gameplay, Internet rooms for online gaming
Disadvantages: None its great fun

...II wouldn't classify myself as a game freak, but I do occasionally like to play online games. One of which is Cool Pool. This game is published by Sierra and can without doubt boast to be the best Pool game. There are many game variations available through the menu system and most are playable online too. Installation is very easy once the file is downloaded ( see later ). On initial boot up this game has a rather catchy tile page. The large and colourful Sierra logo is quickly followed by a little furry dude saying Now this is fun. And indeed it is. The next screen shows a pool break just before it switches to the main menu options. From the menu system you can choose the type of game you play, the options being Under the menu heading STANDARD GAMES 1. Standard Billiards In this game you simply play billiards as per...

donf18 23.09.2005 · Read review
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Review of Cool Pool (PC)

Easily The Best Pool Game On The Market

Advantages: Great Graphics
Disadvantages: No tournament mode.

...Ah, Methinks its time the Coolster did another one of his reviews. And the subject? Only the coolest Cue ball game around,. Cool Pool. 'Cool Pool?' I hear you say. 'Never Heard of it!' It's a shame really because it's a darn fine pool Game. In fact it's so easy and fun to play you'll be potting 'em left right and centre in minutes, pulling off some spectacular long shots. Trouble is, it's so easy to play your opponent will be as well. The fun games are all brilliant, and the cool tables will take your breath away. 'How on Earth can I play pool on that table you'll ask? And getting a game online is a breeze. There's no web sites to log onto, the game automatically logs you into your ISP and launches a list of rooms you can join in to play. It's just like going through the menu of any game. It must be said though that it's not...

callancool 02.02.2004 (19.02.2007) · Read review
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Review of Cool Pool (PC)

Pool hits the Nintendo DS - Actua Pool

Advantages: Fun to play for a while
Disadvantages: Limited options, not enough variety

...This review is for the Nintendo DS game, Actua Pool, developed by Zoo Digital Publishing and published by Atari. As the title suggests, Actual Pool is a product based on the sport of the same name, giving you the opportunity as they say to be "the King of the Cue". Although you can play one-off matches, the best way to start this game is by chosing a character to play from (although these all appear to be the same with no obvious difference in their attributes) and then by working through the championships. In each of the championships you play just one frame in each match, and there are only a few matches in each tournament. As you win each of the tournaments you obtain prize money, which you can then use to enter other tournaments. However, this is a rather disappointing feature, as you may as well just remove this prize money...

julwhite 21.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Actua Pool (Nintendo DS)

Swimming pool

Advantages: something new
Disadvantages: can be seen only on the film festivals

..."Swimming Pool", film seen first time at Cannes Film Festival 2003, sees France and Europe on most decadent, daring and inventive way. Francois Ozon writer and film director strikes again with this time British actress, Charlotte Rampling. Sarah Morton (Rampling) is a famous British mystery author. Tired of London, seeking inspiration for her new novel, she accepts an offer from her publisher John Bosload (Charles Dance) to stay at his home in middle of nowhere in France. It is early off-season, so Sarah hopes to find the beautiful country inspiring – until late one night, when John’s wild French daughter Julie (Sagnier) unexpectedly arrives. Sarah is at first, more than English-alike reserve, finding Julie reckless and sexually charged lifestyle repulsive. Their interactions set off an increasingly unsettling series...

barefoot777 03.03.2004 · Read review
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Review of Swimming Pool (DVD)

Home Leisure Quick up pools.

Advantages: Hours of fun for the whole family.
Disadvantages: Takes at least 9 hours to fill.

...We had had enough of the kid's fighting over the space they had in the paddling pool and the really hot weather were it got to a stage it had to go as we were so fed up having to empty it every 30 minutes with floating bugs and grass....we had to get a new smartier one... We wanted a swimming pool that the whole family could enjoy and have fun too, and all have room to move... now we are a family of five and are the average family, from one of use being on the slim side, and the other on the larger size a bit like laurel and hardie...... We were so fed up with all the bits floating in our old paddling pool from bits of grass to drowning bugs. You should all know what young kids are like from jumping in, and out of the paddling pool. and the kids were always wanting it to be emptied and refilled. So we thought that it would be alot...

scottishkat 25.07.2004 (01.02.2009) · Read review
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Review of Home Leisure 10ft Simple Set Pool

Inflatable Fun Pool

Advantages: Great big pool for a party or BBQ, good value for price
Disadvantages: Takes a long time to prepare and then put away

...When we bought our new house one of the specifications was a large garden and a large garden was what we got. We decided that now we had a large garden we needed a large Paddling pool to go in it on sunny days. Of course most people would get one which was easy to blow up and take down and wouldn't be a hassle to empty. Well not us. We spotted this massive red and yellow one which came with a palm tree that sprayed water if you have the right connections, has a small slide, had a basketball hoop and came with balls. There was also a small square part which could just be sat in. It was a bargain at £14.99. This pool is roughly 6ft by 4ft, and took up a large part of the garden. Being the rectangle shape, it fitted in ok, but was much bigger than I had imagined. It has the slide at one side. It faces the palm tree, so on a hot...

Groovee 06.10.2003 · Read review
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Review of Outdoor Paddling Pools in General

Poole's Cavern, Buxton, Derbyshire

Advantages: Lots of history, Educational
Disadvantages: Damp and dark, Expensive

...Poole's Cavern is situated just under a mile outside of the Derbyshire town of Buxton, on the fringe of the Peak District National Park. During a recent visit to the town I actually stumbled upon this place quite by accident, and since the weather was abysmal for trudging around I decided to pay this place a visit. It is well sign-posted from the town centre so we decided to follow the brown tourist signs that led us out of the town centre, past the School and through a rather desirable residential District of this picturesque town. I would describe Poole's Cavern as one of those little Gems of a place I occasionally find when I wander off the beaten track. The only difference here is that this place is no hidden secret, yet despite my many visits to Buxton this is the first time that I was aware that the place existed...

micksheff 13.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of Pooles Cavern, Buxton

Poole a Wonderfull place

Advantages: Shops on one side solitude on the other. And twin high tides
Disadvantages: Harbour entrance can get busy in the Summer

...Whether you like being 'on','in','at', or even 'by', the water you could not find a better destination than Poole in beautiful Dorset. Poole harbour is the second largest natural harbour in the world. [used to be the biggest but we keep infilling bits of it]. The harbour its self has, they say, over 100 miles of shore line if you count all the twiddly bits. On the eastern side is the Port of Poole, Poole town with its shops,cafes,restaurants, and pubs, together with a brand new 100+ berth visitors marina. This has all the 'mod cons' a yachtsman could want including showers, toilet facilities, Mains power hook ups and 24hr security if you want to leave you boat whilst you do a bit of sight seeing. The western side of the harbour is like a differant country, it's hard to belive that the busy modern port is only a few miles away. Behind...

OldFart 11.10.2001 · Read review
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Review of Poole

Computerised pool for less than a quid...

Advantages: Pretty good on all fronts, more types of pool than I ever knew existed!
Disadvantages: A few glitches, annoying interface problem

...Actua Pool is a computer pool simulation. No more, no less. (No not a swimming pool?) Take your cue and chalk, and head on over to one of several nicely rendered backgrounds. Following a video sequence that really does look dated we have the options screen, which lets us visit the "Pool School" (where the players take the shots so quickly you can hardly see them!!), see the rules of the various types of pool (I had honestly never realised there were this many!), set up the aesthetics, or of course play the game itself. There are several different game types to choose from, including a simple match between two players (or more than 2, depending on the type of pool you're playing), to "hustle" mode where you earn credits and unlock new opponents for victories, and tournaments. At first only 3 opponents are available to you in...

CaptainDisaster 05.05.2006 · Read review
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