A bit of Victorian seaside nostalgia

Advantages: A lovely little place
Disadvantages: Probably not so nice when it's raining

...Saltburn by the sea reminded me of the sort of place that you see on early picture postcards. It's a charming Victorian seaside resort and even today it still retains much of its old worldly charm. The Saltburn Cliff lifts are located directly opposite the pier and fit in beautifully with the ambience of the seafront. These cliff lifts are capable of taking up to twenty passengers a time to the top of the steep cliff and back down again. Each ride costs 65p per adult and only lasts a couple of minutes but as a one off experience it was something that I would recommend and its something that I thoroughly enjoyed. There's no denying that this is an amazement piece of Victorian engineering. It first opened on the 28th June 1884 and is now the oldest water balanced cliff lift in the world. The track is about 40 metres long and very steep...

micksheff 25.04.2009 · Read review
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Review of Saltburn Cliff Lift, Saltburn-by-the-Sea

The Way You Were (The Kingdom by the Sea - Paul Theroux)

Advantages: well written, individual perspective, very of its own time
Disadvantages: biased & dated

...of human beings. He likes his towns and villages grand or at least graceful, but barring very rare instances, his sense of wonder is reserved for the world of nature - and those fleeting instances when a scene of beauty is caught like an intense illumination, when a momentary arrangement of the world seen form a particular angle is captured with perfect clarity, vivid and unforgettable. "The Kingdom by the Sea" is now, of course, a period piece, and Theroux's natural talent for misery and depressiveness is ideally suited to depicting the Kingdom of 1982, the time of the Falklands War, the gloomy hardships of Thatcherite depression with huge unemployment, empty hotels and closed factories, the destruction of industry, the Northern Irish 'troubles' in full bloom, the looming end of the railway network. Oh, and the son of the heir to the throne...

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Review of The Kingdom by the Sea - Paul Theroux

An Octopuses Garden By The Sea

Advantages: underwater tunnel
Disadvantages: vastly overpriced

...Deep Sea World in North Queensferry under the iconic Forth Railway Bridge bills itself as Scotland's national aquarium and a fun filled venue for a family day out. The aquarium is easy to reach by car with ample free parking, a nearby railway station and bus service from Dunfermline. The first thing you will have to do when you arrive, depending on the time of year, is queue up for tickets. There are markers at various points along the queue telling you how long until you will reach the door, expect to wait up to an hour at peak times. You queue along the quarry which is supposed to hold seals but was empty the last time I visited. Spending ages in a queue is not the best way to start a visit anywhere and this is one of the many reasons that we do not visit anymore. Once you get inside the first area you come to is a main hall...

wigglylittleworm 19.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Deep Sea World, Edinburgh

Kingdom By the Sea-A Great Read

Advantages: Superb writing. Witty. A compelling read
Disadvantages: Not many

...Kingdom by the Sea by Paul Theroux is a great book.Indeed I find it a thoroughly fascinating book,interesting,well written,witty and the author is undeniably a great wordsmith. American born, Paul, lived in England for a number of years and also taught in Universities in the Far East. In my view he has a great socio-cultural understanding of the British. It is a compelling,thoroughly enjoyable read,written by one of the truly great travel writers. Paul travels around the coast of Great Britain and gives a very candid view of what he found. He didnt think much of the Kent coastal towns, he liked Hastings, had mixed feelings about some of the south coast resorts but seemingly enjoyed most of his stops in the Welsh coastal resorts. His descriptions of rather crummy and dingy bed and breakfast establishments are very vivid whilst his...

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Besides the sea

Advantages: "We joined the navy to see the world?."
Disadvantages: "And what did we see? We saw the sea." (Irving Berlin)

...deficiencies are more than made up for by the visual appeal of the shores. By a kind of paradox the sea, though boring in itself, acts as a catalyst to transform almost any view of land. It does so not just by adding an extra feature, but by adding movement and mood to an otherwise unmoving landscape. Coastlines are fascinating, offering wonderful vistas that come in many shapes and sizes: Rocks and rollers Since this review was prompted by memories of the Amalfi coast, let us begin atop one of the many limestone crags that decorate that region, gazing down to where jagged headlands and islets thrust up through the Tyrrhenian waves. When the sea is at peace and the waves are stilled, the water becomes almost luminous, the colour of the rock beneath seeming to amplify its limpid blue. Limestone is a rather good material...

torr 23.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Where is the best sea view?

basic plot saved by authentic and rich relationship acting

Advantages: relationships
Disadvantages: plot

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bruffyboy 02.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of City By The Sea (DVD)

  (SEA) MONKEY BUSINESS!!!!

Advantages: amusing, entertaining, cheap,
Disadvantages: none really.

...the sachet with number 1 on it, this is the water purifier. You then stir in the powder and leave it to settle for 24 hours, this is so that the water is the correct temperature for the creatures to live in. This is the boring part. After 24 hours you can add, sachet number 2. This sachet contains the live eggs you just add the sachet to water inside it its like powder with little grains of white and black, which are the eggs. Stir the water gently. Once in the water wait for a few minutes and you will see tiny little white things swimming about erratically, these are the sea monkeys, they are about the size of a full stop at the moment. On day 2 you need to oxygenate your tank, you can do this by either buying a pump or you can do it the cheap way by pouring the water from the tank back and forth into a jug, carefully. You have to do...

Lynzie 02.09.2005 (22.11.2005) · Read review
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Review of Benjamin Toys Sea Monkeys

SEA SPRAY FOR MERMAID HAIR

Advantages: non sticky, enhances curls, hair stays soft, good hold
Disadvantages: boring packaging, not a very exciting smell

...When it comes to beauty products, make-up, hair care and the like I am a somewhat fickle individual. I have cupboards full of things I?ve used once or twice but I always seem to find an excuse to buy more. I?m sure when I go shopping for such items the sensible part of my brain just shuts down and I become an advertisers dream, seduced by rows of eye-catching packaging for things I don?t just want but obviously really really need. I bought GHD Sea Spray hairspray at the hairdressers; I find I become especially vulnerable at the hairdressers. It?s bad enough in Boots where I can just pick and choose what I want to buy but in the hairdressers where a plastic pumped, collagen filled botox beauty is persuading me that I simply cannot live without said product, I find it all too easy to give in. I?m sure I am not the only one who just...

coolcam7 29.04.2007 · Read review
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All at sea in the hands of a Doctor

Advantages: Nice light comedy
Disadvantages: The story and most of the film in general

...Simon Sparrow is now a qualified doctor and working as an apprentice in a practice in London. He finds that not only is he doing all the work while his boss heads off to play golf but his bosses daughter is dead set on getting her hands on him. Deciding his only recourse it to run away he does the time honoured thing of escaping to sea. He manages to get a job on board a merchant navy ship... with no women on board! A trip to a port is something all the crew look forward to but on their first stop on this trip they pick up a couple of passengers, the Chairmans' daughter and her friend, a beautiful young singer. How will the arrival of two women affect all the lonely men on board? Doctor At Sea (1955) was the second of the seven Doctor films made throughout the 50's and 60's and is, like the first in the series, very typical of British...

Ailran 30.05.2009 · Read review
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A Theme Park by the Sea

Advantages: Reasonable prices, lots to see and do for all the family
Disadvantages: A few rides are outdated

...-karting track with which you can use the karts to race each other. This didn?t appeal to us so we didn?t even look at it. Grand Prix - You sit in your own Grand Prix car and drive your way around the track. The cars are held to a track in the form of a metal bar in the middle of the ?road? so you aren?t able to crash or veer off. Other ?children only? rides include: Convoy Ride Helicopters Lunar Carousel Mini Dodgems Mini Scooters Pirate Ride Thor's Turnpike Veteran Carousel Most of these are situated in the children?s area of the park at the back, called Beaver Creek. Overall Impression We had a really fun time at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. The Atmosphere was great, it felt like a proper seaside funfair because it was right by the sea but there was also enough rides and things to do to keep us busy for the whole day...

CezaWeza 08.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Blackpool