The Garden House WAS a Good Hotel

Advantages: This was a very good hotel in it's day
Disadvantages: Burnt down in 1999

...Review of The Garden House Hotel, Folkestone, Kent, England You will note that my title for this review states that the Garden House Hotel WAS a good hotel. So why is the word WAS in capitals? Well, Ciao is a little out dated as this hotel actually burnt down in 1999! The Hotel I was born and brought up in Folkestone, Kent and remember this hotel as one of the grand old Victorian buildings that used to dominate my home town before the property developers moved in and turned us into a concrete jungle. Folkestone is a seaside town on the South East coast of England. It is around 70 miles from London and around 16 miles from the city of Canterbury. The cross Channel port of Dover is approximately 7 miles along the coast. Folkestone was a very popular holiday destination from the time of Queen Victoria. The Garden House...

brittle1906 23.02.2009 · Read review
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Pea Please... Tesco Garden Peas

Advantages: Good Price, Last well in the freezer, good for use with many dishes.
Disadvantages: Secure the bag or they will spill into the freezer!!!

...I have found myself recently tending to use a lot more packets of peas whilst cooking meals. Where before I tended to use them when cooking a traditional roast dinner, I have found myself now adding them to a variety of dishes such as cottage pies, curry and Balti dishes as well as a simple accompaniment to meals. I used to buy the Tesco value range of peas and just keep a bag that would last a while in my freezer but on a recent shop I discovered that there were none left so I 'upgraded' to the Tesco Garden Pea bag! This range of peas is available in 2 different sizes. There is the 1kg bag which will cost you £1.48 or there is the slightly larger bags which will set you back £2.52. I think the size decision is not only down to money but how much room you have in your freezer, as I have limited space I decided to opt...

MEL0611 22.12.2009 · Read review
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colours on the garden house

Advantages: covers dull garden woodwork
Disadvantages: mmm mmm not sure i really like it

.... We are revamping the school garden and the summer house is looking very dowdy so it was decided to colour it. Now I personally am not a great lover of this trend of coloured fences coloured sheds in the garden preferring natural wood, however I duly painted the summer house a Cuprinol shades. We choose cuprinol garden shades to colour the summerhouse. Cuprinol shades is formulated for use on exterior wood rough sawn or smooth planed, can be used on sheds trellises garden benches, planters. This treatment is NOT suitable for decking It can be applied to wood that has been previously pressure treated, or previously treated with creosote Cuprinol shades are available in 125ml, 1 litre, 2.5 litre, and 5 litre cans. There are a variety of colour shades to choose from barley wood, a blue. Black ash, forget me not, holly, iris...

mumsymary 13.05.2006 · Read review
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Mirehouse Historic House and Gardens

Advantages: Very warm welcome, great historic house, superb gardens
Disadvantages: Limited admission times to the house

...If you visit The Lake District / Cumbria, I strongly recommend that you go and visit one of my favorite attractions in the area which is Mirehouse Historic House & Gardens. Mirehouse is located on the A591 about 3.5 miles north of Keswick. You'll find some breathtaking scenery there. When you leave your car at the car park, you can either start having a walk in the forest nearby or just cross the street and enter into the large gardens surrounding the house. Our children certainly enjoyed the adventure playgrounds and the nature notes that you can find there, but you will also see a walled honey garden (The Bee Garden, created in 1780), a collection of different shrubs, meadows of wildflowers etc. Take a walk at the lakeside (yes, there is quite a pretty lake close to the house - Bassenthwaite Lake) and enjoy the impression...

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Chatsworth House & Gardens

Advantages: Plenty to see and do
Disadvantages: Quite expensive

...the area with its extensive gardens. Within the grounds there is deer park, a farm, villages and a private church as well as an adventure playground and woodland walks. The house was first opened to the public in 1949 after the death of the 10th Duke. In March 1981 the running of Chatsworth was taken over by the Chatsworth House Trust. This is a charitable foundation set up by the 11th Duke to help ensure for the public benefit the preservation of the house. The current family occupies rooms on the ground and first floor for which they pay rent to the trust. These private quarters are out of bounds to the public and do not form part of the tour of the house. The tour of the house takes about an hour. You walk around from room to room at your own leisure. There is information on all of the items in each room and the staff there will answer...

micksheff 09.08.2004 · Read review
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Belton House and Gardens Lincolnshire

Advantages: Access and enjoyment for all
Disadvantages: Food a little limited and pricey

...of the building and they rely on donations and public admissions to the House and Gardens to maintain the house in its present state. The House Belton House is one of those places that are close in my heart. I used to visit when I was younger with my family and twenty years on I visit with my son. In this time the house itself has changed little, however more areas are now open to the public to view and what can I say the rooms take your breathe away. With its rich tapestries, fine plasterwork and wood-carving, as well as important collections of paintings, furniture and the latest addition silverware. There is now an opportunity for your little ones or even the big kid within yourself to partake in children's activities from the past and dress in authentic costumes. A quick word to the wise though, pushchairs are not...

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Syon gardens by rainfall

Advantages: fairly cheap entry, beautifully kept
Disadvantages: expensive

...The gardens of Syon House reveal a peaceful natural character when viewed on a drizzly afternoon. Although it is more common to leave such visits to sunnier summer days, I discovered that viewing them this way gave me an altogether more tranquil experience; it was like they belonged to me. My parents were on a weekend visit and we had initially planned to tour the house, which has belonged to the family of the Duke of Northumberland for over 400 years. However as we soon discovered, the house is closed to the public on Saturday afternoons, when it is used as a spectacular setting for weddings. ****************************************************** We didn't fancy the other indoor activities such as the butterfly house, so chose to brave the light rain instead. After paying the friendly staff we made our way along the long path...

flickpugh 08.07.2004 (12.07.2004) · Read review
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Peas please Louise

Advantages: taste good
Disadvantages: non e

...Peas please Louise, I often have a packet of Tesco frozen garden peas in my freezer. I think the packaging must have changed since this category was added as it is not such a lush green pack anymore. The product the same just Tesco has updated the pack These garden peas are available in 1kg pack and in a 1.8kg bag. The 1kg bag costs 1.63, the 1.8kg bag £2.82 (£1.57 per kg) so if you have room the bigger bag works out cheaper. I find a bag of peas handy to keep in the freezer as I can easily use as many as I need at any time. Peas are often the vegetable that will be eaten by children. (except my grandson ) Peas go well as a vegetable accompaniment to most meals. These Tesco garden peas are good ones, not hard bullet and tasteless. They are a fairly good bright green maybe not the smallest and sweetest frozen pea, but...

mumsymary 08.11.2009 · Read review
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  Working for Tesco

Advantages: Good pay, great benefits package
Disadvantages: Crap uniform, crap managers

...Ok, first of all, I'd just like to mention, this is a looooooooooooong review, so if you're not actually interested in reading about Tesco as an employer, then I'd suggest you don't bother as it will take some patience to get through! When I left school at the age of 18, and having decided I couldn't be bothered with university, I suddenly had to face the big bad world and go and find myself a job. I wasn't really fussy about what job I did - I've never been ambitious, and simply wanted a job where I could go to work, do my job, come home and not have to think about it. As our local Tesco is just 5 minutes away, I decided to apply there. I wrote a letter requesting an application form, and a few days later received a lovely letter and the form I had asked for. I read through the form and thought, wow, I don't know how to answer...

tia_bailey 09.06.2006 (26.06.2006) · Read review
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Tesco trains

Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: As good as original brands

...Santa bought my four year old the lovely mountain train set made by tesco. He desperately wanted a train set and when we were in Toysrus we would look at the brio sets and then look around the other toys. It was not unitl near to Christmas that I actually decided to look at the price. I was horrified to discover how expensive brio train sets were. I looked in several other shops ELC etc but they too were too expensive. I found a cheap set in ASDA but it did not seem to be compatabile with brio or even near to the quality, so I decided not to buy the train set from there either. When we were shopping in Tescos my son pointed out the train sets and took a real interest in a lovely mpuntain train set which had had a wooden train set, a little bridge, wooden animals, trees, tunnels, trains, carriages,sign and mountains all for £24...

classicmum 16.02.2006 · Read review
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