The Giant's Den

Advantages: huge play area
Disadvantages: Expensive

...Giants den Huge warehouse on the easily found Team Valley trading Estate, this has been opened a few years now, and is usually busy?one of those places to go to when it's raining and you need something to amuse the kids. The whole area is divided into sections for under 2s, which is basically ball pools and Little vehicles to drive in a specially enclosed area, an area for under 5s, which is more of the same but with some slides and climbing frames added, and then there is the real "I am" things. These include a giant slide 3 storey climbing frame, as many nets and tunnels as you can negotiate, basketball area (there are coaching nights), PS2 and x box areas complete with some of the latest games and a mini village with small road system. Definitely something for everything if nerves can take it!! PARTIES We have. Over...

danielalong 25.08.2006 · Read review
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Will you make it out of the Dragons' Den with your dignity intact

Advantages: Great show, variety of judges with different personalities, great presenting and narration.
Disadvantages: None

...Dragons Den is shown on BBC2 and has five judges who are Theo Paphitis, James Caan, Deborah Meaden, Peter Jones & Duncan Bannatyne who between them are worth over 1 billion pounds. The show is hosted by Evan Davis. The concept of the show is very well thought out but also quite simple. Entrepreneurs will enter the Dragons Den, have a quick chat with Evan Davis to explain what they are producing or what their idea is and then they will be sent through to the Dragons' Den. They will pitch their product or service to the Dragons and then they will ask for a certain amount of cash for a percentage stake in their company. It is then up to the Dragons to ask questions about their product or service and test things out and advise whether or not they think the product or service is viable and then they will say whether they want to purchase...

katyeverett 23.07.2009 · Read review
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A den on top of the climbing frame

Advantages: good fun
Disadvantages: none

...at the top. These are useful as you can fit ladders /bridges to the climbing frame through these doors .There is one oval transparent window. This tent is not very easy to fit the climbing frame has to be dismantled to fit it. The tent has a seam at the bottom of it. This threads through the rungs of the bars of the climbing frame at the same level as the platform. This may be fiddly time consuming if you keep taking the den/tent on and off but my grandkids just leave their tent on all the time. You can buy this TP explorer den from the ELC, http://www.elc.co.uk/toy-30339?scid=awin for £55 it is also available at many other online stores most seem to be around the £55 mark. Yes I would recommend this toy it adds an extra dimension to play on the climbing frame. A special den to play /hide in can be Tarzans lookout; the eagles nest...

mumsymary 11.08.2008 · Read review
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Hare, turnip and cranberry ravioli in Qude Gueuze. Den Dyver.

Advantages: Perfection on every level.
Disadvantages: We don't live closer.

...a doorway and with a few flickering candles in the window adjacent to it with a menu outside so we thought we would take a chance and give it a go. The restaurant we had stumbled across was called Den Dyver. After a quick look at the simple yet elegant menu we opened the heavy oak door to be greeted with the smell of wood smoke and air of mouth watering flavours rising from the kitchen. The Maitre D' hurried across to us filled with enthusiasm and an overwhelming sense that nothing was going to be too much trouble that day. We were offered a seat inside the restaurant which was very aesthetically pleasing to the eye. The room featured large oak tables and chairs and a huge fire place with candles hidden in little alcoves in the wall, the room certainly had a magical feel about it. However as we were there for lunch and it was midday...

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Giant's Den. Team Valley Trading Estate

Advantages: 2 hours' play for your money!
Disadvantages: Expensive unless you buy a book of 5 or ten visits in advance

...We don't live near the Giant's Den, but we do find ourselves, with the kids, at the Team valley retail park from time to time. Shopping's no fun to 4 youngsters, so one afternoon, we decided to treat them to softplay. We have been to numerous softplay sessions over the past 6 years, and Giant's Den is there at the top for us. It's huge, with lots of different zones for different ages and activities. There's plenty there to keep the kids entertained .... 0-2 zone ball pond, shapes area, little 3-tier play area for the tiny toddlers to enjoy 2-4 zone separate play area for older toddlers with a spiral slide, ball pond as well as an obstacle zone under 6 'mini-village' cars, houses, see-saw rockers, roller-coaster car track for a slightly bumpy car ride The main zone Includes a variety of slides (giant wavy astra...

DemonicAngel 21.01.2007 · Read review
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The wrath of the dragons

Advantages: Makes great viewing
Disadvantages: YOu don't get to see what goes on after the offer, how true to life it is is questionable

...I?m sure most of you know what the Dragon?s Den is, who the Dragons are and the format of the programme, but for those of you that do not I think I had better summarise. The Dragon?s Den is a place whereby entrepreneurs can pitch their business or ideas in order to raise cash to get a new business off the ground or grow and expand an existing and current business, and this is televised for our entertainment. The Dragons consist of successful business people with excess cash to invest in new business. The current Dragons are Theo Paphitis, James Caan, Deborah Meaden, Peter Jones and Duncan Bannatyne. Profiles of the Dragons can be found on the official website http://www.bbc.co.uk/dragonsden/thedragons/theo.shtml. My opinion Equity investment is raising funds through selling shares in your company and no...

yackers1 25.10.2009 · Read review
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If this is on...I'm In!

Advantages: Highly entertaining programme, gives entrepreneurs exposure and potential investment
Disadvantages: Peter Jones

...Many TV shows start to lose their appeal after several series but Dragon's Den has recently finished its seventh series and every episode is every bit as enjoyable as the last. In fact, this show is probably my favourite programme as it continues to entertain, amuse and enthrall me week after week. Dragon's Den is generally shown on BBC2 and previous series are almost constantly repeated over on Dave, so anybody who hasn't yet fallen in love with the series can see what they've been missing. The concept of the show is, as with most successful programmes, very simple but totally engaging. Members of the public are invited into the den to 'pitch' a business idea and ask for investment from the five 'Dragons', who are expected to use their own personal fortune to fund this if the deal does go ahead. The actual Dragons themselves...

jo-1976 06.11.2009 · Read review
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Slaying St George

Advantages: Sadistic - great viewing
Disadvantages: Can't smell the money

...TV - Dragons Den Reality TV Show - BBC TWO - 9- 10 pm Monday nights BBC TWO repeats it at 7:00 pm on the following Tuesday URL link - http://www.bbc.co.uk/dragonsden/ Current Dragons: Duncan Bannatyne, James Caan, Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden, Theo Paphitis Titled: Slaying St George ---------++++++++++++------ St George certainly wouldn't understand this TV concept in fact he would of thought we had gone completely mad. For a start he wouldn't be able to get up the stairs with his horse and the only weapon required is the word as the sword. A killer sales pitch that would mesmerize the dragons into handing over their business know-how and wads of cash; one of the hidden agendas in this program is the steep see through stairs and squash-ball hitting sound effects that greet the entrepreneurs if you can call them...

1st2thebar 27.05.2009 · Read review
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Home Base for Traveling with a Grandchild

Advantages: Comfortable, clean, pleasant ambience, elbow room
Disadvantages: Lacks many traditional hotel facilities and services, such as room service and baggage storage

...Last spring, Himself and Yours Truly took our eldest grandchild on his first trip abroad. The destination he selected, perhaps with a bit of coaxing from Grandma and Grandpa, was the UK. In planning our 2-week trip, we set aside 4 days for London. Once that was decided, I went off in search of a base of operations for those 4 important days. Acting as the family trip planner, I selected the New Linden, a small hotel straddling Bayswater and Notting Hill, not far north of Kensington Gardens. The location was handy for buses and the tube, easily facilitating our forays around and about London. In the end, that choice came down to space and price. I wanted a space that would provide both our grandson and us with an opportunity for privacy, and I wanted to do so without paying the usual London prices for a ?suite?. Our room...

BawBaw 08.12.2009 · Read review
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These dragons breathe fire

Advantages: Inventions, concept, entrepreneurs
Disadvantages: Arrogance by both parties

...Dragons Den is a BBC production and has one of the most basic formats on TV very similar to that of the X Factor (before the crowd came in) and Britain's Got Talent. But rather than judges there are five business entrepreneurs who are all in the den looking for the next big business idea which will add to their already bulging pockets, making us as the audience feel some sort of resentment for what they have got - well it makes me feel like that anyway! The den is set within what looks to be like a disused warehouse and gives off a very intimidating feel to the room if you were the one giving the pitch. Each budding inventor is given a few minutes of the dragons' times to pitch the idea which they want the dragons to back and take to the next level. It works by all of the entrepreneurs going into the den with a percentage...

welling 15.11.2009 · Read review
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