South West Trains - London to Exeter line

Advantages: Clean, efficient, friendly staff
Disadvantages: not enough frequency to some stations

...I use the South West Trains service between Salisbury and Tisbury, and Salisbury, Tisbury and London Waterloo frequently. The old diesel trains have been refurbished, and are very comfortable. They are still quite loud, but quite smooth. They are always immaculate, and punctual, and the staff are great. There is always a buffet trolley, which is well stocked and is reasonably priced. The fares are quite good as well, especially if you've got a railcard and you book in advance. The return fare from Tisbury to Salisbury is much cheaper than the bus. The only problem is frequency of the trains stopping at Tisbury, as they only stop once an hour, which can be frustrating. However, trains running every half hour to London from Salisbury is great, as it means that you never have to wait too long....

vc-10 06.02.2008 · Read review
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VFR Real Scenery Wales & South-West England

Advantages: Value for money and superb scenery
Disadvantages: High specifications required

...VRF RealScenery Volume 3 - Wales & South-West England (PC) Let's start with the basics: This is Compatible with Windows XP or Vista. YOU MUST ALSO HAVE FLIGHT SIMULATOR X System Requirements: Processor: 2.5GHz Ram: 1.0 Gb or greater Hard Drive: 12.0 Gb or greater Video Card: 126Mb or greater Other: DVD-ROM drive VFR stands for "Visual Flight Rules" - this is the way that pilots navigate when they aren't using complex instruments - they look at a map and then pinpoint landmarks on the ground to work out their position. To do this in a flight simulator requires scenery that's exactly the same as the real landscape. VFR Real Scenery is an amazing piece of software that provides just that - fly over England and Wales in Flight Simulator X and sample the view you'd get from a real aircraft. You can see the real countryside from...

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South West 9

Advantages: great camera work, and a brilliant sound track to go with it.
Disadvantages: story line slightly confusing.

...If you're a fan of Trainspotting or Human Traffic you will love this film, which combines a great soundtrack (mixed by Dave Pierce) and brilliant visual effects to really bring the film spring to life. South West Nine takes you through a day of five people living in Brixton. Some of the people Freddy (drug dealer/DJ) Jake (drug Dealer) Mitch (drug Dealer) Kat (drug Dealer) and finally Helen (she's not a drug dealer she just wants to destroy the bank she works for!). some really seedy characters but really believable too! Mitch: (the heart of the film) from the start is smacked up on a LSD trip that will last for the rest of his life. (The moral don't put your hand in the wrong place) Helen: the only one that is not smacked up on something. She just wants to destroy the multimillion-pound bank that she works for. An interesting...

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  The Jewel in the South West

Advantages: Fantastic Hotel with superb facilities and wonderful food.
Disadvantages: Games room needs demolishing or a re-think

...of the Crest Harbour chain of Holiday establishments. It is a 40-bedroom hotel all with en suite facilities. Features in the rooms include colour televisions and tea and coffee making facilities. It has single, double, twin and even family rooms. Other features of the hotel are its 80-cover restaurant, while it gardens and views look breath taking both on the web site and in real life too. The hotel has three stars and a very appealing small outdoor heated swimming pool. As well as a games room, a wide screen television room and a nine hole putting green. How to get there: Sidmouth is a small, unspoilt but popular seaside town on the South Coast of Britain in the County of Devon. It can easily be accessed from the Midlands and London via the M5. Our trip from London took about four hours and is approx 180 miles, while it is 3 hours away...

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Is South West trains improving?

Advantages: Getting better service, quick to London
Disadvantages: Less stops at smaller stations

...timetables smaller stations get far fewer trains, i recently had to travel from Portsmouth to Godalming, a journey which used to be direct and easy. I however, had to change at Haslemere and wait there for 40mins before the next train to Godalming. SO just check times before you travel! However, despite all these problems, i do no want to seem harsh on South West trains. Until 2 years ago almost all their trains were slam doors and they have invested huge amounts in bringing their fleet up to date. The idiocy still remains of last minute platform changes, short notice cancellations and big delays when the slightest thing goes wrong, but it does provide me with the quickest way of getting to London i can think of from my home in Guildford. The seats are comfortable, the trains are quiet and relatively smooth. The refreshments from the trolley...

ploddy100 20.07.2005 · Read review
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bbc.co.uk/weather

Advantages: Very informative site from the Beeb
Disadvantages: None

...The BBC?s weather site?now there?s an interesting thing to review?? Surely it?s just a page with an up-to-date weather map on it?and perhaps an outlook for the next few days? Well, yes you?d be right. But it does have more to it than that? The light blue homepage does show a satellite image of the British Isles, with various cities pinpointed on the map to help with those who don?t know where London is?oh dear?but obviously they?re just for reference points. As I type, there seems to be an awful lot of rain heading our way. Those in Ireland are currently getting soaked! There is a slider along the bottom of the map which you can manually move to see what will happen to the weather over the course of the next few days. It could be a wet one looking at this! You can change the map to a temperature map, but at this time of year...

carl.mcqueen 12.10.2009 · Read review
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  The Wilder West

Advantages: Unspoiled wilderness, fascinating sights and sites
Disadvantages: Persistent rainfall, persistent sandflies

...rocky hillsides and parallels surf-swept beaches where the Tasman Sea pounds the shore. The main purpose of the diversion, though, is to reach Punakaiki and the Pancake Rocks. There are wonderful things to see all the way down the west coast of New Zealand's South Island, but the odd thing about them is that few are actually on the coast. Punakaiki is an exception, the Pancake Rocks being located on a headland jutting out into the sea. A geological freak, these limestone rocks were formed in layers from the skeletons of molluscs and other sea creatures interspersed with layers of compacted mud. Millennia ago earthquakes forced the layers to the surface, since when they have been sculpted by waves and weather into weird designs. The sea has also burrowed blowholes through the rocks, and water spouts shoot skywards through...

torr 21.04.2005 (29.09.2008) · Read review
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South West Turkey Cottage Pie

Advantages: Quick,cheap and easy as well as healthy
Disadvantages: None

...This is a low fat recipe that maks a nice change from a normal cottage pie or shepherd's pie. It is one that I recommend for anyone following the Weight Watchers No Count/Core/Simply Filling plan as it can be eaten free at meal times. South West Turkey Cottage Pie Serves 4 Frylight 1 lb Minced turkey ½ jar chunky fat-free salsa, medium or spicy, well drained or home made salsa 2 cloves crushed garlic 4 large potatoes , peeled & chopped 1 teaspoon 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 teaspoon chilli powder Seasoning 2 tablespoons skimmed milk Additional salsa, as an optional garnish Preheat the oven to 220°C / 425°F / Gas Mark 7 Spray a baking dish with the cooking spray. Boil potatoes in salted water until cooked. Mash add garlic - season to taste. Mix in the skimmed milk. Place turkey in...

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Reading about the weather

Advantages: A super book for v young children
Disadvantages: none

...What's the weather postman Pat? Another book I bought from the charity shop for my grandchildren, it was 50p the R R P is not on the book but I gues ots between £3 and £6 This book was first published in 2000. Everyone must know postman pat the first viewing of the animated television series was shown on the BBC in 1981. Postman Pat has been popular ever since.' The book Postman Pat what's the weather like is a board book suitable for a toddler. We all talk about the weather and postman Pat is no exception. We open the book and Postman pat is asked what's the weather like, a tree has fallen over, his hat has blown off so Postman pat decides it is windy. The next page asks tom and Katy what the weather is like. They tell us some of the things they have done and say so it must be snowing. Next we ask Jess what the weather...

mumsymary 03.02.2007 (01.03.2007) · Read review
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The weather man

Advantages: loads of funny parts that will have you laughing for ages afterwards
Disadvantages: story line sounds better than it is and film gets a bit silly in places

...The weather man is a great comedy from the director of Pirates of the Caribbean (Gore Verbinski). Rated a 15+ due to strong language, sex and sexual references. One disk containing the film and special features. The film is approximately 97 minutes long. I found this film for only three pound in the bargain bin at blockbusters but have seen it priced at around the same price on eBay and Amazon. The cast then: Nicolas cage -staring in such films as the rock, con air, gone in 60 seconds, face off and many more. He play's the man character David Spritzel shortened to Dave Spritz for hes weather show on TV. Michael Caine - staring in films such as The Italian job (original), Austin power gold member, the dark night (batman) and many more. He plays Robert Spritzel a famous writer who becomes ill during the film. Gemmenne de la...

froggytori 06.09.2008 · Read review
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