~A Good "rarebit" of Welsh Cheese~

Advantages: Delicious not as greasy as some cheddars are.
Disadvantages: May be difficult to find.

...I first discovered Y- Fenni some years ago in a delicatessen on one of our monthly trips to Doncaster and being a lover of cheese couldn't resist buying some to try, along with a few others I hadn't tasted before. Imagine my delight when I spotted some on the deli counter in my local Tesco a few weeks ago and unable to resist the temptation, I quickly popped some in my trolley. Y - Fenni (sometimes called Red Dragon) is a Welsh cheese and takes its name from the town where it is made, that's Abergavenny to us English. Made with pasteurised cow's milk, which is curdled with vegetarian rennet, it is then mixed with Welsh ale and mustard grains; pressed into moulds then wrapped in a protective wax. Y- Fenni's wax coating is a very pale yellow in colour The Red Dragon's wax, as you may have guessed is red although I haven't seen...

tune57 05.03.2008 · Read review
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No Welshing on Quality

Advantages: Fascinating subject and era, well written
Disadvantages: The picture on the dust cover might put you off

...Christopher Marlowe is a bit of a mystery. He was a famous playwright during the Elizabethan era whose works are today mostly overshadowed by those of Shakespeare. One reason for this is because Marlowe was murdered at the height of his career when he was not yet 30 years old. Although his infamous life has been the subject of several non-fictional studies, it seems that the only hard facts we have about his life are the fact that he was murdered, when and where his body was found, and the injuries that killed him. It was with this scant bit of background, that the award winning author of the psychological crime novel, The Cutting Room - Louise Welsh was approached to write a novella. And so "Tamburlaine Must Die" was written and published. Not a whole lot to go on, is it? And Welsh certainly had many options on how she could...

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Welsh History in a Stunning Location

Advantages: Plenty to see and do - beautiful scenery
Disadvantages: Limited accessibility in places

...into a large indoor museum which houses displays covering craft collections (metalwork, leatherwork, textiles, basket making etc), vehicles, costumes, artefacts and farming implements. All illustrate daily living in Wales from the Middle Ages though to modern times. There is also a library housing 40,000 historical volumes and photographic archives. The whole building is littered with photographs and paintings illustrating times past and is really the centre point for any visit. The main building also houses a large gift shop stocking Welsh crafts, books, traditional Welsh fayre (some lovely chutneys!), and the usual tourist souvenirs - all items seem reasonably priced. Opposite the gift shop is a small cafeteria serving the usual selection of sandwiches and soft drinks, although this was a little pricey, and with the beautiful...

Serenfach 26.06.2006 · Read review
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Energy drink at a great price

Advantages: Cost, Taste
Disadvantages: Not available in pubs's and club's

...This review is on ?Emerge Energy Drink? As I sit here and write this review I wonder how this drink can be sold for 24p which is a saving of over £1.00 if compared to its nearest rival. Now is that because it?s poor taste, nasty ingredients or something else! Well I hope to explain that to you during this review. I am not someone who often reviews food and drink products, so sorry for the layout. I am just reviewing it in the order I like to read. About Emerge Emerge is sold in the UK in most supermarkets, coming in single cans or as part of a multipack you can expect to notice this drink in its bright orange can. Emerge is manufactured and distributed from Derby in England. The company responsible for the production of this drink are Cott, on their website they claim to be one of the largest non alcohol drinks. Cott...

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The Welsh Girl - the war girl

Advantages: Brings up some interesting questions about war facts
Disadvantages: Boring, little romance, banality

...The Welsh Girl make us wonder about dislocation and cowardice. The story takes place in the mountains of Wales. The main character is Esther, the 17-year-old Welsh girl. Near her home, the british have set up a war camp. Peter Ho Davies wonders about the acts of cowardice and wants to create a real question - is it cowardly to save one's life and the lives of others by surrendering to the enemy? Because of that and many others ways of approaching the war this book can be considered a beautifully told story of love and war. You will among the most principal characters Karsten and Rotherham. Rotheram is a German Jew sent to interrogate Rudolph Hess. Corporal Karsten, an eighteen year old German chooses to surrender rather than fight. He can speak English, and this was the immediate cause of the relationship that occurred between him...

Erolkus 24.11.2008 · Read review
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Welsh Terrier - always game for a laugh

Advantages: Easy to look after, affectionate and fun!
Disadvantages: none I can think of except being stubborn

...when I lost my beloved miniature Schnauzer the house felt completely empty . I had been used to having a dog in the house all my life and it was awful , no welcome on arriving home and nobody to snuggle up to in the evenings. I have always been drawn to dogs with what I call "square " faces - ie Schnauzers, Airedales , Kerry Blues etc and remembered seeing some three years earlier a display at Crufts of Welsh Terriers and thinking how much I liked them So - the seed was now sown in my head - I was going to get myself a Welsh Terrier , only problem now was where to find one ! Living in Aberdeen I discovered there were not many breeders in the area ( or indeed Scotland ) but set about calling a breeder that lived about 30 miles away , I had found his details on the Kennel Club website . This is a great place to start for any...

rodsbaby 20.10.2006 · Read review
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Welsh Mountain Zoo - need a sunny day

Advantages: Easy to find and park
Disadvantages: Inclined slopes and uneven walkways make access difficult in parts.

...joined the queue. When it was my turn I asked for 2 kiddies lunch boxes as advertised for £3.25 to contain a sandwich, fresh fruit and a drink. I was told that they didn't have any fresh fruit left and the drinks I could have were fizzy - not ideal for 2 small children. The assistant was unhelpful and clearly hassled having to tell customers they had run out of some food. As you can't explain to the children that they have to wait for their lunch we decided to leave and get some lunch in Colwyn Bay. On reaching home I phoned the zoo and complained. The gentleman was very apologetic, said that the catering was on a franchaise and that they had clearly underestimated the number of customers that day. He sent me some free tickets as compensation. Last Saturday we decided to use the tickets and take the grandchildren again, but a took a packed...

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This could "EMERGE " as the best energy drink!

Advantages: Ok tasting and seems to give a little energy boost.
Disadvantages: Full of sugar and calories.

...I am not nor have I ever been very big into energy drinks but as I get older in years and heavier in weight I seem to rely on them more and more to get me through my hour of five aside football every week. I loathe paying the price for things like red bull and the other leading brands so I often resort to Asda`s own and things like that but the new kid on the block for me is one called Emerge. Emerge is a typical energy drink both in appearance as well as taste, it comes in a long thin can like most other energy drinks and if it were served ice cold in a glass to me I would swear blind it was red bull as there is little or no difference when cold, but if it is not ice cold then there is a bit of a bitterness about the taste in my opinion and I have never noticed this with red bull. Energy drinks are basically soft drinks with added...

thebigc1690 06.07.2009 · Read review
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Welsh Male Voice Choirs.

Advantages: Sublime
Disadvantages: None

...When I say that my grandmother's maiden name was Davies, and that she was the last person in the family who had any understanding of the Welsh language, you will probably understand why I love Welsh choral music so much. Well, apart from the fact that Wales is truly the land of song, with the best history of choral music in the entire world., that is! This CD (produced by EMI and Music for Pleasure) has a wide range of Welsh Male voice Choirs from all over Wales. The competition between the different choirs and indeed the different parts of Wales are fiercely competitive. But the strong, intense rivalry is always friendly. Well, MOST of the time, that is! The songs on this CD (I am ,of course, listening to it as I write this review!) are all perfectly sung and perfectly accompanied, as the producers have chosen the cream of Welsh...

Martinscholes 19.11.2005 · Read review
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So what, I drink rockstar, but I`m not hyper...tralala

Advantages: Tastes nice and comes in a good looking tin.
Disadvantages: Does not do much for energy levels in my opinion.

...Energy drinks come in so many fashions these days, probably the most popular or at least the most well known is Red Bull, then you have all the others that are looking for a piece of the energy drink market with everyone from the Lucozade brand down to asda and Tesco themselves offering drinks that will supposedly fill you with energy. I have yet to see any positive proof that these really do give you any more energy than that, that you would get from any other fizzy drink and it is basically all down to the glucose and sugar contents these drinks have, which is also why they all taste so sickeningly sweet. So then is there an energy drink out there that I do like then? Well yes actually there is and it goes by the name ?Rockstar?. The Rockstar energy drink has a much less sweet taste to it, it is still sweet of course but nowhere...

thebigc1690 20.02.2009 · Read review
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