Category: Reviews

Excellent stay at the Sunborn Yacht Hotel

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Earlier in the year we purchased an experience package for a three course meal in London (plus cocktail) and a trip up the shard, both of which we will be reviewing separately.

The biggest question for us was, how are we travelling down and where are we staying. Again, that’s another story by itself, so we will skip that for now.

As you might know, we generally use Booking.com for our hotel arrangements and on this occasion we finally decided to stay at the London Sunborn Yacht Hotel, moored adjacent to the Excel centre in the heart of the Docklands.

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No half measures with Kipps

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Here I am again, reviewing a theatrical performance, which to be honest isn’t really my thing.

But this performance deserves a special mention. This is the Carlton Operatic Society’s fabulous performance of Kipps – based on the musical “Half a Sixpence”.

Whenever I think about amateur dramatic societies, I immediately start to lower my expectations. I mean, they will never be as good as professionals, will they?

Go wash your mouth out Robert!

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‘Allo ‘Allo – Encore Performing Arts

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When my daughter Stacey asked me if I wanted to go and see ‘Allo ‘Allo on stage, I jumped at the chance – an avid fan for many years, I have all the box sets which I watch regularly and never miss an opportunity to ‘spoke in Fronch when I am at woke’ (Think about it)

Stacey writes reviews of shows on her own website and was invited by Encore Performing Arts to come and review their opening night in the Duchess Theatre Long Eaton. Naturally, she thought it a good idea to take along an ‘Allo ‘Allo expert to help critique the show. You can read her own review on her website www.amessinadress.co.uk

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Coste Teguise – Live!

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Coste Teguise in Lanzarote has become a firm favourite of ours, and we will be visiting again next year on our upcoming cruise around the Canaries. You can find our reviews of the resort and the apartments we stayed in in the travel blogs, or you can click on the links below to see our videos from our recent stays. Enjoy (and don’t forget to subscribe to stay notified of our latest videos!)

Our first stay in a Delta Hotel : Cheltenham Chase

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When Sue suddenly decided we needed to go away for the weekend (Valentine’s Weekend 2023) I decided to totally leave her to deciding both the destination and the hotel.

Surprisingly she came up with a overnight stay just outside Cheltenham, in a Delta Hotel by Marriott. We spent the Saturday in Gloucester, and then the Sunday in Cheltenham and I have to say, they are both nice destinations that we will definitely go back to in the future.

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Manchester Airport Runway Visitor Park

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When we finally booked for our family holiday to Florida, it occured to me that Poppy and Freya had never been near a plane, never mind flow across the ocean for 10 hours.

So I hatched this idea to take them to an airport and let them have a look around and get a taste of what goes off there and see some real planes in all their glory.

Looking around, there aren’t many airports these days that encourage spectators, or even have facilities for them, and as we were flying from Manchester I thought I would check them out too.   I’m glad I did, because what I found exactly fit the bill.

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Hampton by Hilton disappointment.

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A quick review of our second stay in a Hampton By Hilton.

Our first was in Oxford last year, and it went very well, and we were well impressed with the hotel, the state of the room and breakfast the following day.

So much so we chose to stay in this one on the waterfront in Liverpool centre for our weekend away with our granddaughters Freya and Poppy when we visited the Dr Who Exhibition.

Some of our initial problems can’t be laid at their feet to be honest. Firstly roads closed in the city centre added a detour and made it a little more difficult to get to the hotel. I personally hate city driving but Liverpool isn’t that bad to navigate.

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It’s a “No'” for 5229 Oakbourne Avenue, Solterra.

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Welcome to our review of “Dean’s Villa”, 5229 Oakbourne Avenue, Solterra Resort, Davenport Florida.

I’m going to start by saying we had a problem with the booking – a quite major one. And it would be easy for you to assume therefore that our opinion of the villa was somewhat skewed and malicious as a consequence. Hopefully by the end of this post you will see it as a fair and balanced review which will give you some information to mull over when considering this property. It’s quite a story but it’s relevant and I hope you’ll persevere and read through until the end.

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