Pot Sounds - Lancashire Hotpots

Advantages: Good views, reasonable price, nice staff
Disadvantages: Noisy rooms, uncomfortable bed

...not as attractive as the bedroom, it was quite dated with a fake mahogany bath panel and dreadful grey tiles on the walls and floor but at least it was clean. The shower was over the bath, it was difficult to get the temperature right as the hot and cold taps were separate and finding the right balance took me a long time. It did not help that the shower screen was fixed so it was difficult to reach round to the taps and I did not want to get into this bath before the water was ready as the hot water was absolutely scalding hot. The hairdryer was of the type that hangs on the bathroom wall, sounds like a vacuum cleaner and gives of a feeble puff of warm air at best so takes about five times as long as normal to dry your hair. After a quick freshen up, we headed out for the afternoon and returned early evening. We were quite hungry... Read review

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Advantages: quite filling (I think... did make me feel rather sick tho!), really low in fat
Disadvantages: very salty taste, leaves you thirsty, looks horrible, need I go on....??

..., although you can still snack in moderation on the Weight Watchers plan). The Weight Watchers Beef Hotpot sounded ideal. It was described on the box as "lean minced beef with peas and carrots, cooked in a rich red wine gravy, served with crisp potato scallops". Sounds like a pretty delicious, filling meal to me... so in the trolley it went. Feeling a bit hungry one day last week and having about half an hour to grab something, cook it and eat it, I scoured the freezer. I wouldn't have chance to eat again for a while so thought now was a good time to try out this meal and hope it was as filling as I thought it would be. I popped it in the microwave - recommended times are 7 minutes 30 (750W) or 7 minutes (850W). My microwave is slightly more powerful, so I set the timer to 6 minutes 30. When the meal is cooked, it is recommended that you... Read review

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Advantages: Great sound, sturdy, easy to use
Disadvantages: Only runs off mains power

...Before I got my iPod and sounddock, I was one of those who refuses to subscribe to the technological revolution. Prefering hi-fi and compact disc to the digital music phenomenon. However, within a week (once I'd worked out how to use it), I was hooked on my iPod and once I got the sound-dock, there was no turning back. I think it's fairly safe to say that the era of compact disc players and tape decks is over... The only reason I still have a normal cd player in my house is to listen to the radio, and those few albums that I just haven't got around to putting on my iPod yet. The Bose sound-dock is a piece of mastery in the area of audio technology. Beautiful, sleek and streamlined; it's large frontal speaker provides both volume and sound quality. The music I play on the sound-dock sounds almost incomparably better than CDs... Read review

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