© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-andymcf Recent reviews written by member andymcf en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_251277905540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andymcf - On our recent trip to Spain, we realised that we would need to hire a car. We were due to land at 15:30 at Madrid airport and needed to travel south, covering about 2/3 of the length of the country, down to our rented villa on the Costa del Sol, via the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~251277905540 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:53:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_251277905540?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_250841108100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author andymcf - Paradores Some people may very well be asking the pertinent question: "What on Earth is a Parador, when it's at home?" It's very much at home, actually, and this particular one has happily been sitting atop a mountain overlooking the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~250841108100 Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:08:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_250841108100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_250630213252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andymcf - From my reasonably limited experience flying with Iberia, Spain's Flag-flying airline, which is limited to one return flight between London Heathrow (LHR) and Madrid Barajas (MAD), I actually have few complaints about this airline. I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~250630213252 Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:39:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_250630213252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_234152889988?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author andymcf - We recently visited friends in Cornwall and I felt it important, for the sake of wee Josh, who is now four years old, to break up the return journey into manageable portions; it can get lonely and boring in the back seat of Amanda's (relatively slow)... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~234152889988 Thu, 1 Jun 2006 17:30:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_234152889988?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_226922499716?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author andymcf - I have just returned, very happy, from the Hilton. I have often returned, happy, from a Hilton, but this has always been - and will always be - THE Hilton. The London Hilton on Park Lane has, always been "The Hilton" and this 28-storey... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~226922499716 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:37:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_226922499716?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_221890055812?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author andymcf - Prior to our recent trip to Prague, in the Czech Republic, we decided to stay at an hotel near London's Gatwick Airport overnight in order to facilitate an early check-in. You get into travel mode, you lose anxieties and you don't spend a lot if you use... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~221890055812 Sat, 25 Feb 2006 22:20:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_221890055812?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_221110374020?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author andymcf - It's rare, I know. My young son, Josh (Bless 'im), who is now 4 years old doesn't feature in the body of this review since he stayed with his Grandmother whilst I treated Amanda to a St Valentine's / pre-40th birthday trip to Prague. Had the weather... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~221110374020 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:38:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_221110374020?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_210322230916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andymcf - It's ringing through my head - my mum always said that I should take up golf. Dress up in rather silly clothes, network with the bank manager, and spend a fortune in order to whack a defenceless ball around for 18 holes whilst walking a few miles at a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~210322230916 Sat, 5 Nov 2005 13:21:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_210322230916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_209541172868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andymcf - Pardon the somewhat feeble pun in the title, but we've just returned from another trip to Brighton and although we spent two nights at the Hilton Metropole, where I always feel pampered (and earn valuable Hilton Hhonors points), we decided to precede... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~209541172868 Thu, 27 Oct 2005 13:44:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_209541172868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_194996440708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andymcf - Hilton fan, though I may well appear to be, it was Priceline who, at a very reasonable £45 for the night, selected this hotel for me. Rarely, I was away-from-home-alone at a Meet-and-Greet in London and I'd booked the stay well in advance... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~194996440708 Thu, 1 Sep 2005 20:51:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_194996440708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_186971819652?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andymcf - Apart from one occasion, long ago, when a friend and I misjudged the bus-timings to the theme park at Alton Towers and ended up in Derby with nothing better to do than sit in the public gallery watching a rather tedious shoplifting trial, I can... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~186971819652 Sat, 25 Jun 2005 18:04:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_186971819652?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_185885101700?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author andymcf - I truly adore this place and, in four visits, I have worked my way up the ladder towards true, utter bliss. The first time I went, I didn't even get to go inside - it was simply a very stunning and picturesque spot from which to embark upon a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~185885101700 Sun, 12 Jun 2005 15:43:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_185885101700?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_178167778948?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andymcf - I wonder! D'you remember the first record you ever bought? The first film you ever saw at the cinema? Your first girlfriend / boyfriend? And other such important rites of passage? Answers on a postcard... More to the point, do you remember... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~178167778948 Mon, 28 Mar 2005 22:14:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_178167778948?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_178037231236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author andymcf - Unless - and I am guessing that you are almost certainly not - you are a fan of the somewhat risible offerings of Third Division Scottish football or British humour, you may very well never have heard of Stenhousemuir, so let me briefly be your guide... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~178037231236 Sun, 27 Mar 2005 20:17:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_178037231236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_159125048964?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author andymcf - I had decided to visit Amsterdam again. What a fabulous, and fabulously entertaining city! Last time I went, about three months ago, it resulted in a somewhat euphemistically pre-anaesthetised broken ankle. This time, I determined to keep myself just... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~159125048964 Thu, 21 Oct 2004 19:35:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_159125048964?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_159097130628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author andymcf - There's a new kid on the block in the British budget aviation market. Flying out of Manston airport in Kent, EUJet is the latest player in this very competitive market and, since their main operating hub is about half-an-hour's drive from where I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~159097130628 Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:53:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_159097130628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_151993618052?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andymcf - Cambridge! Ah - what utter bliss! To a former Oxford student, it's known, somewhat scornfully, as "The other place". Fun rivalry, I guess! I've often been convinced that it's actually more beautiful, with fewer social problems. Visit both, but if... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~151993618052 Mon, 16 Aug 2004 20:27:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_151993618052?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_151882141316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author andymcf - In all walks of life, there are posts you'd really like to hold - and those that you really wouldn't. Being the manager of Harrods, for instance, surely has to knock the socks off being the manager of a local ASDA (aka Walmart)... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~151882141316 Sun, 15 Aug 2004 21:04:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_151882141316?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_150655766148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andymcf - Marlow-on Thames is (very probably rightly) seen as the "Jewel of the Thames". It's a really beautiful town amidst abundant Home Counties wealth and, for some reason or another, we decided to spend a night at their Crowne Plaza Hotel. Marlow's star... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~150655766148 Fri, 6 Aug 2004 20:37:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_150655766148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_149754580612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andymcf - We recently promised to take baby Josh to Legoland, Windsor. We also took Mary, the teenage daughter of a friend of ours, and a friend of hers and decided that the best way to make an early start was to stay at a local hotel the night before. I visited... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~149754580612 Fri, 30 Jul 2004 15:28:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_149754580612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_149749599876?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andymcf - Amsterdam is home to three Crowne Plaza hotels; there's one at Schiphol airport, there's the "Americaine", and then there's the "Crowne Plaza City Centre". It's at the latter that we recently had the pleasure of staying. Five minutes' walk from... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~149749599876 Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:32:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_149749599876?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_145525608068?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andymcf - I was looking for a weekend away; it's been a busy week at work, and it was the weekend before my birthday. A change of scene was needed, so I delved into the Priceline website searching for anywhere - and I mean anywhere - that would provide a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~145525608068 Mon, 28 Jun 2004 14:35:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_145525608068?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_142760119940?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author andymcf - Part One - Two, two, two awful! It’s Friday night. I’m sitting at my desk in my hotel room at the Hilton Sheffield writing this. I’m booked in for two nights, whilst we visit family to celebrate my mum’s 70th birthday – though you’d never... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~142760119940 Sun, 6 Jun 2004 19:10:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_142760119940?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_142758743684?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author andymcf - I’ve done it yet again! I’ve stayed in Slough. To remind you, Sir john Betjeman wrote: Come Bombs, and fall on Slough, It isn’t fit for humans now! There isn’t grass to graze a cow. Come, friendly bombs Swarm over, death! The bombs... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~142758743684 Sun, 6 Jun 2004 18:54:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_142758743684?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_142758219396?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author andymcf - Aficionado Extraordinaire, as &#150 on reflection - I would appear to be, of staying in bizarre hotel locations, I recently found myself at the Le Méridien Hotel, Gatwick Airport. Not, I&#146m somewhat embarrassed to admit, that I was actually... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~142758219396 Sun, 6 Jun 2004 18:49:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_142758219396?linkin_id=8003929