Find a Tearoom

If you love tea as much as I do, you will know why I am so pleased to find a website called Find a Tearoom. Although it's always a joy to stumble upon a tearoom when out and about, Find a Tearoom will help you plan ahead by locating a tearoom using the search facility on the website. You can search by the name of the tearoom or by the the county or simply by the region (England, Scotland, Wales).

Find a Tearoom - A directory of the finest tearooms in Britain

Child Friendly

Child Friendly is a useful site where parents can access information about their next family outing and "Search from 1000’s of the very best family friendly places in the UK and abroad."

The site offers details about family holidays, hotels, days out, British pubs, holiday parks and child friendly restaurants in the UK.

Omgili - Find out what people are saying

Omgili is a specialized search engine that scans online discussions and finds out what people are saying on the web by focusing on forums, and discussion groups.

Search Engine Showdown: The Users' Guide to Web Searching

If you spend a lot of time surfing the web and turning to search engines to help you find specific information, there is a useful site called Search Engine Showdown, the Users' Guide to Web Searching, which compares and evaluates Internet search engines.

The site is written by Greg R.Notess and he also includes a section explaining search strategies and provides tutorials for Basic Internet Searching and Advanced Internet Searching. There is a Search Engine Showdown Blog too.

Green England - Online directory of all things green!

Green England is an online directory of green products, services and green days out and holidays. The site also provides a list of Green England Tips on how to live a more ethical and eco-friendly life.

BiblioTravel

If you love to read and are looking for books categorized by location, you will appreciate BiblioTravel , a free online resource that was created by librarians, Fiona Scannell and James Schellenberg.

In addition, if you register, you can participate by adding your input to the site - to enter your favourite books or add comments to existing entries. You can sign up for an account with BiblioTravel for free.

Foodari - Recipe search, store and share

Foodari is "the ultimate community for food enthusiasts on the web." Register for free and use Foodari to store your recipes and search other member's recipes as well as share your recipes with others.

There is a forum and a Foodari blog too.

BibleGateway

The BibleGateway is a free searchable online Bible, "...all in the language or translation of your choice!"

There is a BibleGateway Blog too.

Pubfinder - a pub guide

Pubfinder is a non-profit website that helps you find a pub. You can search by city, county or post code.

"Pubfinder is the most comprehensive pub guide to the pubs and bars of The United Kingdom and Ireland."

A search engine for drinks recipes

Extratasty is a search engine for drinks recipes.

There is also a handy feature called My Bar, that shows you what drinks you can make with just the ingredients you have in your bar.

A search engine for wines

Wine enthusiasts will love Wine-Searcher, a search engine for locating and pricing wines. Their database currently has 8602 wine stores listed!

KnitMap - Find Your Local Yarn Shop

If you love to knit, you will love, KnitMap, a special search engine that will help you find your local yarn shop! The really cool thing about KnitMap is that it's not limited to the USA - you can search for locations in the US, Canada, UK and most of Europe.

There is a KnitMap blog too.

SkreemR - a search engine for music files

SkreemR is a handy music search engine, "The World's Greatest Mp3 Search Site".

Lyrster - a music search engine

Lyrster is a handy lyrics search engine. It's very easy to use - just type in some of the words that you can remember, and Lyrster will search sites ("350+ lyrics websites") and come back with quick results for you to match with your query.

HorrorFind: The Horror & Halloween Search Engine

There are search engines for all kinds of special subjects.

HorrorFind is a horror-related search engine. It's nearly Halloween so it should be very popular at this time of year!

Veg Box Recipes

Veg Box Recipes is a fantastic site which offers a lot more than just recipes!

Veg Box Recipes, created by Clare Jaques, is a "website for people who want recipes that work with veg boxes, farm shops, farmers' markets and allotments."

In addition to the recipes, the site offers a friendly forum and there is a Veg Box Recipes Blog too.

You can also request a copy of a Free Guide to Seasonal Food via the site, and subscribe to a free newsletter.

Sausagefans - "your complete guide to the great British banger"

If you love to eat sausages, you will really like the site, sausagefans.com , where "...you'll find details of some of the finest sausage shops in the UK."

In addition to the search engine to find a sausage shop, there are reviews, recipes, information about sausage and other food events, and news about "...the latest goings on in the world of sausages!"

Properazzi - the property search engine

If you are looking for property in Europe, Properazzi is a property search engine that can help you "... find properties to buy and rent in every European country – both at home and abroad."

4 million properties, 49 countries, 32 languages

Mamma Health - search for anything health related

Google is the world's biggest and most famous search engine but there are many other good ones too such as the specialist search engine called Mamma Health Search that searches the most authoritative sources of health information on the web.

WorldCat: search for books, music,videos - in libraires around the world

WorldCat.org "lets you search the collections of libraries in your community and thousands more around the world."

WorldCat is a very handy resource and easy to use. To find an item in a library near you, enter a postal code, state, province, or country.