Peter Duck (Vintage Children's Classics)

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Julia realised that she’d actually met a number of these men as they’d been friends of the family and it made reading of their experiences very real. There were others, too, who were familiar through their achievements after the war – the ornithologist Sir Peter Scott, novelists Nicholas Monsarrat and Nevil Shute, and broadcaster Ludovic Kennedy were among those who volunteered. And James Bond’s creator Ian Fleming worked for the Naval Intelligence Department, recruiting several RNVSR members as ‘Intelligence Commandos’. The forepeak has been converted with a large double V-berth with 5’6” headroom under the forehatch. An inviting coastal property with a secluded garden set in the bustling heart of Southwold. This retreat is ideal for a family seaside escape or friends’ reunion with a furry companion in tow. While away sun-soaked afternoons scoffing salty chips and ambling along Southwold Pier (400 metres) before sinking onto the plump outdoor seating and toasting with a glass of chilled fizz.

The wooden masts are painted and appear at least externally sound. The rigging should probably be replaced. She has subsequently started to publish a series of reprints of memoirs of Yachtsmen Volunteers and hopes to encourage other sons and daughters of members of the RNVSR to share the stories of their parents. Planked in iroko all copper fastened to steam bent oak timbers. Sheathed externally from new below the waterline with Cascover. Various patches in the Cascover have been made using fibreglass.Galley has a Plastimo Voyager 4500 2 burner stove with grill and oven, set on gimbals. Stainless sink with manually pumped fresh water. In 1902, Ransome abandoned a chemistry degree to become a publisher's office boy in London. He used this precarious existence to practice writing, producing several minor works before Bohemia in London (1907), a study of London's artistic scene and his first significant book.

Many, though, were involved in minesweeping, a few took command of destroyers or submarines, others patrolled in fast gunboats, and some were involved in surveillance, intelligence and sabotage. It was rather wonderful. Some were like my Dad and just a clerk from Birmingham, but others were lawyers, publishers, teachers, businessmen, and because they loved sailing at weekends, they took a deep breath and signed up for this,” she says. x 12 volt batteries, 74ah start battery and 110ah domestic battery, charged from engine alternator.PD’, as Julia calls the 28ft wooden sailing ketch, is the source of many childhood memories as well as being a piece of literary history, and encompasses Julia’s dual passions in life – books and boats. By making the necessary repairs, she hopes to get ‘PD’ in shape for the next generation. This, the third in the series, is the first with any sense of real peril, though of course the bad things only happen to the secondary characters. Susan is dependable and sensible as expected (oh to be excited by the gift of a first aid box as a Christmas Present), and all the characters remain true to form.