”? Boat races & regattas are mainstays of the British summer
- but where did these races originate & how have they become so important
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On 7 October 2001, Debra & Andrew Veal set off from Tenerife in a rowing boat. They were the only mixed pair in the Ward Evans Transatlantic Rowing Challenge. After two weeks, Andrew
- despite being the more experienced rower
- abandoned ship, having realised he was terrified of the open seas. Seizing the opportunity to pit herself single-handedly against the ocean, Debra spent over three months tackling one of the world's toughest sporting challenges on her own, at the same time testing the limits of her psychological strength & endurance. This is Debra's account of her solo trip, in which she dramatically conveys the feelings of exhilaration, the emotional lows, the inner calm, the loneliness, & the final triumph.

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In this gripping first-hand account, four seasoned adventurers navigate a sophisticated, high-tech rowboat across the Northwest Passage. One of the ”last firsts” remaining in the adventure world, this journey is only possible because of the dramatic impacts of global warming in the high Arctic, which provide an ironic opportunity to draw attention to the growing urgency of climate change. Along the way, the team repeatedly face life-threatening danger from storms unparalleled in their ferocity & unpredictability & bears witness to unprecedented changes in the Arctic habitat & inhabitants, while weathering gale-force vitriol from climate change deniers who have taken to social media to attack them & undermine their efforts. ...

Storms, fatigue, equipment failure, intense hunger, & lack of water are just a few of the challenges that ocean rower Mick Dawson endured whilst attempting to complete one of the World`s ` Last Great Firsts`. In this nail-biting true story of man versus nature, former Royal Marine commando Dawson, a Guinness World Record-holder for ocean-rowing & high-seas adventurer takes on the Atlantic & ultimately the North Pacific. It took Dawson three attempts & a back-breaking voyage of over six months to finally cross the mighty North Pacific for the first time. Dawson & his rowing partner Chris Martin spent 189 days, 10 hours & 55 minutes rowing around the clock, facing the destruction of their small boat & near-certain death every mile of the way, before finally reaching the iconic span of San Francisco`s Golden Gate Bridge. Dawson`s thrilling account of his epic adventure details how he & Chris propelled their fragile craft, stroke by stroke for thousands of miles across some of the most dangerous expanses of ocean, overcoming failure, personal tragedy & everything that nature could throw at him along the way. ...

Wayne Mc Lennan tells the story of his utterly extraordinary life through a series of adventures after he leaves his home town in Australia, desperate to avoid following his father & grandfather into the mines. Travelling from the Australian outback to London, to Spain, Mc Lennan has skippered a fishing boat off the coast of Nicaragua, become a professional boxer, mined for gold in Costa Rica & made a gruelling six-month journey
- by rowing boat
- along the 1, 000 miles of coast from Seattle to Alaska. He tells the stories of the compelling characters he encounters along the way: men who refuse to give in to the conformity & comforts of modern life, choosing instead lonely &, often, dangerous occupations. A wonderfully vivid, ` Hemingway-esque` memoir by a talented & honest writer.

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Rowlands Gill in 1895 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the village of Rowlands Gill, today at the southern end of Gateshead Borough. In 1895 this was scarcely a village
- there was little here other than a row of houses, a station on the NER Consett Branch & the Towneley Arms. To the north is the Lily Drift mine. The River Derwent meanders through the map & to the east is Gibside with its grounds & mausoleum chapel, by James Paine. The map stretches east to Gibside Hill Head. On the reverse is part of sheet 5.12, extending coverage west to Victoria Garesfield & its colliery, with the Victoria Garesfield Colliery Railway. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.
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Rowley Regis & Blackheath in 1902 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the southern part of Rowley Regis together with Blackheath & coverage extends eastward to Cakemore Brick Works & Colliery. Features include GWR Stourbridge Extension with Rowley Regis station, Bellend Colliery, Bell End area, Ross, Hawes Hill, St Paul`s church, Cakemore Farm, Hurst Green area, Lower Holt Farm, part of Causeway Green Canal, Cakemore Brick Works, etc. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

A Photographic Explosion from the ROXY club that changed the face of music. Features Photos of The Clash, The Heartbreakers, The Police, The Damned, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Generation X, The Buzzcocks, X-Ray Spex, The Vibrators, The Rejects, The Stranglers, The Slits, Johnny Moped & many extreme dressers of punk styles. ...

Blue- Real woven reed basket with a hard surface hollow balloon that never needs inflation & won`t deflate. Hand applied balloon strips. Wooden toggles & sand bags. Balloons combine color, décor & science, all-in-one. They’re as fascinating today as they were a century ago. Imagine viewing the earth from above, free as a bird, holding onto a balloon basket. 32cm diameter x 56cm height If we do not have this item in stock we will order it for you from our supplier. Delivery generally takes 3 weeks within the UK. For overseas delivery queries please email sales@stanfords.co.uk ...

Rainbow- Real woven reed basket with a hard surface hollow balloon that never needs inflation & won`t deflate. Hand applied balloon strips. Wooden toggles & sand bags. Balloons combine color, décor & science, all-in-one. They’re as fascinating today as they were a century ago. Imagine viewing the earth from above, free as a bird, holding onto a balloon basket. 32cm diameter x 56cm height If we do not have this item in stock we will order it for you from our supplier. Delivery generally takes 3 weeks within the UK. For overseas delivery queries please email sales@stanfords.co.uk ...