Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

The music of Glenn Miller is probably the most famous from the swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1942 leading one of the best known Big Bands. Miller's signature recordings include In the Mood Tuxedo Junction Chattanooga Choo Choo Moonlight Serenade Little Brown Jug & Pennsylvania 6-5000. While travelling to entertain U.S. troops in France during World War II Miller's plane disappeared in bad weather. His body was never found. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

July 1943...the tide of the Second World War appeared finally to be turning in favour of the Allies. Having driven the Axis powers out of North Africa Prime Minister Winston Churchill successfully argued for an invasion of Italy & an advance up through what he mistakenly described as the soft underbelly of Europe. The first phase of the invasion of German-occupied Europe was to be the invasion of Sicily the date for which was set for 9 July 1945. Subsequently codenamed Operation HUSKY & primarily an amphibious operation of unprecedented scale & complexity the Allied plan included the first ever large-scale use of airborne forces. These fledgling formations were however in the main untested in battle. The scene was set for a series of airborne operations littered with examples of tragedy heroism but an over-riding determination to win at all costs. Glider Pilots in Sicily tells the dramatic & often moving story of the men of the 1st Battalion The Glider Pilot Regiment & their role in the invasion. At the time of the landings the regiment had been in existence for less than two years. Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel George Chatterton its officers & men had been trained to be in Chattertons own words Total Soldiers: pilots in the air & highly trained infantrymen on the ground. The Total Soldier concept & The Glider Pilot Regiments motto Nothing is Impossible were however to be tested to the full during the battle for Sicily. This is the account of The Glider Pilot Regiments baptism of fire & the story of a remarkable group of men who in spite of the presence of enemy fighters flew unarmed & unescorted Horsa gliders across the Bay of Biscay in broad daylight. Men who assembled unfamiliar American gliders from packing crates using the manufacturers technical manuals thereafter living in the empty crates in the middle of the North African Desert while they learned to fly their new gliders & then test flew them by day & night. Some subsequently flew on the first gliderborne coup de main operation mounted by British airborne forces thereafter taking part in the epic battle for the vital bridge of the Ponte Grande while others transported the gliderborne elements of 1st Parachute Brigade in its attack on the Ponte Primosole. Using personal accounts many of which are previously unpublished this book tells the heroic & sometimes tragic story of the events that followed when the British 1st Airborne Division attempted a series of large scale airborne landings on Sicily in July 1943. ...

Gliding is for everyone who has ever dreamt of riding the air currents with the view stretching to the horizon & with barely a sound to disturb the moment. Written by an experienced instructor this book guides you through the first steps to realising that dream & goes on to explore the many opportunities offered by this compelling & existing sport. ...

After your first flight youll be hooked on this superb sport. Why? Its much more challenging than powered flight
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