Phew, Plucky Penguin’s Perilous Party game.
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Monday, 19 October 09 - 12:41 PM (GMT) By Mike Taylor in General |
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Wooden Boats
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Wednesday, 14 October 09 - 03:54 PM (GMT) By Mike Taylor in Sailing |
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Carriacou Boat Building
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Friday, 25 September 09 - 10:47 PM (GMT) By Mike Taylor in General |
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Newly fledged Wooden Boat Builders
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Friday, 25 September 09 - 05:33 PM (GMT) By Mike Taylor in General |
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Save the BFPO
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Tuesday, 08 September 09 - 05:27 PM (GMT) By Mike Taylor in General |
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Please click on and sign the above petition. Though we all understand that defence cuts are to be made, this is an area which affects the families in particular. The BFPO system is the mechanism whereby post is received by our serving soldiers, sailors and airmen and their families abroad at a postal address recognised as being part of this country, no matter where in the world they are serving, even in war zones.
Amongst other things the loss of the BFPO service will disenfranchise them if they are postal voters; some credit card providers will not send cards abroad (M&S for example) whereas they will to a BFPO address; it may affect their ability to let their house whilst posted abroad, or away from home; it may take away their tax advantages such as being able to have an ISA whilst posted abroad. It will affect Open University students who have a BFPO address as they will be charged higher fees; it will potentially effect children of serving soldiers when they go to University, as they may not be eligible for student loans/fees to be paid, and will be charged higher fees as they live abroad. They will also be charged different rates for subscriptions etc as they will now have to come via local mail, and not the UK mail.
Thanks for supporting our servicemen and women together with their families in this way and please forward this email to as many of your friends as you can.
Stand by Me
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Tuesday, 18 August 09 - 02:19 PM (GMT) By Mike Taylor in General |
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WOOD IS WONDERFUL!
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Friday, 14 August 09 - 10:42 AM (GMT) By Mike Taylor in General |
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The Perseid Meteor Shower
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Wednesday, 12 August 09 - 07:37 AM (GMT) By Mike Taylor in General |
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The night sky in the northern hemisphere will be ablaze with shooting stars this evening.
If you are lucky enough to have a clear, dark sky this evening you should see dozens of meteors per hour.
This spectacular light show, called the Perseid meteor shower, occurs every year from the end of July and this year will reach its climax on the 11th and 12th of August.
It occurs as the Earth passes through the debris left by the Swift-Tuttle Comet in 1832.
This meteor shower is named after the constellation Perseus as that is the area of the sky from which it seem to appear.
Perseus is a northern constellation lying east of Cassiopeia and north of Taurus.
This evening, Perseus should, if the sky is clear appear in the north east.
Although the meteors are active for many days before and after this date, the light reflected by a waning quarter moon may obstruct the view somewhat.
Artemis rounds the Fastnet Rock
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Wednesday, 12 August 09 - 06:26 AM (GMT) By Mike Taylor in Sailing |
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Take action for Aung San Suu Kyi now
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Tuesday, 11 August 09 - 09:13 PM (GMT) By Mike Taylor in General |
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As Aung San Suu Kyi faces trial, this film is being released to highlight the oppression that occurs within Burma. Thousands of political prisoners, including Suu Kyi, remain in detention. Until they are released there can be no genuine improvement in the human rights situation in Burma.
Aung San Suu Kyi has committed no crime. As one of the founders of the National League for Democracy and the winner of the 1990 general election, she is being held in detention simply because of her political activities and peaceful opposition to the military regime that controls Burma. Take action for Aung San Suu Kyi now - http://www.amnesty.org.uk/burma
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