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Stars and stripes
An unlikely mix of locals and lighthouse-lovers including Eddie Izzard, John Craven and the Duke of Devonshire joined the Save Our Stripes campaign to keep Beachy Head Lighthouse red-and-white for...
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A happy ending on the Farnes…
…but it hasn’t always been so. The Wreck of the Forfarshire 1838 You may have been following the grounding of the MV Danio on 16th March, the storms that threatened to break her up and her later...
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Red Sky At Morning
5:30AM August 8th, Orient Harbor, NY August 8, 1996 woke us, dockside, with stifling heat and humidity. Both table fans working at high speed barely made a difference, so we climbed out of our berth,...
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Lundy Island – Feature 1 of 3
Lundy Island Take a drive to Bideford Bay (unless you’re lucky enough to live there). If you stand and look out to sea, on a clear day you can see Lundy Island. The biggest island in the Bristol...
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The Retired Lighthouse
Wandering around Plymouth on a cold, grey November day, I headed to the Hoe and found I had it almost entirely to myself. The most striking landmark is the eminently postcard-able Smeaton’s Tower. It...
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