TIGHNABRUAICH, ARGYLL KAMES HOTEL is owned and run by a member of the TIGHNABRUAICH LIFEBOAT crew. Enjoy good food and comfort in wonderful surroundings. Families welcome. Watersports facilities. 3 Crowns commended.

Phone Andy Lancaster at Kames Hotel, Tighnabruaich, Argyll PA21 2AF for details on (0700) 811489.

RNLI WALL PLAQUES COLOURED HOUSEFLAG IN REUEF ON 61/2 « 51/2- VARNISHED SHIELD £18 each (plus £2 p&p) Engraved plate with own wording £5 extra RNLI WEST COUNTRY MARKETING GROUP West Rock, The Cleave, Kingsand, Torpoint, Cornwall PL10 1NF Tel: (0752) 822638 BIRTHDAY DUE? Give someone an original newspaper dated the very day they were born (or an historic one, as far back as 1760's!) £19.90. Tel: 0492 531303 ' WESTER ROSS Small guest house close to Torridon mountains and Loch Maree. S.T.B.

Commended 2 crown. Home cooking with all rooms en-suite. Non smoking.

D. B&B £24. £25. Mr & Mrs Draper, Hittbaven, Kinlocbewe, Wester Ross IV22 2PA. Tel O445 76O2O4 BAKER STREET. Comfortable sludios all with ensuite bathroom, kitchenette, frig, microwave, CH, TV, radio. U/ground and buses 3/4 mins. Single from £165.

Double fram£l95.Reduced monthly. Tel. 071-9358326 The Yacht Inn South Esplanade St Peter Port Guernsey Tel 0481 720969 Fax 716168 10 Ensuite rooms 10% discount to RNLI members SARK - CHANNEL ISLANDS LICENSED GUESTHOUSE Family run. Centrally situated nr. La Seigneurie.

Open all year. B&B or half board. Own produce.

All rooms H & C, heating, hot drinks, some en-suite. Contact John and jenny Marsland for tariff and brochure. Sarfc (0481)831151.

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Top quality at competitive prices.

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•sBBiMiaM.iniiiKmiia Inverewe Garden 6 miles Small luxury guesthouse 300 yds from sea. Non-smoking, traditional and vegetarian home cooking D.B&B £24.

Cartmel, Aultbea, Wester Ross. Tel UO4451731375. .

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THE HOTEL FOR ALL SEASONS Secluded, romantic and wonderful hospitality HOLNE CHASE Nr. Ashborton, Devon Poundsgate (036 43) 471 + RAC** Comm?in4?*ioo of B.TJL Renovation and repair of all types of meteorological instruments to Met. Office standards • Mercury and aneroid instruments • Approved to service and supply spares for Negretti& Zambra instruments • Charts, pens, ink • Display barographs available, produced in the traditional style W. J. Read 49 Old Vicarage Park, Narborough, Kings Lynn. Norfolk PE32 1TH Phone (0760) 337801 ISLE OF MULL A small guest house and farm in lovely countryside, a mile from villages and two from coast.

Package multi-activity holidays. Sea sailing and home cooking. Write to Jenny Matthew, Ardrioch. Dervaig, Isle of Mull, Argyll.

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20% DISCOUNT when you join Mr/Mrs/Ms ADDRESS _ TEL POSTCODE . Age of eldest person joining EXETER FRIENDLY SOCIETY LTD Beech Hill House, Walnut Gardens, Exeter, Devon EX4 4DG QOELIZABETH HOTEL 37 Eccleston Square, Victoria, London SW1V 1PB. Tel: 071-828 6812 Ideal, central, quiet location overlooking magnificent gardens on fringe of Belgravia. Comfortable Single/ Double/Twin/Family Rooms Good ENGLISH BREAKFAST. MODERATE PRICES. EGON RONAY/RAC FREE COLOUR BROCHURE AVAILABLE WINDMASTER A Place for all Reasons With a delightful garden and views over Falmouth Bay to the Lizard and Manacles, Bosannelh is a quality licensed small hotel for discerning guests who require a value for money holiday with excellent food, hospitality, and facilities with that extra touch of class. With personal attention from Ann and Eric, be assured, sip. 'We will care for you, SB RAC like a Lifeboat Crew.' HAC For brochure 0326 314649 Ann or Eric. Gyllyngvase Hill, L Falmouth, Cornwall TR11 4DW. HVIIIE Ironi Heathrow.-1 homely guest house only 10 minutes from Heathrow. Easy access to A/ M40, M4, M25. All rooms with colour jm TV, Tea/Coffee facility. jg.

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( BUCKS MILLS, Nr. Clovelly. Comfortable cottage in delightful village. Sleeps 4. No pets. Honest 3 mins walk beach & N. Devon I coast path. Tel. 0458 50349.

PLYMOUTH HOE - DEVON AA A RAC A IMPERIAL HOTEL - 22 bedrooms mostly en-suite - Nautical Cocktail bar- Discount for Shoreline members and friends - Details contact resident proprietor Lt Cdr Alan K.

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Plymouth (0752) 227311 FLUSHING, CORNWALL Comfortably furnished quayside holiday cottage, sleeping six in three bedrooms, situated in the centre of this quiet village on beautiful Falmouth harbour. Views across the water to Greenbank and the Royal Cornwall YC.

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