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RNLI DVD Lifeboats SAFE in their hands NEW! Featuring the building and never-before-seen action of the RNLI's latest all weather and inshore lifeboats, the Tamar and Atlantic 85 classes £9.99 inc p&p Please send this slip with a cheque made payable to RNU (Enterprises)Ltd. to Image Resource Unit, RNLI HQ, West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 1HZ Quantity: Name: Address: Telephone:.

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' Spacious 3 Bedroom house with harbour views.' Sleeps 6. Parking for 2 cars. Dogs permitted.

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SIM ttnlcd s/c artoinmodalion I ml Hope Cove, 1 nils Salcombe. 2 double bedrooms and h.i ill rooms. Sk • TV, .ill labilities A( i ess to j.',,n den K. It HO from silting i tmrn b.ih nm B&B rooms also .t ;iil,i1)U Pets welcome.

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Houses sleeping 2.4,6.8. Gardens.

dogs welcome. Near Pandora Inn.

Friday bookings all year.

Peter Watson 01326 372722 FOWEY - The Old Lifeboat Station.

Waterfront apartment.Town centre, but quiet. Sleeps 2.

Short leu Nov-March (02392) 632807 for brochure or: www.btinternet.com/~sue.shenton EAST DEVON - JURASSIC COAST 1-UXlMrvctmages in vltKlai Itv.ition. I li union 3 miles. Ideal tourim- mitre. Sleep-. 2/4. FiiMiite Am lentil M.IV. 1-lexiNe K».kinK. Tel: 014O4 831794 POLRUAN-BY-FOWEY Old fisherman's cottage, a few paces from the quay. Sleeps 2/4. Woodbuming stove. Sailing.

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Quality S.C. cottages, houses 6 flats. Over 30 years in holiday lettmgs. Td: 01929 421525 Fax: 01929 4Z3658www.swanagehp.co.uk Devonshire Park Hotel Located in the heart of Eastbourne's Cultural ft Theatre District, 2 minutes walk from the Lifeboat Museum.

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01323 728144 www.devonshire-park-hotel.co.uk ISLAND COTTAGE HOLIDAYS Isle of Wight. Charming individual cottages in lovely rural and coastal surroundings. Some cottages with pools and a wonderful house beside the beach at Seaview. ETC3-5 Stars.

For a brochure ring: 01929 480080 r.islandcottageholidays.com Family run cosy barns and cottages in Hawkshead/Sawrey area. Free fishing with most. Pets welcome. Great walks/views. U: 015394 42435. www.lakeland-hideaways.co.uk LONDON Flying from Heathrow? Homely guest house only 10 minutes from Heathrow. Easy access to A/M40. M4. M25. All rooms Mil are en-suite with colour _J-£_ TV.Tea/Coffee facility. J*4C *** Licensed bar. evening meal. »*» Parking for holiday period.

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Dbl C3B sgl E25, 1 min tube.

GATWICK • B&B Accommodation 10 mins from airport. Car Parking £1 per day.

Tea, coffee & T.V in lounge. 01737 244&A2 SOUTH WEST IDYLLIC RIVERSIDE VILLAGE The Ship Inn At Lerryn.

Delightful en-suite accommodation, walking, riding, golf, NT. Houses, Heligan Gardens,The Eden Project and coast all close by.

For brochure call: 01208 872374 www.cornwall-online.co.uk/ shipinn-lerryn MOUSEHOLE.CORNWALL.Comfortable 3 bedroom Victorian house with superb sea & Harbour views, close to beaches. In picturesque fishing village. Sleeps 5 Tel 01736 732651 DEVON & CORNWALL artmouth Quality properties in beautiful South Devon harbour town.

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0870 067 2889 www.salcombe.com SALCOMBE DEVON & CORNWALL PORTLOE, CORNWALL Choice of 2 renovated former ffshermens cottages both just yards from the harbour in this beautiful unspoilt Roseland Peninsula fishing village. Sleeps 6 or 4 respectively.

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