(Credit to RAF Benson for the iconic Puma photo, coasting into central London on her last flight) I’m an amateur adventurer, Ops Director @ulyssestrust
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Great start to the day, poignant bus destination. Brave souls never forgotten #remembrance
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Frank Worthington looking absolutely majestic in equally wonderful @LCFC @admiral1914 attire (1976/77).
The #Leicester-based company revolutionised kit manufacturing in the 1970s, their brilliant, eye-catching templates as exciting as the beautiful game itself.
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Next expedition- South America. Beginning this autumn. Follow me for live updates and announcements soon
Operation Market Garden 17 September 1944, to sum up the actions of all those that participated in one word ………’Courage’ ……………..#operationmarketgarden
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RIP Alan Pollock, RAF Hawker Hunter pilot who in 1968 famously flew through Tower Bridge in protest at defence cuts. This ended up being his last flight as an RAF pilot and ended his Air Force career. It is now the stuff of Legend.
Rest in peace Sir, we salute you.Â
The first time I heard the Alan Pollock Hunter story was from a friend who was working as a RAF flight line mechanic at West Raynham on the day this happened 57 years ago. As the pilots landed they were arrested by RAF police who were initially unsure who the culprit was.Â
The last pilot to land was Alan Pollock who arrived in style with an inverted low pass over the hangars. He also happened to have an AA street map of London in the cockpit. Well and truly busted out the RAF 'the Tower Bridge Incident' has gone down as a legendary piece of RAF history.
Interesting fact not often mentioned about the incident, the 1 Squadron ground crew at Tangmere who dispatched the aircraft packed toilet roles behind the airbrake at Flt Lt Pollock’s request so he could drop them over Parliament! He buzzed the Houses of Parliament creating a mini-sonic boom just as MPs were debating the problem of aircraft Jet noise!
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Just 3 more shows left! Kingston tonight, then Bury and Worthing. Don’t miss out!
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Jamie Vardy - not just an icon, but a true Leicester City legend.
Words fail to describe him: a prolific goal-scorer, record-breaker and history-maker. The best ever to pull on the shirt.
It has been a privilege to watch his fairytale unfold.
Thanks for everything, Vards 💙
Anzac Day. A very powerful and moving ceremony at the Cenotaph in Whitehall this morning, marking the 110th Gallipoli landings, as well as commemorating all Australian and New Zealand personnel who have served in times of peace and war 🇦🇺🇳🇿
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On with Dermot this Saturday @BBCRadio2 talking about my new book and forthcoming tour.
Picture courtesy of @RAFBenson the atmospheric capture of the lead aircraft of the Puma formation as they run into central London late yesterday afternoon. Their 2 day farewell flypasts certainly left their mark. Fierce until the end #54andout
Tomorrow marks the closing of a very proud chapter of the Support Helicopter Force. The iconic Puma will undertake a poignant series of flypasts of some of the locations linked to her history raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/… #54andout
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I’m giving TEDx talk in May!
Adventure into the Unknown at @TEDxUniversityofStaffordshire!
Featuring:
@Levisonwood – Explorer & documentary-maker
Carol Shanahan OBE – @PORTVALEFC Chair
Emily Johnson – @1882ltd Ceramics co-founder
Dr Emma Fallows & Daniel Haynes – @UniofStaffs
Tickets drop next month!
ALT Image featuring nine professional headshots arranged in a grid with three rows. Each photo is labeled with the person’s name, occupation, and other affiliations. Notable entities mentioned include TEDx University of Staffordshire and Thrive at Five. The background is red with white and black text.
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On 19 March 1912, the remaining three members of Scott's Polar Party, British Antarctic 'Terra Nova' Expedition 1910-1913, made their final camp on their return from the South Pole. Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Lieutenant Henry Bowers and Dr Edward Wilson were just 11 miles from the next depot of food and fuel which would have saved them.
Scott's diary entry on Monday 19 March, describes a dreadfully heavy sledge and -40-degree temperatures. Trapped by a blizzard, the men shared the little food they had left and waited.
"Every day we have been ready to start for our depot 11 miles away, but outside the door of the tent it remains a scene of whirling drift..." - R. F. Scott, Thursday 29 March. Scott's Last Expedition © The Long Riders' Guild Press.
#OTD #inspire #explore #discover #Antarctica
ALT 📸 Scott's Party on Reaching the South Pole 1912 © Antarctica New Zealand Pictorial Collection.
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Born #OnThisDay in 1880, Captain Lawrence Oates made the ultimate sacrifice on the day of his birth in 1912, by stepping out of his tent into a blizzard never to be seen again. Oates was an integral part of Scott's Polar Party, during the British Antarctic 'Terra Nova' Expedition 1910-1913, and made a brave attempt to preserve enough supplies for Scott, Wilson and Bowers during their return from the South Pole.
Oates was severely frostbitten, weakened and suffering from scurvy. Believing he was slowing the other men down, Oates died so they could have a chance at living. As he left the tent, Oates's famous last words are recorded as "I'm just going outside and may be some time..."
#OTD #inspire #explore #discover #conserve #Antarctica
ALT 📸 Lawrence Oates, Alexander Turnbull Library