A personal memoir of an aircrew officer, his experiences in the service and ashore with friends and families he met during eight active years through the Cold War. For two and a half of those years he served on loan to the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm and traveled to Japan and New Zealand as well as the Near East, Suez and the Far East. He served in HMS Eagle, HMS Centaur, HMS Bulwark and HMAS Sydney and Vengeance..In the UK based at RNAS Culdrose, Eglington and St Merryn as well as Lee-on-Solent. As an anti-submarine specialist observer he flew in Fireflies, Gannets and Westland Whirlwind squadrons. ditched in the Meditterranean Sea and force landed a number of times.

An 85 year old retired lecturer writes a semi diary in humorous fashion of his daily views on life. He and his elderly wife are attempting to emigrate and live in Italy, but his dysfunctional adult children are not in favour. This is an unusual but classic comic account aimed at all ages.

This is the fifth book of the adventures of Admiral Sir Geoffrey Cockburn RN. Cocky has never been a conventional hero. Events happen to him, rather than being initiated by him. He has usually been a victim of circumstances and fortunate to escape. This trip to America and the Pacific North West is no exception. On what was supposed to be a quiet sailing holiday in Portland Oregon on the Columbia river, Cocky gets caught up in a bungled kidnapping and a boat chase down the great river. This time there are Chinese gangsters and a beautiful ex-FBI agent to add to the mix; not to mention an estate agent with murderous intent...

Two ex- Royal Navy officers accidentally become mixed up with Colombiam drug smugglerswhile sailing in the English Channel. Later, they help the customs to hunt down the criminals with the help of Rear Admiral 'Cocky Cockburn'. This is the Admiral's first adventure and the most complex. The action moves from the UK to Bagota to Jamaica and Majorca in a page turning saga with many twists. Readers of Cocky' other books will want to return to this one.

Peter Huntingdon is an 85 year old retired art lecturer. With his wife Sue they wish to move to Italy to live out their lives under the sun. This is Peter's recollections in diary form of their efforts to achieve this, and the reactions of the family. Peter's views provide a humorous commentary on modern life to amuse readers of all ages.

On a sailing holiday to Greece, our hero the resourceful retired admiral links up with an attractive teacher for romance and dashing hijinks around the Ionian Islands. While bumbling Greek pensioners attempt a comical kidnap on Ithaca, the chase ensues for a murderous gang of ruthless Albanians who threaten their holiday idyll. This book is the sequel to Boomcrack by the same author

Three ex navy mates and their girl friends are dragged into adventures from the English Channel to Bogota and Majorca when they accidentally stumble on a drug smuggling ring operating within the yachting fraternity. Piracy and cunning fill this exciting, funny thriller. A great holiday read.