10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIVVIES»
Discover the use of
bivvies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bivvies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Civil Service Rifles in the Great War: 'all Bloody ...
Christened 'bivvies', these were to be the only protection from the elements for
most of the next eighteen months. Charles Hennessey summed up the practical
issue: 'Bivvies, soldiers for the use of, and how to make them really comfortable'.
2
Great Mountain Days in Scotland: 50 classic hillwalking ...
Even then be cautious. camps, bivvies, bothies and howffs It was tempting to title
this book 'Great Mountain Days and Wild Nights Out', since the latter are integral
to a hill-walking life fully lived. The roar of rutting stags echoing through empty ...
Most bivvies provide enough wind resistance to add about 10 degrees of warmth.
Many feature bug netting over the hood opening. Some bivvies border on being
one-person tents, with arched poles to keep the sack off your head. Don't expect
...
4
A Hole In Our Lives Forever
D.M. Freemantle. off, but if it rained too hard, the water would just flow through
and soak us anyway. So it became a habit to hang our sleeping bags and plastic
bivvies out in the morning sun to dry them out. This is a picture of camp life, early
...
Since he knew what he was looking for he could tell where the bivvies were. But
the netting really did break up the outline. They didn't look like much of anything.
From the mountainsides around them they were probably invisible. And even ...
6
The history of the Fifty-fifth Battery, C.F.A.
But finally things became too warm to be pleasant after the 53rd-beside us lost
several killed and wounded, so the waggon-lines were moved to the Mont St. Eloi
Road, close to the Moreiiil corner. In a few days a small village of “bivvies” was ...
7
With a Smile and a Wave
It had bivvies and bays scraped out of the walls of the trench, where men could
sleep and arms and ammunition were stored. This was clearly a vulnerable point
in the line, but German attempts to shell the earthworks had been unsuccessful, ...
Ak.t daybreak, during a hurried breakfast away from the rain in our individual
bivvies, I looked out and saw Blade walk over to Captain Amain's tent and bend
down to go inside after announcing himself. All the other bivvies were sealed
against ...
9
Salute to Service: A History of the Royal New Zealand Corps ...
The eggs were packed in huge crates that held up to 600 and the crates
themselves later made excellent bunks in the men's bivvies. For firewood men at
first used branches of the native scrub, empty cases and pieces of driftwood. The
naval ...
10
D-Day to Victory: The Diaries of a British Tank Commander
It commenced to rain immediately, and we just had time to erect our bivvies
before the deluge. Today's journey revealed little evidence of enemy occupation,
apart from the damage in Rouen and the ruined railway viaduct at Barentin. Here,
the ...
Sgt Trevor Greenwood, S. V. Partington, 2012
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIVVIES»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
bivvies is used in the context of the following news items.
Missouri's Own: hiking the Ozark Trail
... backpacker needs; gallons of fresh water per minute spewing from the foot of Goggins Mountain and trees to secure our bivvies to for shelter. «SEMO Times, Jun 15»
What's Coming Up This Month in & Around Chamonix
The three day Arc'teryx Alpine Arc'ademy is back covering an array of high mountain skills, from overnight bivvies to crevasse rescue, as well ... «Chamonet.com, May 15»
Elderly man fighting for his life after he was robbed on mobility scooter
Too busy puffing their spliffs in their bivvies I suppose. At least if they were doing as you suggest they were doing no harm so don't knock 'em. «Echo, Apr 15»
Kia ora: Roxburgh
Also, in terms of heritage, there are lots of gold miners' rock bivvies, sluices and even a couple of still visible dredge remnants - interpretation ... «New Zealand Herald, Apr 15»
Too cold? Too snowy? Too much?
His sleeping bag was full of frost and now the smell of gasoline because his stove had leaked into it at some point during one of his bivvies. «Alaska Dispatch News, Mar 15»
Enjoyed visiting the Brentwood Carp Show
Amongst the many bivvies and brolly systems around the show this beauty stood out. With developement involving some of the top anglers in ... «mirror.co.uk, Mar 15»
Walkers and mountaineers urge Government to step in over Lomond …
“The climber who sleeps in his or her car or bivvies beside it in order to get an early start; the cycle tourer who needs to stop for the night; or the ... «Grough, Jan 15»
Angling: One rod licence per angler is best solution
I have often described carpers as campers with fishing tackle with their bivvies (tents) costing many hundreds of pounds and the equipment that ... «Yorkshire Evening Post, Nov 14»
Grandes Jorasses, Directe de l'Amitié by Corrado Pesce and Martin …
With its aid pitches, its "doubtful" rock and horrendous bivvies this route must surely please the Pyrenees folk (Audoubert is a legend of the ... «Planetmountain, Oct 14»
WW1: Sentinel contributor Mr M E Occleshaw, of Madeley Heath on …
"We had what we called bivvies. It was supposed to be; well it wasn't a dug out, it was on the same level as the trench itself, and it would have a ... «Stoke Sentinel, Jun 14»
