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238 RNLI Lifeboat Station Challenge
The RNLI create a ring of safety around the coasts of the UK and Ireland.
Join us on our journey to visit all 238 RNLI Lifeboat Stations.
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The Orkney Islands
When we started this challenge on 1st June 2024, of the many places we were looking forward to visiting the most was the Orkney Islands....

Allan & Helen
Jun 89 min read
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The Far North
An overnight stay in Inverness put us in an ideal location for the first of our visits on Day 5 of our Scotland adventure. After a...

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Jun 76 min read
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Moray Firth and Loch Ness
Day 4 didn’t start quite as planned as the hotel we stayed in was very poor. After a rough nights sleep we were not even able to get any...

Allan & Helen
Jun 65 min read
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East of Scotland – Aberdeenshire
After a long day on Shetland we were looking forward to a more relaxing day as we headed up the Aberdeenshire coast. Our final visit...

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May 315 min read
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Shetland
Our original plan was to visit Shetland separately via train and Ferry. So It was quite a last minute decision to include visits to the...

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May 313 min read
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East of Scotland – Angus
This upcoming week of visits will take us the farthest from home yet, including stops at the northernmost Lifeboat Stations operated by...

Allan & Helen
May 305 min read
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Lincolnshire
Easter Monday, our final day of visits along the East Coast of England. We left our B&B and headed first to Grimbsy Docks in the hope...

Allan & Helen
Apr 273 min read
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Yorkshire
Easter Sunday had us visiting four lifeboat stations on the Yorkshire coast. We stayed in a very comfortable B&B in the middle of nowhere...

Allan & Helen
Apr 275 min read
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North Yorkshire
After our visit to Hartlepool on Good Friday we crossed the River Tees and pitched up at our B&B in Redcar. We awoke to a stunning sea...

Allan & Helen
Apr 255 min read
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East Coast at Easter
Travelling during the longest bank holiday period of the year seems like a daft thing to do but it does give us 4 days that do not...

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Apr 225 min read
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Devon & Cornwall – Final Day
Our final day in the south west had arrived and we had one more visit to do before heading home. An early start was needed as we left our...

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Apr 92 min read
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Devon & Cornwall – Day 7
On our penultimate day of our visits in the west country we ventured north to three Devon Lifeboat Stations. The Sun had come back out...

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Apr 94 min read
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Devon & Cornwall - Day 6
Today we visited three stations along the north Cornwall coast, Newquay, St. Agnes and St. Ives. Newquay Lifeboat Station We had made...

Allan & Helen
Apr 83 min read
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Devon & Cornwall - Day 5
Our challenge will obviously involve travelling to Lifeboat Stations that are located on islands around our coastline. So far, apart from...

Allan & Helen
Apr 83 min read
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Devon & Cornwall - Day 4
Our journey around Devon and Cornwall continued on day 4 with two visits, Sennen Cove Lifeboat Station and Penlee Lifeboat Station....

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Apr 83 min read
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Devon & Cornwall – Day 3
For our third day in Devon & Cornwall we headed to the north Cornish coast to visit four stations. Bude Lifeboat Station Our first stop...

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Apr 65 min read
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Devon & Cornwall - Day 2
Day two of our week in Devon and Cornwall started with a relaxed breakfast and a 10:00am meet at Falmouth lifeboat station. We arrived a...

Allan & Helen
Apr 62 min read
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Devon & Cornwall - Day 1
This weekend we resumed our visits after a short break over winter. We based ourselves in Bodmin, Cornwall to undertake 19 station visits...

Allan & Helen
Apr 64 min read
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100th Visit - Tower
We have reached a couple of milestones on our challenge to visit all 238 RNLI Lifeboat Stations. On the last day of November we attended...

Allan & Helen
Dec 2, 20242 min read
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Somerset
Following a wet and blustery day and 3 fabulous visits in South Wales, we headed back over the Severn Bridge to visit 3 more stations in...

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Nov 28, 20244 min read
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