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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 8, 20259 min read


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...

Allan & Helen
Jun 7, 20256 min read


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 6, 20255 min read


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...

Allan & Helen
May 31, 20255 min read


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...

Allan & Helen
May 31, 20253 min read


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 30, 20255 min read


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 27, 20253 min read


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 27, 20255 min read


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 25, 20255 min read


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...

Allan & Helen
Apr 22, 20255 min read


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...

Allan & Helen
Apr 9, 20252 min read


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...

Allan & Helen
Apr 9, 20254 min read


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 8, 20253 min read


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 8, 20253 min read


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....

Allan & Helen
Apr 8, 20253 min read


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...

Allan & Helen
Apr 6, 20255 min read


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 6, 20252 min read


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 6, 20254 min read


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


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...

Allan & Helen
Nov 28, 20244 min read
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