After a fantastic week in Wales, it was time to head North for a long weekend travelling from Dumfries & Galloway down the Cumbrian coast...

We based ourselves in Abergele for our week in North Wales. We are staying in a lovely holiday cottage that we have used for the past 8...

The stunning Llyn Peninsula points like an arm of a giant into the Irish Sea. The journey to our first Lifeboat Station took just over an...

From our base on the North Coast of Wales, our  first visit took us almost 2 hours south to the beautiful Cardigan Bay. Lying at the...

Ynys Mon, or Anglesey, is an island off the northwest coast of Wales. It is joined to the mainland by two bridges over the Menai Strait....

Our last day of a fantastic week in Wales and we visited three stations along the North Coast. Rhyl Lifeboat Station The first was Rhyl,...

Back in June, when we first visited the Isle of Wight, we arrived a little early and Bembridge Lifeboat Station was not open. As we were...

At the heart of the RNLI are the amazing volunteers that risk their lives at any hour to rescue others. They would not be able to do...

Whilst we have not been adding to our visit numbers in September we have still kept involved in the RNLI through various open days and...

After a lovely meal with Chris from Chris’s Quest and a good night sleep through storm Lillian we awoke to blue skies and light winds....

After an incredible night at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, we set of down the South East Coast of Scotland towards the Borders. We...

Many months ago, before we embarked on this challenge, we booked tickets for the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Something we have...

There are not many Lifeboat Stations around the UK that you can reach by Steam Railway let alone a narrow gauge one. On 11th August we...

What a humbling day!! Took a day off to go and see this absolute Action Man. Sea Womble  aka Mark is supporting the RNLI  and an amazing...

Up to last weekend we had a little gap on the south coast that needed joining up between Portsmouth and Lyme Regis and so to Southampton...

Our plan this weekend was to visit Lyme Regis and Exmouth and then head down the coast to visit the 4 stations located on the “English...

After a comfortable stay and a lovely breakfast at Home Farm Cottage in the little village of Buxton, we headed off to Hunstanton....

It has been a busy weekend and so we are publishing 2 parts to our Suffolk and Norfolk trip. Having now visited nearly all of our "day...

Frequently, when visiting Lifeboat Stations on our  challenge, we are asked why we are doing it, do we have family ties to the RNLI and...

After a little break due to other commitments we were back on the road again for the first weekend in July. Before that though, unknown...