Wednesday 17 August 2016

RNLI

Thank you for all your lovely comments on my last couple of posts.  It is always a delight to share my family visits, we are blessed with the wonderful relationships we have with our daughters and consequently with their little families.  After the hustle and bustle of one visit after the other throughout the summer things are a little quiet around here at the moment.  It did take a couple of days to get on top of the house and the mounds of washing, still some work needed on the garden, but we are almost there.  A little crafting here and there is starting to creep into my daily life once more.

Whilst Victoria and the boys we here last week we had a trip into Skegness to have a look around the lifeboat station.  The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea.  There are 235 lifeboat stations throughout the UK and Republic of Ireland some of them allowing visitors.



 
The RNLI is a charity that relies on the goodwill of the public and contributions.
 
 
There are lots of ways to donate including joining one of the biggest lifeboat crew ever and that is to become a part of the Storm Force crew a RNLI club for children, suitable for children aged 5 - 11.  We are considering this as gifts for the Grandchildren as they become old enough.
 
We did have a little fun on the lifeboat ride.
 
 
Wilbur to the rescue...Granny in distress!!!
 
It was well worth the visit with lots to look at and loads of interesting information.
 



 
 
They certainly do an amazing job, every year RNLI lifeboats are called out more than 8,000 times and rescue on average 23 people per day.
 

 
There are approximately 4,600 volunteer lifeboat crew members, both men and women.
 
There are also lifeguards patrolling over 200 of the busiest beaches in the UK and channel islands.
 

 
They certainly do an amazing job.    I have never been in distress at sea thank goodness but I am certainly thankful they are around. 
 
Take care.

18 comments:

  1. I have never visited a lifeboat !

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  2. They do such an amazing job. We have a fundraising branch here in our small town, many miles from the sea. We all hope that we'll never need their services but it's good to know that they're there to call on if ever we do.

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  3. Gosh that brings back memories of my own childhood and visiting the lifeboat station.
    Love the photo of Wilbur in the lifeboat ride coming in to rescue Granny....fabulous-x-

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  4. Definitely a worthwhile cause & a great place to visit! I enjoyed your photos!

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  5. You are right a they do a brilliant job, an interesting day out.

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  6. Wonderful to see your family getting together to enjoy life. We've been visiting the grandkids and now missing them terribly.

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  7. The RNLI are wonderful and do a splendid job of helping and saving those in distress. It looks as if you had a wonderful visit to a lifeboat station, I remember visting one in St Ives when I was a child and watching the boat go out in very stormy weather:)

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  8. Enjoyed your post and pictures, have heard of the RNLI, such a worthy organization.

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  9. We love visiting places like this and I just did a post today about our visit to the aviation museum. My girls enjoy history very much :-) Thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful day!

    Blessings,
    Jill

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  10. What an interesting post today. I had never heard of the RNLI. I always enjoy learning about things like this and especially about the people who so willingly volunteer their time and risk their lives for others. Thank you for sharing with us.
    Blessings,
    Betsy

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  11. They do an amazing job and deserve lots of support. We are so fortunate to have this great volunteer association helping to keep us safe around our coastline. Wilbur looks very at home on that boat - a sailor in the making?

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  12. Lovely post, I used to take my boys to a similar place when they were younger x

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  13. RNLI is wonderful! Dad used to do lots helping out at the Minehead RNLI station when we were little. Last week was the raft race and other celebrations there in aid of the RNLI. It is so good to see the community participating in it and supporting such a great organisation. Thanks to FB I am able to follow it online from here.

    keep well

    Amanda x

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  14. Thanks to RNLI for always being there to help those in distress. Glad you and family had a great time together.

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  15. Boy thats a lot of rescues. I think its great that you took them there so they could see and know about the important jobe they do... Have a lovely evening with love Janice

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  16. Wonderful to learn about this great volunteer program and a great experience for the little ones! Lovely photos. xx Karen

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  17. They are doing a great job. Daily risking their life to save others.

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  18. That was interesting. Hard to believe they average 23 rescues per day! Maybe your grandsons will be getting some career ideas. The little guy seems to quite enjoying rescuing Grandma. :-)

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