Roger (Grisly)'s photos with the keyword: RNLI

The RNLI lifeboat 14-20 (Roy Barker II) moored in Wick Harbour, Wick is a town in the far north of Scotland and is home to the most northerly mainland distillery ( Old Paulteney) and a fine malt it is! Moving on to Ducansby Head tomorrow.

Birnbeck Island and Pier.Weston Super Mare, Architects and engineers have now been appointed with work underway to make safe and eventually restore these grade 2 listed structures, The RNLI will also progress designs for their new lifeboat station on Birnbeck Island which will significantly improve their operational effectiveness along this busy stretch of coast. (the abandoned lifeboat station with the red doors) HBM and a great week,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Large for detail please Link if anyone is interested. n-somerset.gov.uk/news/restoration-birnbeck-pier-begins-0

The Shannon class lifeboat "RNLB Stella and Humfrey Berkeley " which arrived on station at Leverburgh, Isle of Harris in 2018 however operations were suspended in November 2019 due to lack of crew members, this boat has now been replaced with an Atlantic 85 inshore boat, "John and Louisa Fisher" (BBC and RNLI web pages) I assume13-25 is now in the reserve fleet,

Whitby Lifeboat moored at Eyemouth Marine for repairs in 2018, This is a Trent D class all weather boat named George and Mary Webb , The traditional wooden cabin cruiser in the adjacent mooring looks to having more extensive repairs. SEE PIP

After days of constant rain silt from the many rivers that flow into the Bristol Channel has turned the water brown. However the colour suits the dereliction that is Birnbeck Island and it's pier that links it to the mainland. The good news is that a group which includes North Somerset Council, Historic England and the RNLI,who were forced to abandon the lifeboat station on safety grounds in 2008. have now bought the whole complex with a view to restoration, but what a job that will be. (pier built in 1867) The island of Flat Holm complete with lighthouse (rear left) and the coast of South Wales in the far distance. Large please, Wish you HFF and a safe weekend.

Kyle of Lochalsh RNLI B-class Atlantic lifeboat “Spirit of Fred Olsen" launches, (main image), speeds across the the loch (pip 1) boat transporter returns to the boat house (pip 2) The link for Sight and Sound is "Save Me" by K D Lang www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOXWc05p18I

The Eyemouth Trent Class all weather lifeboat "RNLB Barclaycard Crusader" off to a shout on an extremely low tide in fact there was not enough water under the boat for it to clear the harbour entrance without many minutes shunting and disturbing sand from under the keel (pip 1) before finally forcing itself free and into open water (pip 2)

One from the archives, Thankfully no work for the Portpatrick, Tamar class lifeboat " John Buchanan Barr" on a calm midsummer evening, For Sight and Sound, the sun sets over the Irish sea and casts Evening Shadows, www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WHayIQvrN8 a real oldie.