I have devoted this blog to water safety and drowning prevention. The reasons behind this are: highlight the excellent work currently being undertaken by people who work tirelessely: Becky Ramsey (Doing It For Dylan campaign) Gary Willoughby (Twitter @munchbite) and Read more…
The Umbirical Cord I promised last week after a conversation with one of the Margate Yacht Club members to write a blog about RNLI pagers. Well, as you can see from the photograph below, here it is. The pager is Read more…
On Saturday morning I found myself over at Joss Bay, helping out with the Broadstairs Town Team beach clean. Although, the sun was out and beautiful blue skies were shaping up nicely, the very harsh and bitterly cold wind, which Read more…
I was saddened, to hear over the weekend of the death of the angler who had been out fishing off rocks, as part of a group, at Barras Nose, Tintagel. Pirate FM reported that the gentlemen had been in the Read more…
On Friday evening I popped across to one of our lovely neighbour’s, Margate Yacht Club. I had been invited over by the Commodore, Sue to give a talk on some of the RNLI’s key safety messages. I was immediately impressed Read more…
On Monday afternoon I ventured out into the beautiful half-term sunshine (did someone say sunshine?) onto Kingsgate and Botany Bay to deliver safety messages to dog walkers and other coastal users. We are particularly lucky in Thanet to have a Read more…
Cut off by the tide at Kingsgate Bay Broadstairs Saturday (3rd February 2017), whilst the majority of Margate’s residents were sat down for lunch, out with their families, or contemplating a packed weekend of sport in front of the TV. Read more…
On Friday I enjoyed a visit over to Ramsgate RNLI station to meet with the new Lifeboat Press Officer, Karen Cox. As I have been in post for only 8 months, it was great to meet with Karen to exchange Read more…
What with the increase in the number of dogs getting into difficulty and having to be rescued along our coasts and rivers recently, I thought it was time I compiled a blog. I’ve listed five links below ‘you shouldn’t ignore Read more…
You couldn’t have failed to witness some of the extremely challenging weather conditions which have battered the UK in the past month. It was four years ago that I remember the last real bad weather to hit us at the Read more…
