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The Lifeboat: Courage on our Coasts

I had the good fortune to meet Nigel Millard at the Royal National Lifeboat Institute’s (RNLI) stand at the Southampton Boat Show, England in September this year.

Nigel is a professional photographer and a volunteer with the RNLI – “the charity that saves lives at sea”. He is a lifeboat crew member at the Torbay station in Devon in England’s south-west.

For the last decade, Nigel has been capturing the spirit of the RNLI on film through his portraits of lifeboat men and women and, often dramatic, action photographs of lifeboats at work on the sea. Continue reading The Lifeboat: Courage on our Coasts

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Eyes Along The British Coast

Bob Butler & Barry Bird

On a recent visit to Cornwall, I dropped in on the National Coastwatch Institution’s, St Ives “office” on the county’s north coast and met with two of their volunteers, Bob Butler and Barry Bird – collectively known as the “Chuckle Brothers” to their colleagues. Continue reading Eyes Along The British Coast

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World Oceans Day 2013

Saturday June 8 is World Oceans Day and a time to celebrate the ocean and strive to protect it.

“Together we have the power to protect the ocean” and the billions of humans, plants and animals which depend on it – now and for future generations.

World Oceans Day is officially recognised by the United Nations and is celebrated on June 8 each year.

Check out the website www.worldoceansday.org for more information and think how you can contribute to looking after the patch of ocean near you.

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