The long road.....

Plans for a move started a long time ago, various ideas were looked at but each one rejected for one reason or another. Six years ago efforts were stepped up at all levels of the Service, visits to estate agents locally were made, HQ staff entered into talks with various other services. Having discounted the possibility of staying at Peveril Point, one of the 1st locations to be looked at was the lighthouse at Anvil Point as this was close to some of our major incidents, however Trinity House were in the process of converting the old accommodation to holiday premises, add in the remoteness, the single track to the location, never mind an area of outstanding natural beauty, I'm glad this was quickly scrapped. The Country Park next to the visitors centre was considered but no land was identified and again its in the wrong location to drive through the town to get to.