Charity Car Wash

Our friends at the RNLI are raising a few bob today by cleaning cars. And selling bacon sandwiches by the looks of it.
King Georges car park is the place to be, and they'll be there most of the day, so if you get it washed this morning and then it gets dirty again, you can have a second go this afternoon!

Don't take risks

Don't take risks is the advice being given out by HM Coastguard this weekend.

Heavy rain, high tides will again make coastal areas dangerous.

Old Photos - The New MRU

We have had a few old photographs on the blog recently, and this one came to light showing a very proud station officer with Swanage's brand new MRU (or CRV - Coastguard Rescue Vehicle - as I think they are called today). Not sure of the exact date, but belived to be sometime in the 1920s.

This combination served us well until the arrival of the current Nissan Navarra in 2004.

The answer was....

The answer to yesterday's quiz was ......John

Readers will know John has been poorly for a couple of years and currently isn't operational, but that doesn't stop him of course!

The Coastguard service has kindly allowed John to remain on the team whilst he recovers but he does come out for special events like remembrance.

He is also the Honorary President of our social group which allows him to come out for parties.

After 34 years service he remains an important part of the team, supporting team members at the station and at home.

And this mystery team member grew up to be?

The team thought it funny to find an old photo of me.......

Well no team member is safe (things I have to do)




Answer tomorrow

Waterfalls

With this heavy rain continuing, the ground is saturated causing some interesting cliff movements.

Let there be Light

We tested the new battery powered lighting at kit night tonight. Yup, it seems to work!

This will replace our existing set of 110v floodlights which require a petrol generator, which in turn makes them noisy and heavy. And they take an age to cool down afterwards - they'll take the prints off your fingers!

DSO caught napping

It has been 1st aid training this week and here is Gareth being used to demonstrate the recovery position.

Sticky sand

Taken yesterday the start of some small mud slicks at North Swanage.

The sand was very soft under foot and we would advise to stay clear of mud.

Roughty Toughty Coastguards

Who would have thought that this young lad....

Nice Shirt

.....would become a roughly toughly Coastguard.

Brian looking dead hard