This summer, a group of friends will be cycling from Penarth in the east coast of Wales to New Quay on the west coast, via RNLI stations in Porthcawl, The Mumbles and Burry Port in order to support an appeal to raise £105,600 to cover training costs for New Quay RNLI’s new Shannon class all-weather lifeboat.

This summer the crew will undertake many weeks of training with specialist staff staying in New Quay to give the crew hands on training on the new lifeboat. New Quay’s coxswains and mechanics will be travelling to the RNLI College in Poole to attend courses on the new equipment.

New Quay Lifeboat Station has been at the heart of the community since 1864 and, since 1970, the volunteers have launched 1,029 times, saving 233 lives.

Emyr Thomas, Rhys Jones, Dafydd Shurmer, Neil Cole, Andrew Owen, Martin Kitchener, Rupert Jones, Mark Condron, Dafydd Thomas and Simon Stretch will be cycling circa 150 miles from Cardiff to New Quay in support of this worthwhile and vital cause.

Any contribution you can give us would be much appreciated and will make a real difference to keeping the seas of Ceredigion safe for all users.