Luke and I are running the London Marathon in memory of our truly amazing, one in a million dad who was our hero and best friend. 

Our dad was a very committed, loyal member of the RNLI in Port Isaac and his pride was in abundance. 

In the early evening of May 14th 2023, the pagers sounded for an immediate launch. Dad rushed to the lifeboat station in his Shore Crew role, disconnecting the chargers from the lifeboat and the launching vehicle, and making everything ready for a quick launch.  During the launch, dad got a bit wet, so he said that he was going to pop home and change his jeans and go back. The crew saved the life that day of the person who had got in to difficulty. 

A short time later, our mum called one of the RNLI crew to say that dad was feeling unwell.  The crew that were still in the boathouse following the launch, headed over to help dad in his time of need, but despite the best efforts of the lifeboat team, and that of the ambulance service personnel, sadly it was not to be.

The RNLI have done such a huge amount to support us as a family and they tried so hard to save dads life that we would really like to raise some money to try and find a small way to say thank you. Dad was so proud to be a part of the RNLI and we are so proud of him. 

My brother Luke and I are going to be running the 2024 London Marathon on behalf of the RNLI in dads memory. Running for dad is going to be so very tough but what makes it that much harder is it is going to be a year to the day that we last saw him.

Thanks for your support,

Lucy & Luke x