For as long as I can remember my parents took me to Devon on holiday every year, some 50 plus years ago. My dad, bless him, used to sail in Salcombe. So every year we would visit the RNLI station there. So the RNLI hold a very sentimental place in my heart. With this in mind, it was my final year after 30 something years of trying, of seriously trying to get a ballot place, and low and behold it's the RNLI's 200th anniversary, so I went for a charity place.

What a charity to have the privilege to run for!

So please sponsor me! And if it's not for me, you may never know when you will need this charity- run 4th emergency service.

So think the next time you're at the beach, you WILL have helped save a life!

And the most important bit of info is...Salcombe Gin is by far the best gin ever!

Too many people are still drowning. More than ever we need the RNLI's help. As a charity, the RNLI depends on our donations so it can go on saving lives and keeping us and our loved ones safe. RNLI lifesavers are our lifeline. They are the lifeboat crews who provide 24-hour search and rescue right around the UK and Ireland. The lifeguards keeping watch on 240 of the busiest beaches in the UK and Channel Islands. And the RNLI safety teams and educators working tirelessly to stop people getting into trouble in the first place. Thank you.