Today we had the great pleasure of seeing Robson Green and his Uncle Matheson present their works of art to our very own Gus and Moira Skene.
Robson and Uncle Matheson donated two paintings that they crafted whilst filming at their favourite fishing spot, Coldingham Loch during one of the episodes of Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes shown earlier this year on the BBC (Series 3 Episode 15) . They are both members of Coldingham Loch Fly Fishers and filming took place in 2024 when they stayed overnight in Lochside Cottage, and had a great days fly fishing on the loch. Matheson then gave Robson an impromptu lesson in painting a landscape.
Gareth and Carmel, owners of Coldingham Loch, asked if Robson and Matheson would sign and donate the paintings to them so that they could raffle them off later in the year. All proceeds from the raffle then being added to other funds raised each year by Coldingham Loch for St Abbs Independent Lifeboat.  Jenny and Chris, the owners of Gallery Four in St. Abbs very kindly had the paintings framed and put them on display in their gallery and were responsible for the majority of the raffle ticket sales. A fantastic total of £870 was raised.
At the presentation Gus, a Lifeboat crew member of many years standing, proved that he never stops laughing, particularly when he presented the artists in return with a large bag of fresh crab and a St Abbs Lifeboat hoodie.
We would once again like to extend our thanks to Carmel and Gareth, to everyone that bought tickets to support their chosen charity, to Jenny and Chris for their support in helping to organise the raffle and for framing the paintings and to Robson and Matheson for finding time in their busy schedule to complete the hand-over of the paintings to the very fitting winners of the raffle.
