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Have You Seen The North Star?
In May 2022 a £20M brand new train station opened up in Reston, just a few miles inland from our little village of St Abbs, connecting us to Edinburgh and Newcastle with trains run by TransPennine and LNER. The station was partially the result of many many years of campaigning…
Sausages Sizzling
A blustery but busy day for the crew attending the Brave Bayers Sausage Sizzle and dip. Once the swimmers retired to their warming BBQ, the crew completed training on man overboard techniques, anchoring and steering failure. Choppy seas and a strong offshore wind made it all the more challenging. A…
Friendship with Boarders Crematorium
On 6th December we had the very great pleasure of meeting Jenny Graham from Borders Crematorium to say a huge thank you to her and all the team at the Westerleigh Group for their amazing donation. Jenny spent the morning with us watching two teams of crew undergo training, visiting…
NILA Visit
Today we welcomed Rachael Hamilton MSP & Neil Dalton the chairman of NILA (National independent Lifeboat Association) to the station to look at our boat and see how we operate. We discussed the challenges facing all Independent lifeboats from funding to public awareness.
Presentation of Loch Art
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…
Robson’s Painting Finds New Home!
Today the draw took place for the two paintings done by Robson Green and his uncle Matheson whilst at Coldingham Loch filming an episode of Robson Green’s weekend escapes. The draw took place at Number Four Gallery in St. Abbs and was drawn by a random member of the public…
First Class Project
As the news is full of stories of folk south of the border receiving exam results, we heard of one result today which particularly delighted us – Adam Skinn has graduated with a 1st Class degree in Television and Radio Production at the University of Salford. Adam visited us at…
Delay Repay with TransPennine Express Trains
One of the many things we have the privilege of doing as an organisation is building new partnerships with people. We recently hosted representatives from TransPennine Express Trains at our Lifeboat Station and we are now delighted to be part of their Delay Repay Compensation initiative which has been launched…