Allan and Helen Thornhill aim to visit all 238 RNLI lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland.
A Surrey couple who are attempting to visit all 238 RNLI lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland are a quarter of the way through their challenge.for the life-saving charity which celebrated its 200th anniversary earlier this year.
The couple said the experience so far has been "inspirational, emotional at times, but also extremely educational". They say they are are doing the challenge on and off over a period of two years to fit around work commitments. "In Hunstanton in Norfolk we were invited to spend a couple of hours in the operations room, which was great."RNLI 200 exhibition
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