Mundesley Volunteer Lifeboat

If you take a walk on the beach most Sunday mornings you will see the Mundesley Lifeboat and volunteers being put though their paces. Their new (2006) station is at the south end of the beach. The picture above was taken on the 21 Sep 2008, as you can see, in a virtually flat sea.

From their website ( www.mundesleylifeboat.co.uk )
"Mundesley Volunteer Lifeboat is entirely independent from the RNLI and supported completely by donations from the public. The lifeboat is a "Declared Facility", this means that H.M. Coastguard regard it as being on a par with the RNLI. The Service works closely with other Lifeboats in the area both inshore and offshore, and also with the RAF Search and Rescue Helicopter Squadron now located at Wattisham in Suffolk. "

More about their history, why it's there and how it's paid for can be read here.

Sealed

It may be a common site further round the coast towards Blakney, but we'd never seen a seal this close to the beach. He / She was taking it's time slowly moving along the shoreline, diving then surfacing a few metres further down. We watched it for a good 30 mins, only vanishing for good when the lifeboat came out for a practice (see next post).