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.
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