SOS Penlee lifeboat - on yer bikes!

SOS - raising cash for much needed new lifejackets at a cost of £700 each.

This year's SOS day will see five hardy souls from the Penlee Lifeboat crew stretch their calf muscles as they cycle the 125 miles from Plymouth RNLI station to Newlyn via a tortuous coastal route taking in Looe, Fowey, Falmouth and the Lizard station visits on the way!  Like many lifeboat crews, this year's SOS event is being used to raise the cash required for new lifejackets that come in at over £700 each.

Out in all kinds of weather, the crews need every bit of protection from the salty waters off the Cornish coast they can get.

On the same day, January 28th,  Sennen, Port Isaac, Looe and the Lizard lifeboat stations will be running their own events all in the aid of new lifejackets for their respective crews. The lifeboat t on the Lizard will give the public its first chance to see inside the brand new building. Around the coast all stations will be busy engaged in similar events, popular among the crews is the annual car wash - 'Soap our Saloons' as the boys at Swanage RNLI call it at their local Jewsons' builders store.