Wood Lane, Legbourne
All that I have got for you today is ten more photographs that I snapped during our family weekend in Lincolnshire two weeks ago with some extra words related to the final picture in this selection.
The beach at Mablethorpe
Sundial at Clayworth. It reads, "Our days on The Earth are as a shadow"
Behind an abandoned house on The Lincolnshire Wolds
Legbourne village scene
Troll in the Land Rover at Legbourne
Legbourne Mill and the mill house
Miscanthus near Little Cawthorpe
Phoebe in the gazebo at Kenwick Park with our lodge behind her
Some words about the last picture. "R.N.L.I" stands for "Royal National Lifeboat Institution". Around the coast of Great Britain there are some 238 lifeboat stations. Staffed by incredible volunteers, their aim is save people's lives when they are in or on the sea and in trouble. One of these stations is at Mablethorpe and there we got to go in to check out their two lifeboats.
I also had a conversation with the leading lifeboatman. One thing that really stands out in my mind about what he said concerned suicide and attempted suicide. It seems that he and his crew have regularly been called out to rescue individuals who have deliberately swum out into the water intent on death. Quite often those terminal missions are successful and sadly it's dead bodies that the RNLI retrieve.
In general, the RNLI does not publish figures or details about this aspect of their work for fear of upsetting families or encouraging copycat actions. It is a feature of the service that I had not previously reflected upon. What a sad and tragic way to go!
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