HE did it! Peter Hartley the chairman

designate of the Teignmouth Lifeboat

Fundraising Team has achieved his

goal of virtually climbing Mount

Kilimanjaro.

This has been an effort of daily

climbing for a total of 67 days in all

weathers but focused on achieving

the goal of the climb to raise funds

for the RNLI at Teignmouth.

Peter would like to thank all of the

volunteers and the many friends and

family who have donated already

whose thoughts and encouragement

proved a great inspiration on the way.

Thank you

£2,100 has been pledged already

but he is asking everyone to make

one final effort to support the excellent

work of the brave volunteer crew

of Teignmouth RNLI.

You can do this by visiting the Just

Giving page at: https://www.justgiving.

com/fundraising/teignmouth-rnli-

lifesavers-fund-2021

Unfortunately, for the second consecutive

year, it will not be possible

to hold an open, face to face annual

meeting, which is scheduled for 7pm

on Thursday, March 25.

For those readers who are registered

RNLI volunteers with internet access,

the meeting will go ahead via Zoom,

and the agenda and papers for the

meeting will be emailed later in the

month.

The formal notice of the meeting

will include a link and password

which when clicked will take you

through to the online meeting.

For those without internet access,

paper copies will be posted, but joining

the meeting will unfortunately not

be possible.

In terms of fundraising, we hope to

resume normal activities later in the

year should restrictions be lifted.

In the meantime, the RNLI Teignmouth

lifeboat station is one of the

chosen charities of the year of Cllr

Alison Foden, the Mayor of Dawlish.

While this year has been particularly

difficult for fundraising, the

Dawlish Charity Bingo have chosen

to support her chosen charities,

including the RNLI Teignmouth

at their one-off virtual Easter Live

Bingo event on Wednesday, April 14,

at 8pm.

On this evening there will be five

virtual full standard bingo games

(£25 prize for the line and £50 for the

full house) and a bonus flyer game

(roughly £65 prize for the line and

£80 for the full house!

Tickets for the event will cost £10

each and the event will be delivered

via a Facebook livestream. See

for further details and to

buy your tickets.

And finally, some safety advice:

when you see big waves hitting the

coast please stay well back.

It may seem fun to wait for a wave

to sweep up the beach or along the

sea wall, but only 15cm of water can

knock you off your feet.

Bear this in mind when the weather

is stormy or conditions are rough.

And don’t be caught out by the ‘seventh

wave’.

Remember that the wave in the

middle of a set is often bigger and

can reach further up the beach or

along the promenade. Remember

please, that if you have to be rescued

you are putting our Lifeboat crew at

risk.