Visitors are given look around base in Portaferry RNLI

Visitors are given look around base in Portaferry RNLI

19 September 2018

PORTAFERRY RNLI station was a hive of activity last week.

The volunteers, who run the service and play a critical role going to the aid of people who get into difficulty in Strangford Lough, met a number of visitors.

They included Belinda and James Richardson who are currently raising funds for the RNLI by attempting to drive anti-clockwise around the British Isles visiting all 238 RNLI lifeboat stations, including Portaferry, in a Porsche 911 within 911 hours.

No sooner had James and Belinda headed off to continue their RNLI-911 challenge, when the Portavogie Youth 2011 football squad arrived with some of their parents and coaches.

They enjoyed inspecting the Blue Peter V lifeboat before their coach, David Cully, presented a cheque for £1,300 to Mrs Pat Browne, chairwoman of the Portaferry and District Lifeboat Guild.

The Portaferry volunteers want to thank the football club for all its hard work raising money for the lifeboat operation.