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Saturday, 28 June 2025

Out and About.

Although it's been warm I'm sure this doesn't count as a heatwave unlike other parts of the country.
Having stayed home for the last ten days it made a nice change to get out today.
First I drove down to the community gardens for another of the mini jumble sales in aid of a new bus shelter. It was a chance to get out, maybe see a few people I knew and of course eat cake. And that I did. I chatted a bit, had a piece of carrot cake and even found a couple of items in the jumble sale, a useful extra large cotton shopping bag and a cut glass bottle stopper. Today's jumble sale made nearly £100 so with any luck we should have a new shelter before the autumn and the children won't have to wait for the school bus in the rain.

In the afternoon we walked down to the RNLI Station for the official blessing and hand-over of the new D-class lifeboat, D-839 Annie Lizzie. It is named after Miss Annie Elizabeth Niederman who left money in her will for the purchase of a lifeboat. There were some words, fortunately quite brief, said by various people including The Lord Lieutenant of Dyfed (a lady) followed by a service led by the local vicar. Both the Welsh and British National Anthems were sung accompanied by a small silver? band. Amongst all this the lifeboat was officially handed over to the station and had a bottle of something fizzy poured over its bows. Something interesting I learned was that in the 59 years Borth RNLI has been operating over 250 lives have been saved. Not bad for a village of just over 1,000 people.
Then the lifeboat was launched and splashed its way dramatically through the waves for a while to show its capabilities after which there was tea and a good selection of sandwiches and cake. I chatted to a few people that I knew before heading for home. Peter stayed on and I understand that they would then be going on to the pub for a while.
Photos from the internet.
The plant supports were waiting for me when I got home so they have been unpacked and used to prop up any of the taller plants that looked ready to succumb to the wind or were resting on top of smaller plants.
Here is a video of the ceremony.

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