I’m writing this from a seaside guesthouse in Southend-on-Sea.
After a long drive from Newcastle, my soul was instantly nourished by the sea lapping at the shore and the sun sinking over Southend Pier…
Tomorrow’s glass is polished and an old friend — also a kind volunteer — is about to arrive from the train station.
Now, just as it did last month at the start of the inaugural mission, everything feels shipshape for the second mission, which starts tomorrow morning.
Things are different now, of course. As I wrote at the time, my nerves were jangling ahead of visiting the very first station — Southwold — on 12th January.
This evening, with everything honed and ready, I simply can’t wait to get started again after the successes of the last few weeks.
Fingers crossed, of course, that this journey goes at least as smoothly as the last (I’m never complacent, you see)…
MISSION TWO: THE ITINERARY
As things stand, this is how the itinerary looks over the next three weeks or so:
- Southend-on-Sea: Saturday 28th February 2015
- Clacton-on-Sea: Sunday 1st March 2015
- Burnham-on-Crouch: Monday 2nd March 2015
- West Mersea: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
- Walton & Frinton: Thursday 5th March 2015
- Aldeburgh: Saturday 7th March 2015
- Harwich: Sunday 8th March 2015
- Cromer: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th March
- Lowestoft: Monday 16th March
- Hunstanton: Wednesday 18th March (TBC)
THANK YOU
I’d like to thank all those who’ve supported the Project to this point — it’s truly moving to see so many of you recognising the value in the photographs I’m making.
Remember, although the RNLI are supporting me logistically, I’m currently raising the funding under my own steam — in essence, my own form of crowdfunding.
Print sales, pre-orders and donations are, quite frankly, the oxygen of The Lifeboat Station Project:
Find out how you can help by clicking here…
TRACKING THE PROJECT
You can track our progress ‘live’ by following the Instagram, Facebook and Twitter feeds — check out the links down the left hand side of this page.
Remember, there’s a project Newsletter too:
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Stay tuned for more news and I shall hope to see you along our coastline soon.
ONE LAST THING…
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