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I was treasurer for the Appledore Life Boat Station from 1979 to 1983. It has two craft. One is a sea-going vessel that has to go out in all conditions in waters that can be very stormy and treacherous. The other, and the victim of the parking ticket, is an Atlantic semi-inflatable that makes several inshore rescues each year and prevents many more. The tide in the Bristol Channel is the second highest in the world and it comes in wickedly fast over the flat sands around Bideford and Barnstaple: it can fatally trap the unwary. Seasoned coast watchers often see parties heading into trouble and the service alerts them. Persuading city-based visitors that the rustic sounding local who has effected dozens of rescues actually knows more than they do is a problem more often than you would believe: confident ignorance is a killer all too often. The lifeboat crews are volunteers, superbly trained and deeply imbued with the knowledge of local conditions. To say they are brave is an understatement. I hope the worm who stuck a parking ticket on the trailered Atlantic semi-inflatable whilst its crew was briefly absent signing decommissioning papers is very brave too. He will need to be. The folk of North Devon are robustly devoted to their lifeboat crews and will show it. Other Business Money News
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