Miles for Myles

19/07/2023

A HUGE thank you to everyone at Kinghorn RNLI Lifeboat. It was a pleasure to meet you all, and thank you for hosting a much-needed pit stop before day 4’s home stretch - the teas were class!

All of us at Kinghorn Lifeboat were delighted to welcome Peter Saunders and his support team to the station recently. Peter walked 117 miles to fundraise in memory of his friend Cameron Lancaster.

The funds Peter raises from walking and camping along the Fife coastal path will go towards water safety and education charities chosen by Cameron’s family.

The event was in memory of Peter’s friend, Cameron Lancaster who tragically lost his life at Preston Hill Quarry in Inverkeithing in 2014.

Peter was joined by Cameron’s family and close friends at various sections of the walk and stopping in at Anstruther and Kinghorn RNLI Lifeboat Stations and RNLI Lifeguard Huts throughout Fife.

Peter has so far raised over £3,000 for charity, if you would like to donate to Peter’s Just Giving page, you can find it here. https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/miles-for-myles?utm_term=B98PYYGz6&fbclid=IwAR3i84bKDd4P_kxU2HvR_DK0JI9SssKVI3WHliMAJuJQfL_UU8A96rvtguM

The RNLI encourage everyone to swim at a lifeguarded beach and to enter cold water gradually and acclimatise slowly to reduce the risk of cold water shock. If you see someone in trouble, call 999 or 112 and ask for the coastguard.

19/07/2023

A HUGE thank you to everyone at Kinghorn RNLI Lifeboat. It was a pleasure to meet you all, and thank you for hosting a much-needed pit stop before day 4’s home stretch - the teas were class!

Give them a follow to stay in the loop about their work and to see the impact that donating to water safety can make.

All of us at Kinghorn Lifeboat were delighted to welcome Peter Saunders and his support team to the station recently. Peter walked 117 miles to fundraise in memory of his friend Cameron Lancaster.

The funds Peter raises from walking and camping along the Fife coastal path will go towards water safety and education charities chosen by Cameron’s family.

The event was in memory of Peter’s friend, Cameron Lancaster who tragically lost his life at Preston Hill Quarry in Inverkeithing in 2014.

Peter was joined by Cameron’s family and close friends at various sections of the walk and stopping in at Anstruther and Kinghorn RNLI Lifeboat Stations and RNLI Lifeguard Huts throughout Fife.

Peter has so far raised over £3,000 for charity, if you would like to donate to Peter’s Just Giving page, you can find it here. https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/miles-for-myles?utm_term=B98PYYGz6&fbclid=IwAR3i84bKDd4P_kxU2HvR_DK0JI9SssKVI3WHliMAJuJQfL_UU8A96rvtguM

The RNLI encourage everyone to swim at a lifeguarded beach and to enter cold water gradually and acclimatise slowly to reduce the risk of cold water shock. If you see someone in trouble, call 999 or 112 and ask for the coastguard.

10/07/2023

The funds Peter raises from walking and camping along the Fife coastal path will go towards water safety and education charities chosen by Cameron’s family.

09/07/2023

117 miles walked in 5 days, and over £2700 raised so far in memory of Cameron.

This week wouldn’t have happened without the support of some amazing people.

Thank you to Barry McCleery, Iain Dick and Martin Docherty from the 48th Scouts for their support in arranging the hall and the minibus.

Thank you to everyone who helped to make yesterday evening possible; for their organisation and catering and love and support.

Thank you to everyone who joined the walked. It was great to spend time with you all and every fresh new pair of feet made the load feel lighter.

Thank you to the RNLI lifeguard and lifeboat crews and ops staff of Fife - West Sands, East Sands, Anstruther, Elie, Leven, Kinghorn, Burntisland and Aberdour. It’s been a real privilege getting to meet so many people and getting a better insight of the impact and value of their work.

Thank you to Lachlan Edwards and Jess Wilson-Leigh for walking with me as much as they did. The laughs, chats, games, pain, pints and ration packs that we’ve shared have been the highlights of my week.

Thank you to Cameron’s family for sharing their love and support in planning this week and for being with me when they can, it’s meant a lot.

Thank you everyone for every single penny that’s been donated, it’s helped to power every step.

08/07/2023

Running almost an hour ahead of schedule as we approach North Queensferry. 7 miles to go.

08/07/2023

Day 5: let’s gooooo!!!!!! Bringing it home with an army today. 23 miles to go.

08/07/2023

FREE Open Water Safety Sessions for 7-14 year olds
Swim Safe gives children the skills to enjoy outdoor swimming safely, knowing where it's safe to swim, how to float and what to do if they or someone else finds themselves in difficulty.

Friday 14th July at Silver Sands, Aberdour.

We have sessions at:
11:00, 12:15, 13:30, 15:15, 16:30

Book your free session here: https://swimsafe.org.uk/locations/aberdour

07/07/2023

Lunch in Dysart with some more new company! Looking good for 6pm at Kinghorn lifeboat station, and they’re excited to welcome us with tea, coffee and cake! Bring a picnic, and we’ll aim to starting walking from Kinghorn at 7pm. Also, we’re no longer camping in the scout hut tonight because we all smell and want to go home tonight for a shower. Onwards!

07/07/2023

Kenny D makes us four for 4!

07/07/2023

Day 4: Shell Bay to Dalgety Bay.
Very late finish last night in bad weather conditions. Excited to have some fresh feet joining us for today! Also loosing some kit weight this morning. Looking forward to Kinghorn this evening and seeing lots of fresh faces, and hopefully some lifeboat crew. Onwards!

06/07/2023

Day 3: lunch stop. 1 hour behind schedule leaving Anstruther. Worth it to meet some truly amazing folks that are working here at the RNLI in lots of different roles. They will support the walk with a press release that we hope will be passed around and shared by all 238 lifeboat stations in the country!

06/07/2023

Day 3: into Anstruther for lunch time to meet the RNLI media team, then we’ll hopefully catch the Elie lifeguard team before they clock off. 23 miles today, hopefully dry ones.

05/07/2023

End of day 2: with new company! 3 ticks between us. About 21 miles today?? Not sure, too tired to be sure. Feeling good! Bring on day 3.

05/07/2023

Day 2: Tentsmuir to Kingsbarns.

04/07/2023

End of day 1: soggy morning, good afternoon, sore evening. 1 tick removed, great company and chats, little bit of crying (largely about the tick). 92 miles in 4 days to go.

04/07/2023

Day 1. 117 miles to go.