WICK LIFEBOAT STATION
Imagery and words from a day spent with the amazing @rnli volunteer Zoe Rothera at the Wick Lifeboat station in North East Scotland.
“It’s impossible to explain the adrenaline rush when your pager goes off,” says Zoe, now into her fourth year as an RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) volunteer. “You just drop whatever you’re doing, dash for the station, get your gear on and launch the boat onto the water. No matter the weather or the state of the sea, if someone’s in trouble out there you don’t hang around. One day I might need help myself – and I’d like to think that a stranger would do their best for me.”
For Zoe, that means leaving her job in a care home as quickly and as safely as she can and driving the few miles to Wick Lifeboat Station in the far north of Scotland. Operating an all-weather Trent class lifeboat, it’s a busy station where crew members have been recognized 11 times by the RNLI for their lifesaving achievements.
These volunteers risk their lives and give their time every day … incredible people.
