Student completes 'marathon trek' to raise money for RNLI
Jul 31st, 2009
A student from Bangor has trekked 595 miles in order to raise funds for the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI).Keith Brownrigg, 23, walked the Ulster Way, the longest marked trail in the UK, in aid of the sea rescue charity, according to the Belfast Telegaph.
The journey took the architecture student five weeks and he spent his nights sleeping in a tent that he carried with him.
He told the newspaper: "I'm just so happy that I have done something positive this summer and helping raise money for the lifeboats who are helping to save people's lives just gives it another edge.
"It is a great charity made up of people who are putting themselves on the line to save other people's lives and they don't get anything out of it."
The RNLI is a voluntary organisation that provides sea rescue around the coastline of Britain and Ireland.
The crews of the lifeboats are all volunteers and last year they rescued more than 8,000 people, according to their website.
"I would recommend Dream Marine to others. Everyone was easygoing and helpful. I didn’t mind who I talked to. It was all good. Shame having to come back to London afterwards.
Come on Chris… when’s the next one?"
Come on Chris… when’s the next one?"
