For anyone who is in Cornwall on the right dates the Old Penlee Lifeboat Station (Mousehole) is having a few opening days this year from 11am to 3.30pm. Free, no booking, just turn up-
Easter Monday 6 April;
Bank Holiday Monday 25 May;
Sunday 28 June;
Sunday 26 July;
Wednesday 12 August;
Bank Holiday Monday 31 August
and Sunday 27 September
This is an unusual chance to visit a pre WW1 slipway launch lifeboat station, and to pay respects to the crew of the lifeboat Solomon Browne tragically lost on service on 19 December 1981- a piece of Cornish social history.