UK Coast charity walkers enjoy a brew with the crew at Newquay RNLI

Antony & Sally Brown from St Blazey Gate in Cornwall began their walk at Bude RNLI last May, walking clockwise round the coast and are now only five days and three lifeboat stations away from completing the trek back in Bude one year later, having raised more than £10,000 for the charity that saves lives at sea.

After being at the lifeboat station until 11pm on Thursday night following a call to investigate an object in the water at East Pentire, some of Newquay's RNLI volunteers returned to the boathouse at 2pm to welcome Antony & Sally in glorious sunshine, following their walk from St Agnes on Friday morning.

Antony & Sally left Bude on 15 May last year and are due to arrive back there on Wednesday (22 May), the day before Sally's 60th birthday. Antony said: 'We walked the Cornish coast path in 2015 and loved it, which inspired us to walk further! We're proud to fundraise for the charity which does such vital work and the welcome we've received from lifeboat crews around the UK has been one of the highlights of the walk. We call ourselves 'gap-year grandparents! The kids had gap-years, so this is ours!'.

Newquay RNLI Deputy Lifeboat Press Officer, Andy Hobkinson said: 'I was a bit 'late to the party' unfortunately, but since Antony & Sally left Yorkshire en route to Cornwall in early February, I have been on board with them, contacting lifeboat stations to encourage support and arrange welcomes from crews. I walked the South West Coast Path 25-years ago, so I have nothing but admiration for the challenge that Antony & Sally have been undertaking, walking ten-times that distance to support the dedicated crews of the RNLI'.