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(Right) Burton-On-Trent Branch President and a Committee Member Plan to Visit All English Mainland Lifeboat Stations on Their Bmw Motorcycles They Will Start from the Rnli Stand at the Royal

(Right) Burton-on-Trent branch president and a committee member plan to visit all English mainland lifeboat stations on their BMW motorcycles. They will start from the RNLI stand at the Royal Show being held at the National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, leaving on the first morning of the show. June 30, and returning there before the show closes on July 3. Funds will be raised for the lifeboat service by commercial sponsorship and by running a 'guess the mileage' competition for which the first prize will be a new BMW R45 motorcycle generously donated by- BMW (GB) Ltd. Burton-on-Trent branch, which hopes to raise more than £30,000, invites stations, branches and guilds to support the venture by selling tickets for the competition, all monies being retained for.

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