To give his MG. TC, the bodvwork of which he had been re-building, a 'jolly good thrudging', Bob Shaw suggested a run from John O Groats to Land's End in aid of the lifeboats; Ian Horsefield said he would go along as second driver. Last July a car transport company took the MG to Inverness free of charge and British Airways transported the drivers at greatly reduced fares. The 'team' was flagged off from Scrabster b Thurso station branch committee and crew early on July 19 and welcomed at Sennen Cove the next morning. Altogether 849 miles and more than £1.500 in sponsorship for the Tadley branch..