The wishing well at Cawdor Castle, the fourteenth century home of the Thanes of Cawdor, also gives an opportunity to castle visitors to become RNLI well wishers. The picture shows a recent lifting of the grill and (I to r) Lord Cawdor, Derek Hartwell, Lady Cawdor, Susan Ford (12) and Alasdair Ross (14) who count the money, and Fraser Webster. This way of raising money—literally—has brought in a remarkable £2,350 in only two years and to encourage donations and wishes further Mr Beck of Dunfermline has generously made a model A run lifeboat to float in the floodlit well; it was ceremoniously launched by Coxswain William Lipp of Invergordon lifeboat.

photograph by courtesy of D. C. Thomson and Co.