Overland 1983: The 1st Lyn (Exmoor) Scouts, with a third size replica of the pulling lifeboat, Louisa, built by themselves, re-enact the epic journey of the Lynmouth lifeboatmen in January 1899 when they took Louisa up Countisbury Hill, 1,500 feet above sea level, over Exmoor, and down into Porlock Weir before launching to go to the help of the full-rigged ship Forrest Hall.

The 1983 epic raised about £400 for the lifeboats, photograph by courtesy of Martin R. Loader.