On passage: a 24-hour sponsored sail to raise £300 for the RNLI was undertaken by nine 13-year-olds from Thrum Hall School in Rochdale. They took turns to helm a 16ft Wayfarer dinghy round Hollingworth Lake under the watchful eye of Lt Peter Davies, RNR (r), in command of the rescue boat. With him are (I to r) Richard Jackson, Paul Mabey, Andrew Clutterbuck, Julian Plait, Anthony Wild and Richard Sutton. In the dinghy are Sadie Green, Susan Whitehead and Louise Kaufman.

photograph by courtesy of Eric Graham.