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Travel with Albert
Our thanks for these great photos from Mrs. L. Buttle. from Corby.
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| Steering The Saga Ruby. |
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| Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin |
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| The Little Mermaid, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| Travel Bus. Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Vasa Museum, Stockholm, Sweden |
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| River Neva, St. Petersburg |
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| Wall outside Tourist Shop. St. Petersburg, Russia |
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| Cruising The River Neva, St. Petersburg |
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| The Isaaci Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russia |
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| Helsinki, Finland |
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"Eagle-eyed readers will notice that Albert Edward's brother Robert, deputised for him and travelled to Libya for a very special engagement. Albert Edward himself was unavoidably delayed in Africa as a result of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupting in Iceland. Jim Fraser MM. BEM was Field Marshall Montgomery's driver at the run up to El Alamaine (now in his 90's) and returned - probably for the last time - to the desert, paying his respects to fallen comrades". |
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Here is Andrew Swettenham who is Jim Frasers carer. |
 Albert Edward In the most northern permanently occupied place in the world. It is an international scientific station each country has its own 'minute village' bicycles in summer, skidoos in winter. Temp that day 11 - 12�C Some land in Alaska & Northern Canada are further North but nobody lives there. |
 Albert Edward at the most Northerly post office in the world. |
 Albert Edward greeted by Troll off the ships tender in Geiranger fjord. |
| Many thanks to Mrs L. Buttle for these photos
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 0931/2 - sizing up the pineapple plants @ Sarapiqui |
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Tina in Zambia 2010Hello everybody, my name is Albert Edward. I am a knitted Lifeboatman from Clacton-on-Sea with a fondness for world travel. My escapades began a few years ago when I turned up in a box of aid in Kosovo with the volunteers of Hope & Aid Direct. Knowing that one their regulars does a great deal of RNLI fundraising, I was ordered to report for duty to a certain Mr Graham Crame. Graham and I shared a happy journey back to his home Harwich �where we got to know each other very well indeed. Since then, amongst other adventures, I have voyaged aboard the MV Discovery to the Arctic Circle and have abseiled down Southwold Lighthouse. Now I am accompanying Tina in Zambia. I am both proud and delighted that she has made me an honorary VSO volunteer:  I must admit, it has been something of a culture shock for me to be in such a hot, and land-locked, country. There is barely a light breeze here most days and I find myself yearning for a decent Force-9 gale!! Oh well, there are some great tropical rain storms for me to splash about in.
Tina has introduced me to the delights of Zambia�s own local
brew, Mosi Beer. Of course I don�t normally touch alcohol while
on duty but as there don�t seem to be any �in peril on the sea�,
I indulge in a bottle of the golden throat-charmer at the end of
a long hot day. It tastes just like my other favourite, Peja
Bier!
 There are other delights on this trip too, but I�m far too much of a gentleman to go into detail �.suffice to say, Sleepie-Buns is not as quiet as she looks!! I am always trying to raise funds for RNLI and have a few adventures lined up for when I return from Zambia. If you are interested in taking me on an unusual expedition, please get in touch with Graham at [email protected] � For a small donation of �25 (and a picture for my album), I will happily consider most things� a climb up Everest, a Polar exploration or, for the real adrenalin junkies, a trip around Liverpool! Thanks for reading about me, hope we meet up soon, Albert Edward |
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| From: Tina Williams Click here for Tina Williams Blog |
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�Albert Edward� joins the Clacton crew
The volunteers at Clacton-on-Sea lifeboat station have gained a new
member. He was a present to shop manager Graham Crame while on a
visit to Kosovo.
Graham is a volunteer with the charity Hope and Aid Direct and it
was on a recent trip that his colleagues gave him the knitted
lifeboatman.
�They knew of my connection with the RNLI, and thought his
adventures might help raise funds� said Graham. �We named him Albert
Edward after the first lifeboat stationed at Clacton�
We haven�t been able to establish how he arrived in Kosovo, but have
been tracking his movements since. He returned overland from
Pristina to Harwich a distance of 2257 kilometres and nine
countries. He was soon of again this time on a memorial voyage from
Harwich to Mumansk to remember the thousands of seaman who lost
their lives in the Russian convoys of World War II.
On his return he joined Graham�s son Nathan on the RNLI�s
fundraising abseil at Southwold lighthouse.
Where will he be off to next? If you would like to have him as a
companion on an unusual journey, please get in touch, We ask for a
donation of �25 and a picture of him on his adventures.
The pictures show Albert Edward leaving Kosovo and with Nathan at
Southwold.
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 Photo by: Nathan to Richard Lycett Photography. richardlycettphotography.co.uk |
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Fund Raising Drive
Stevie Mann from Cornwall is driving his mini round the UK visiting
all the mainland lifeboat stations. Starting at Lands End on
September 1st the trip is planned to take 41 days,
finishing on October 11th. He is hoping to be at Clacton
boathouse on 2nd October at around 12.30pm.
The aim of the drive is to raise sufficient funds to buy a new
lifeboat to be named Mini 1.
Stevie has a website at
www.mini-rnli.co.uk
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�Albert Edward� on his travels again
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Lifeboat mascot Albert Edward has been up to the Arctic Circle on
the MV Discovery. He visited Murmansk in July as part of the voyage
to remember the seamen who lost their lives on the Arctic convoys
during World War II.
His companion on the trip was Anna Rendell-Knights from Harwich.
Also on board was David Barby the antiques expert from such programs
as Flog-It and Bargain Hunt. David was only too pleased to pose for
a photo for Albert�s scrap book.
Press Officer Mel Winger
21/10/2009 |
