A former RNLI lifeboat destined for the scrap heap has been thrown a lifeline by a Stirlingshire farmer.
Martyn Steedman, who hit the headlines with his family’s conversion of a retired Royal Navy Sea King Helicopter in 2016, has offered the ageing lifeboat a new lease of life on his campsite in Thornhill, Stirlingshire where she’ll be transformed into a glamping pod.
The 26-tonne Tyne Class vessel made her final journey on Tuesday May 30, when she was transported from Montrose Port to Mains Farm, Thornhill and craned into position alongside the helicopter. She was then carefully lowered into a large hole, positioned as she would be in the water, looking out over the horizon.
