Hunstanton theatre team take part in Mayday Mile for RNLI

Andy Clifton, Carol Stovell, Charlie Parfitt and Anna Hallard, from the Princess Theatre at Hunstanton, are well on their way towards their £1,000 target.

Charlie, who works as a lighting technician at the popular venue, is also a hovercraft commander at the nearby lifeboat station.

Front of house manager Andy, who has so far walked 42 miles, said: 'The RNLI isn't funded by the government and we live by the sea, so it's not a matter of if you have to go out and save lives, it's a matter of when.'

Andy and Carol, who works in the theatre box office, came to the lifeboat station to watch lifeboat Spirit of West Norfolk set out on a training launch, with Charlie at the helm.

This year's Mayday Mile has so far raised almost £250,000, with more than 3,000 entrants clocking up around 40,000 miles between them.

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