Thanks to Becky Wing for permission to use her photo taken after the recent high winds swept along our East Cliff. It is easy to see what the gale has done but what is happening inside the National Coastwatch station? Who are they? What do they do? How do they fit alongside the Coastguards and RNLI etc.?

The National Coastwatch Institution first became a presence in Ramsgate in August 2023 with the attendance of an exhibition trailer near the main beach. The organisation has 56 Lookout Watchstations around the Coast and the one on the East Cliff was added less than a year ago.

Our talk at the San Clu on March 20th will be led by Dave Coupland in a session which promises a multi-media combination of slides, display boards, video and some hands-on equipment. The Watchstations are entirely run by volunteers and he will be joined by their membership secretary, Yvonne Smith.

Following an increase in cost for both room hire and the booking system the fee for booking all talks will now be rounded up from £2:88p to a straight £3 (something that many of you have recommended all along!)

As usual, the event takes place at The San Clu Hotel with doors open at 6:30pm and the talk itself from 7pm to 8pm. Non members of the society are requested to consider an additional voluntary donation of £3 or to take the opportunity at the talk to join the Society.

Book here in advance to attend: https://bit.ly/CoastwatchTalk