Kinghorn lifeboat crew member's 2021 fundraising calendar sells out

Donnie Maclean’s initiative also raised £500 for the lifesaving organisation.The calendar features 12 images including local beachscapes, the Firth of Forth and Kinghorn Lifeboat.

Demand proved to be strong, with all 60 copies sold by Christmas.

Donnie said, ‘I was inspired to do it because I was taking some nice photos and posting them in the local Facebook photography groups.

The feedback was very positive, so I thought that it would be a good opportunity to pull the best ones together into a calendar.”

Donnie, who began volunteering as a member of the shore crew at the Kinghorn station last year, is hugely passionate about fundraising for the RNLI - and with good reason.

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He explained: “I was actually rescued by the RNLI lifeboat on Loch Ness during a kayaking endurance feat that I was attempting in 2016.

‘One of my fellow athletes was knocked into the water when the wind and swell got up at a pinch point about half way down the loch.

“I went to help him and ended up getting knocked into the water too. The waves were too high for us to be able to get back into the kayaks, and we were right in the middle, so we were really struggling.

“He was really suffering with the cold water, so we radioed for the lifeboat, and they were amazing.

In 2020, the Kinghorn crew responded to nearly 100 incidents.

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