Morning
Re the question of the RNLI and rescue services....I have some knowledge on account of my current boyf and I several people I know being on the local crew. They're urging people to stay out of the water to protect themselves from infection risk. There's no CPR at the moment. And they don't want to drop people at the county's hospital in case of overloading it even though it's currently empty
My opinion with the lifeboat crews is that the levels of adulation they get are sometimes completely over the top. On their FB page it's as though their followers compete with each other about who can deify them the most. Apart from a couple per station, the crews are volunteers - they want to do the job and no one is holding a gun to their head. It's a bit like the screeching and frothing every time there's a big storm and people stand safely getting photos. "WHAT IF THEY NEEDED RESCUING?" etc. Or anyone who ever goes into the water - the level of spite and vitriol directed towards local surfers during the lockdown has been horrible.
OK a chap was pulled out of the sea the other day - hypothermia, clinging to his kayak, no buoyancy aid, no radio, nothing. He had driven down from the Midlands. That was bloody stupid. But it would have been stupid during non corona times too. Some people just are!