Trio plan walk to help RNLI

Three friends rescued from the North Sea are making a donation tothe Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

They were plucked to safety by the Buckie lifeboat crew aftertheir rubber dinghy drifted out to sea off Cullen Bay.

Dawn Sutherland, 20, Chloe Aitken, 15, and Lauren Moir, 19, wereso grateful they plan to write a pounds100 cheque between them.

They are organising a sponsored walk from Buckie to Cullen Harbournext month in aid of the RNLI.

A helicopter worker from Dyce, Dawn said: "We've decided to givepounds100 to the RNLI.

"We want to thank the RNLI and the lifeboat team.

"I don't know what would have happened without them."

For more information call Heather McKenzie on (01542) 840484.