THE volunteer crew of the RNLI lifeboat in Lyme Regis have welcomed the return to the town of their lifeboat after a four month major refit.

The Spirit of Loch Fyne arrived by road on a trailer yesterday after the RNLI carried out the refit at its workshops in Cowes on the Isle of Wight.

Since January the crew have operated a similar vessel named Dylan Rotchell.

Bridport and Lyme Regis News: The Spirit of Loch Fyne, right. Picture: Richard Horobin HorobinThe Spirit of Loch Fyne, right. Picture: Richard Horobin Horobin

Spirit of Loch Fyne has been on round the clock duty in Lyme Regis since 2012.

Nick Marks, volunteer lifeboat operations manager said: “We are delighted to see our boat back in Lyme Regis but the relief vessel served us well for four months.”

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