RNLI Queensferry had an unusual visitor yesterday, in the form of the London 2012 Olympic torch! Also pictured is Falkirk hammer thrower Myra Perkins

Not only was Hamish Loudon's three-year-old grandaughter happy to wear her own lifejacket, she insisted that her dolly was also fitted with her own RNLI-branded version!

Sandbanks RNLI lifeguards being filmed by the ITV Daybreak team

Sandbanks RNLI lifeguards with the ITV Daybreak team

This is one of our T-shirts for little girls who're also budding lifeguards :-) #RNLI

Fire crews tackle the blaze on Hastings pier from onboard an RNLI lifeboat

2010 RNLI Photographer of the Year competition - runner-up in the 'People' category

2010 RNLI Photographer of the Year competition - winner of the 'People' category

2010 RNLI Photographer of the Year competition - runner-up in the 'Landscape' category

2010 RNLI Photographer of the Year competition - winner of the 'Landscape' category

2010 RNLI Photographer of the Year competition - runner-up in the 'Rescues' category

2010 RNLI Photographer of the Year competition - winner of the 'Rescues' category

2010 RNLI Photographer of the Year - the winning photo, by Howard Evans from Western-super-Mare

The day the sea froze! Skegness RNLI lifeboat launches in the snow

The day the sea froze! Skegness RNLI lifeboat launches in the snow

The day the sea froze! Skegness RNLI lifeboat launches in the snow

The crew of the Broughty Ferry RNLI lifeboat 'Mona', who were lost on service 50 years ago.

Lifeguard and Engineering teams at RNLI HQ show their support for #Movember

A view over Westminster bridge from the Tower RNLI inshore lifeboat showing demonstrators lined on the bridge

RNLI lifeboats stand by with police boats on the Thames