Egg-cellent response to Easter mission

Children whose mums and dads volunteer at Hunstanton RNLI take part in Easter egg hunt

The group of children donned their Future Crew kit, and awaited further instructions outside the lifeboat station in Old Hunstanton.

First they were given a SMEAC (Search Missing Eggs And Chocolate) briefing by hovercraft commander and lifeboat helm Jon Butler.

Hovercraft commander and lifeboat helm Jon Butler

Then the EL (Egg Launcher) radioed up to the BOM (Bunny Operations Manager) in the ops room, "If anyone's gonna to find 'em it'll be them kids. This crew can smell chocolate a mile away, over."

"Clear for launch, clear for launch," came the reply over the airwaves. "Let 'em loose when ready, over..."

And they didn't take long to complete their mission by filling their buckets, before tucking in over their de-brief.

"Local knowledge clearly played a part here," one crew member said. "Some of them have done this before, so they've got a good idea where to start looking."

Mums and dads were on hand to watch as the operation unfolded, which involved 10 future crew.

They really cracked it!

Images all RNLI/Chris Bishop