In this episode of Keeping Watch, hosts Ed Peppitt and Mel Charles share lighthouse news from the AGM in Whitehaven, including a visit to St Bees Lighthouse in heavy weather, Gordon Medlicott's memoirs book sales and signing, as well as Ed's involvement in BBC Radio 3's all-day lighthouse broadcast featuring live choral music and an interview with his daughter Lottie. Mel also highlights Annie's Lighthouse Explorers website, where Annie is building a lighthouse-themed media library.
The main interview is with ALK member Rohan Beyts, who bought Toddhead Lighthouse near Aberdeen after it was decommissioned and converted it into her home. She talks about the purchase in 2012, the various planning permission and listed-building constraints, the tower's glass floor over the old clockwork mechanism, maintenance challenges from winter weather and salt, and the community of lighthouse-connected visitors and stories.
Key moments
01:19 AGM Weekend in Whitehaven 01:58 St Bees Stormy Tower Tour 04:32 Food and Hotel Highlights 05:29 BBC Radio 3 at Dungeness 07:56 Lighthouse Explorers Media Library 09:01 Meet Rowan of Tod Head 10:32 Buying the Lighthouse 12:31 Renovation and Glass Floor 15:34 Finding the ALK Community 18:34 Wild Weather and Visitors 21:33 ALK Membership Message 22:08 Birdlife and Moth Recording 25:22 Stevenson Designs and Lighthouse Collecting 28:15 Preserving Stories and Heritage 29:07 Christmas Lights and Farewell 29:59 Episode Wrap and Subscribe
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