Fowey Lifeboat Station will be hosting a day of celebration tomorrow (Saturday).

The RNLI Connecting Our Communities Bicentenary Scroll will be in the town for a signing ceremony.

A Fowey RNLI spokesperson said: “Hundreds of communities expressed their interest in hosting the scroll and we are delighted that Fowey Lifeboat Station has been chosen as a host location.

“Connecting Our Communities is an Olympic Torch-style relay event in which a specially-made scroll is being transported across the UK as the RNLI marks 200 years of lifesaving.

“We’re also commemorating 165 years of Fowey lifeboats this year.

“So to mark the occasions, we will be holding a special Water Safety and RNLI Scroll Relay Day from 10am to 3pm.

“We hope as many people as possible can come along to help us celebrate this historic occasion.

“During the day, the D-class crew will be demonstrating man overboard recovery in Fowey harbour. Coastguard and water safety teams will be giving demonstrations and water safety advice, including talks on cold water shock and how to ‘float to live’.

“There will be lifejacket maintenance sessions on how to service and check lifejackets, and TMS from Par will be there selling spare parts for lifejackets.

“Our all-weather lifeboat will be open for tours and our lifeboat shop will be open all day. “There will be music and refreshments and Stormy Stan will be making a special appearance.

“A focal point of the day will be the scroll signing ceremony which will take place at 1pm.

“The day will end at 3pm with the launch of the all-weather lifeboat from the pontoon in Fowey. The signed scroll will be taken on board the lifeboat to Mevagissey, arriving at 3.30pm.

“There the scroll will be handed over to representatives from the Mevagissey RNLI shop for a special signing ceremony on the quay.”