World Mascot Championship comes to Blue Light Weekend!
MASCOTS are not really a new idea. Rolls Royce has for years had 'The Spirit of Ecstasy' on the bonnet of their cars. It's much...
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Withernsea's
2-3 August 2025
Blue Light Blogs
by Bill Jardine
Bill Jardine
- Jul 19
- 2 min
Blue Light Sea Swims
IN 1875 Matthew Webb took it upon himself to swim across the English Channel, becoming the first person to do so. Since then dozens of...
Bill Jardine
- Jul 18
- 1 min
The Colour Run is Back !
UNTIL recently I thought a colour run was a laundry catastrophe, which took place when my prized Iron Maiden t-shirt, preserved in...
Bill Jardine
- Jul 17
- 2 min
Yorkshire Air Ambulance
YORKSHIRE Air Ambulance helicopters fly seven days a week, 365 days a year. One helicopter has crew consisting of a pilot, a Technical...
Bill Jardine
- Jul 16
- 3 min
Where The Hell Is Withernsea?
THERE'S an unforgettable scene in The Dirty Dozen featuring the late Canadian actor Donald Sutherland. Scruffy and unshaven, he was...
Bill Jardine
- Jul 16
- 1 min
TYPHOON WARNING !
Not a tropical storm, but the state-of-the art RAF jet. The plane carries an illustrious name. The original Typhoon was a successor to...
Bill Jardine
- Jul 16
- 1 min
Withernsea's famous Raft Race
THE nation has a long tradition of going down to the sea in ships. However, the concept of touring the ocean in water-borne blocks of...
Bill Jardine
- Jul 16
- 2 min
Tiger Moth returns to Blue Light Weekend 2024 !
MAKING a welcome return following its debut at the 2023 Blue Light Festival is Dick Lee in his venerable Tiger Moth. The historic...
Bill Jardine
- Jul 16
- 1 min
Bloodfast at the Heart of Blue Light Weekend
Bloodfast is a specialist logistics company with a heart offering 24/7 365 days emergency response for the delivery of blood and...
Bill Jardine
- Jul 16
- 4 min
Saving Lives At Sea
RNLI Withernsea THE sea is the reason for Withernsea's very existence. From ancient times it provided fish to feed its inhabitants, and ...
Bill Jardine
- Jul 16
- 2 min
Safer Roads Humber
Safer Roads Humber is the regional road safety partnership whose aim is to reduce the number of people killed and injured across the...
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