A BURNHAM lifeboat volunteer has been selected as a probationary member after successfully completing her training.

Lesley-Ruth Hart is now scheduled to undergo a long and specific training syllabus and assessment before being considered as a qualified inshore lifeboat crew member.

She will be documenting her training experiences as a blog, which can be read by visiting www.lesleyruthrnli.tumblr.com

Lifeboat press officer Mike Lang said: “Lesley’s enthusiasm knows no bounds and she has already started to organise a lifeboat ball for later in the year so keep an eye on the blog.”

Lifeboat operations manager Matt Davies added: “Lesley is our first crew member to open up a specific training blog.

“It will be interesting to see how it pans out.”