A ten-year-old cyclist recently cycled across Pembrokeshire to raise vital funds for the RNLI, taking in the lifeboat stations at Tenby, St Davids and Fishguard.
On Saturday 18 October 2025 crew at Fishguard RNLI welcomed back a special guest to mark the end of a bike ride raising funds for the charity.
Ten-year-old Henry Warwick undertook a 66 mile (100 kilometre) cycle across Pembrokeshire taking in some of county’s lifeboat stations, starting out from Tenby just after 8am, visiting St Davids before concluding the ride 9 hours and 10 minutes later at Fishguard.
Henry from Herefordshire was inspired to raise funds for the RNLI following a visit to Fishguard RNLI in February 2025 where he met full time station Coxswain Gemma Gill.
He and his family were given a tour of the station and was surprised to find that the charity received no government funding and relied on the generosity of its supporters.
Following this visit, preparation started for the ride which initially aimed to raise £500, however the target was quickly exceeded. Whilst on a visit to Tenby lifeboat station Henry came across a display detailing the individual costs of each piece of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) which totalled £3241 to provide a crew member with a full set of all-weather and inshore lifeboat PPE, which became the new ambitious target.
This target was reached by the start of the bike ride, and at the time of writing stands at £3708.
When asked about the biggest challenge faced during training, Henry said: ‘I fell off my mountain bike in September and badly hurt my knee, I had a few trips to hospital and had to have five stitches across my knee cap. That was the week before I was due to do the ride so we had to postpone and I lost a lot of training time.’
Henry, who was undertaking the ride with his father Hugh, was joined on the last leg of the journey from Trefin to the lifeboat station by volunteer crew member Ian Davies on his bike. He was then met by crew member Cedwyn Rogers outside of Goodwick in a vehicle adorned with RNLI banners and flag to escort the three cyclists to the station where they were met by cheers and refreshments of freshly baked cakes.
On finishing his journey Henry said: ‘It felt really welcoming to have everyone there clapping for me as I arrived. I was glad to know I had completed the ride and really proud of what I had achieved.’
Fishguard RNLI Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer, Cedwyn Rogers, said: ‘From all of us here at Fishguard RNLI we wish to say a big well done and thank you to Henry and his family, it was a big undertaking and the weather on the day made it an even more challenging task. It is amazing to think that he was inspired to do this from a brief conversation with Gemma whilst visiting the area with family. This demonstrates the impact that these interactions can have and how these can inspire others to help us continue our lifesaving work.’
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