Inside this issue:

• Donald Cockayne – obituary
• News from the North West, Speakers
• Letters to the editor
• Gardening the Lighthouse Way
• Membership matters
• Response to ‘A day of great clarity’ (Lamp 107)
• How did you get interested in lighthouses? Judy Weeks
• The story of LV50 – a surviving wooden lightvessel – Lester Sher
• ALK at Hurst Castle
• ALK trip to Oban April 2016 – John Best
• Trips and tips – a scenic tour of the lighthouses of Northern France (or how to visit 37 lighthouses in 4 days) – Part 1 – John Grierson
• AGM weekend – Newcastle upon Tyne
• Fair Isle – Arent van der Veen
• The rekindling of a light – Perch Rock – Gordon Medlicott
• Introducing the new ALK Committee
• Book review – Longships and Bishop Rock
• Ship in a bottle – Gordon Medlicott
• The lighthouse keepers and the amber liquid – Ron Sutton
• My favourite lighthouse – Skerryvore – Joy Tubby
• Coffee break quiz – Lighthouse keepers’ 20 questions
• Vacancies – regional representatives
• Events update
• Puzzle corner
• Front cover: Roker Lighthouse: Dean Matthews
• Back cover: Perch Rock, New Brighton: Alan Hodson