Welcome to Episode 2 of the second season of KEEPING WATCH - a fortnightly podcast for enthusiasts of lighthouses, lighthouse keepers, light vessels and other aids to maritime navigation. 

This week we meet Scott Tacchi, a Trinity House Lighthouse Technician based in south west England - I guess in many ways Scott is the modern day equivalent of a lighthouse keeper, although by his own admission his role is a far cry from that of the full time keepers in the days before solar power and automation. 

So what does a Lighthouse Technician do? And how did Scott become one? I met up with him online to find out, but I started by asking him about his unusual surname. 

Scott's Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/keeping_a_lighthouse/

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