Legal eagles at a Ringwood law firm swapped their desks for the sea air as they inspected their very own buoy.

Partners at Ellis Jones had the chance to go on a yacht as a special thank you from Dick Linford Commodore of Parkstone Yacht Club in Poole, as the firm had sponsored the race mark for more than eight years.

The buoy they inspected was just off the North Channel in the south-east end of Poole Harbour and is known to hundreds of sailors who race there each year.

Managing Partner at Ellis Jones, Nigel Smith, said: “The race buoy is a great way of getting our name across to hundreds of people in the most unlikely, but picturesque, of settings. It was good to see the Ellis Jones' name standing out loud and proud.”