Royal Naval Auxiliary Service RNXS

I was just looking at the photo of me which I used to have on the 'about me' section on this blog and I think I looked really grumpy so I have changed it to one of me in a Royal Naval Auxiliary Service (RNXS) uniform, probably taken about 15 years ago. They closed the RNXS down in some random round of defence cuts not long after that. Odd really, as we were all unpaid volunteers. I suppose the base in Llandudno must have cost a couple of pounds a year to maintain, but nothing much. We used to run ports and anchorages and there was an 'afloat unit' at Menai Bridge which had a vessel like the one in the photo here, I think.
I guess the Royal Navy may manage without the RNXS, at a push.