Lifeboats News Release
Newquay RNLI lifeboat rescues family cut off by the tide
Date: 28/07/2010
Author: Tracy Cayton-Smith, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer
Newquay RNLI lifeboats launched at 16:10 hrs on Tuesday 27th July 2010 following reports of a family trapped by the incoming tide at Bedruthan Steps.
Falmouth coastguards received a 999 call from a member of the public reporting the family of two adults and two children cut off by the tie at the north end of Bedruthan steps. The family had been unaware of the incoming tide.
Falmouth Coastguard tasked Newquay’s inshore lifeboats, so Newquay RNLI lifeboats launched with Ben Eglinton and Ian Jepson at the helms. The Coastguard also asked the RNLI lifeguards from Mawgan Porth if they could attend in their rescue boat.
RNLI lifeguards Lee Parker and Mark Ebbage were first on scene. Knowing the lifeboats were on the way and that the casualties were in no immediate danger they went ashore and reassured the family.
When the lifeboat Valerie Wilson arrived, crew member Ian Jepson took two of the casualties off the beach to the bottom of the steps before returning for the other two.
The family were on holiday from South London. People holidaying in the area are always advised to check tide times and seek advice regarding the accessibility of long stretches of coast. Bedruthan is one of many long beaches with very limited access points making a hasty retreat very difficult.
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