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Bude Coastguard callout, Strangles Beach
It’s been a busy few days for Bude’s coastguard team. Info from Bude Coastguard: Bude Coastguard Rescue Team was paged late afternoonyesterday following a request for assistance to Falmouth CGOC from Boscastle Coastguard Team, tasked to rescue a female with suspected dislocated knee on Strangles Beach, just south of Crackington […]
Dramatic rescue at Morwenstow
Bude In a dramatic rescue at Morwenstow, Bude Coastguard Rescue Team were tasked to Vicarage Cliff in at 14.50, following a report of a missing walker. Hartland CRT members were also tasked. With one member of Bude CRT already on scene, further information was gathered from the first informant that the […]
Coastguard called out to paraglider
Bude Coastguard Rescue Team was paged at 17:44 on 16th June and tasked to Vicarage Cliffs in Morwenstow following the report of a paraglider who had crashed into the side of a cliff. Hartland Coastguard Search and Rescue Team was also tasked, as was the duty Senior Coastal Operations Officer, […]
Coastguard alerted by kayaker sighting
Posting this using phone and 3G, bit of a labour of love! Bude Coastguard Rescue Team were paged at 07:23 yesterday, tasked to locate a kayaker, following a report from a member of the public that indicated the kayaker may have been in distress close to the shore, just north […]
World War II Remnant Found at Widemouth
Exciting times at Widemouth Bay today, when the Bude Coastguard Rescue Team was paged at 12:16pm and tasked by Falmouth Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre to check out an incident at the beach. This followed a report by a member of the public of a suspected ordnance device found amongst the […]
Bude Coastguard Rescue Call Out
Bude Coastguard Rescue Team were paged at 9.24 this morning to assist paramedics in recovering a casualty on the cliffs just to the north of Tintagel Castle. One member of Boscastle CRT was also in attendance. Diagnosed with a leg injury, the casualty was carefully recovered by stretcher along a challenging section of […]
Bude Coastguard Called Out Last Night
Bude Coastguard Rescue Team were paged at 02:34am and tasked to assist Devon & Cornwall Police in the search for a missing person in Bude. Hartland CRT, Rescue 924 (the Coastguard Rescue helicopter based in Newquay) and Cornwall Search and Rescue Team were also tasked. Following some initial searches from […]
Bude Coastguard Recruitment Drive
An actively involved spokesperson for Bude Coastguard has for alerted me to their current recruitment drive. If you want a rewarding role then it is worth thinking about. If you’re feeling similarly inspired and interested, here’s the spec. Photos are by Tim Martindale who owns the copyright. HM Coastguard are […]
Car Over Cliff at Widemouth
LATEST CALLOUT on the Bude Coastguard FB page: 27/2/13 13:16 Report of a car over the cliff at Lower Long Beak, Widemouth Bay. We had to assist Police, Fire Brigade & Ambulance in locating & bringing a casualty up the cliff. Rescue 193 from RNAS Culdrose was scrambled to take […]
Bude Coastguard Rescues
Not had any of this verified by any official source but This is Cornwall has reported on various incidents which Bude Coastguard responded to this weekend. They include a 60 year old woman rescued at Crackington Haven (not sure of any details), and a Summerleaze beach rescue yesterday at 3.30pm […]
Bude Coastguard Callout
At 3:23am this morning, a frosty morning to start December, Bude Coastguard was asked to assist the police in searching for a missing person. After liaising with the police & receiving further information the missing person was found. It was a good response by team. The Coastguard says: “Remember to […]