Two people who had been cut off by the incoming tide in South Cumbria were rescued by Barrow RNLI.
The volunteer crew were called out at around noon yesterday, Sunday May 17, after reports were received that the pair had become stranded on Foulney Island.
They had been cut off by the incoming spring tide and were unable to make their way back to the mainland.
Inshore lifeboat Raymond and Dorothy Billingham was launched at around 12.20pm with Jonny Long at the helm along with crew, Nic Johnson and Luke Wilkinson.
The lifeboat made the short passage across to Foulney Island and was at the scene in just a few minutes.
The two people, who were wet and cold having attempted to wade back ashore, were taken aboard the lifeboat and transferred to the car park area of the Foulney Island causeway where they were handed over into the care of the Furness Coastguard team.
Chris Coulter, Barrow Lifeboat press officer, said: “While the casualties, who were not local to the area, could have waited on Foulney for several hours for the tide to recede making the causeway accessible again, calling for the lifeboat’s assistance was the right course of action, particularly in the chilly conditions they experienced.”
