Bay Search and Rescue had two callouts over the bank holiday weekend. On May 25 worried locals in Silverdale reported a woman and child way out in the bay as the tide started to push in around them. Advertisement Advertisement Sign up to our daily newsletter Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Lancaster Guardian, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.
Bay Sherp was launched from the Bob In Cafe at Arnside but thankfully the woman and child had been warned off by a man with a megaphone. As the Sherp reached the area reports from witnesses said they had got off the bay covered in sand and mud and had headed toward the Silverdale Hotel, later confirmed by the mother and child themselves, via a phone call to Arnside & South Lakes Coastguard Rescue Team. A spokesman for Bay Search and Rescue said: “Today (Saturday, May 25) fifty plus people were out on the bay near the waters edge as the tide again quietly but sneakily filled the channel in front of them and around the back of them too.
“As rescue crews arrived at the scene they encountered a family with a baby in a buggy, two toddlers and mum and dad heading in the general direction of the Isle of Man unaware that within a few short minutes they would be swimming for it never mind walking. Advertisement Advertisement “As we approached continually blasting on the vehicle horn from three or four hundred metres away we gained their attention and gave them a safe line to get back to safety. �.