FAMILY RESCUED FROM CLIFFS AT CARSAIG
A family of four were rescued from the cliffs at Carsaig on the Isle of Mull this afternoon after the tide began coming in around them during a walk from Carsaig to Carsaig Arches. The two adults and two 11-year-old children became stuck after trying to climb the cliffs to escape the incoming tide – with the woman having to climb back down the cliffs and go back to the nearest village to raise the alarm. Clyde Coastguard received the 999 call from her at 3.35pm and sent the rescue helicopter from HMS Gannet, coastguard teams from the Ross of Mull and Craignure, and the Oban RNLI lifeboat to assist. Due to the remote location of the incident, the helicopter was going to take 55 minutes to reach the family, and the lifeboat one hour. At 4.13 pm, a kayaker contacted Clyde Coastguard to report that he had just assisted in the recovery of the three people back to the shore, and that the family were now continuing along the coastal path and did not require any further assistance.