It was a busy Bank Holiday for Tenby Coastguard Rescue team with call outs on the weekend and leading up to the holiday period.

On Monday shortly before 12 noon, Tenby’s team along with St Govan and Broad Haven’s Coastguard Rescue team, and Coastguard helicopter 187 were paged to a report of an injured climber between Bosherston head and Saddle head.

Tenby RNLI’s All-weather lifeboat also attended.

Upon arrival an ESO was put into position to locate the injured climber so that an exact location could be given to the Coastguard helicopter.

Once on site the helicopter crew made the decision that due to the terrain they were unable to winch the casualty from the cliff face.

All rescue teams then set up for a full technical rope recovery of the casualty.

A rope technician from St Govan team was lowered down to the injured climber and placed him into a stretcher.

Coastguard team members then recovered the casualty and technician back up to cliff top where they were the casualty was transferred into the care of Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust paramedics.

On the same day Tenby Coastguard Rescue team along with colleagues from St Govans, and Tenby RNLI’s inshore lifeboat were paged to a report of a person stuck on rocks on Giltar Point, Penally.

RNLI?lifeboat members located the casualty and passed a grid reference to Coastguard teams who assessed the location and prepared for a technical rope rescue.

A CRO from the Tenby team was lowered to the casualty, who was secured into a rescue sling and then lowered down the cliff to the awaiting lifeboat.

The casualty and rope technician were then brought to shore at Penally beach. The casualty was assessed for any medical needs and given safety advice.

Leading up to the weekend on Wednesday (August 22) Tenby Coastguard Rescue team were paged shirtly after 5.30 pm, to investigate possible ordnance on Pendine beach.

The team arrived on scene and located the object with assistance from Heddlu Dyfed Powys Police PCSOs.

After sending photographs of the object to Milford Haven Coastguard operation centre, a representative from Qinetiq was requested to attend the scene to investigate the object further.

Upon arrival the range officer investigated the object and decided that it was safe and removed the object from the beach.

The following day on Thursday shortly before 9 am, the Rescue team were paged to assist Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust paramedics with a medical evacuation on Caldey Island.

Whilst Tenby RNLI’s all-weather lifeboat made best speed to collect the casualty from Caldey and return them to the boat house, when the casualty arrived back, they were escorted by coastguard team members to the awaiting paramedics for further treatment.

On Friday the Tenby Coastguard Rescue team were paged shortly before 4.30 pm, along with HM Coastguard Llansteffan and Ferryside Lifeboat to reports of two persons in the water at Laugharne.

As the team made their way to the location information was received that one casualty had made it back to shore and that Ferryside ILB had recovered the other casualty and returned that person to shore also into the care of HM Llansteffan coastguards.

As the Tenby Rescue team were returning from this incident, an immediate response tasking was received for the team to assist St Govan Coastguard Rescue team with the recovery of a casualty from the cliff at St Govan’s head.

The team, along with SCOO S13E; arrived on scene and assisted with the setting up of a technical rope recovery.

A CRO from St Govan was lowered to the casualty, who had been rock climbing and found themselves unable to recover back to the cliff top. The CRO then placed the casualty in a rescue harness and the team recovered both persons to the cliff top. Once on cliff top the casualty was assessed for injury and released to their own care.

The next day, shortly before 2.30 pm, the Tenby Coastguard Rescue team along with the St Govan team and Coastguard Rescue helicopter 187 were paged to a report of an injured climber at Crickmail point, St Govan.

All teams made their way to the location and the casualty was located quickly.

Due to the terrain it was decided that the helicopter would winch the casualty from the cliff and assess their needs onboard the helicopter.

An ESO from St Govan rescue team was set up to relay information to the casualty. Once the casualty was winched onboard it was decided that the helicopter would land and transfer the casualty to the care of the awaiting paramedics from Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust.

Also on the Saturday, the Tenby team along with HM Coastguard Llansteffan and Tenby RNLI’s inshore lifeboat were paged to investigate reports of a speed boat acting erratically in the vicinity of Wisemans Bridge beach.

Tenby RNLI’s lifeboat was on scene first and commenced a search from the water for the vessel but nothing was found.

Tenby coastguard rescue team gathered more details and did a hasty search of the area but as nothing was located and all teams were stood down.