Heroic rescue of couple and dogs sees Hornsea lifeboat team honoured

“I was at the helm on the day of the rescue and would like to thank you all for your kind words.
Hornsea Inshore Rescue is a completley independent organisation and whilst we work closley with the RNLI and are trained to the same high standards as them we recieve no funding from them or from the government. HIR is run solely on donations from the public and local businesses and our dedicated team of fund raisers do a fantastic job at keeping us afloat.
Thank you again for your kind comments,
Coxswain Dave Pick
Hornsea Inshore Rescue.”

“Well done to the rescue service , you deseve a shed load of praise.

Also the couple are very brave and I hope they will ignore the negative remarks.

I have a cat who is 20, had her since I found her on Scarborough harbour as a tiny kitten. I wouldn't have left my cat to drown either.”

“Well done to the rescue crew any award they get is well deserved thank god they're not crewed by some of the selfish commenters on here”

“The Hornsea Inshore Rescue crew are fantastic. Don't forget to make a donation when you're round there. They do a wonderful job, as do the RNLI. Another story with a great ending.”

“Well Tinkerbella for someone who's lived in Hornsea all their life, you know very little about the place.
Have you ever done anything to support the Hornsea Inshore Rescue, if so you should know they have nothing to do with the RNLI.”

“tinkerbella,
You don`t need to live in Hornsea to read a tide table.
People should at least have a sneaky peak at one before walking off along a stretch of coastline with no exposed beach at high tide. A good indicator to this is all the sand is wet right up to the cliff base!!!!!
If a vandal proof one is out there , perhaps your local town council should provide a "today`s high tide is" sign at both ends of the front and one in the middle. That might help.....”

“Note how it says the couple are from Doncaster and this incident happened in the coastal town of Hornsea....

How were they to know how fast the tide would come in? What is there to suggest that they put their animals at risk? I have lived in Hornsea all of my life and know how sudden the high tides can come in... Well done and thank you to the brave RNLI crew who rescued them”

“Looks like there are a lot of Animal lovers rating you heartless lot on here today, @ littlehobbit, it does not say they went walking on the beach with 12 foot waves they were caught out by exceptionally high incoming tides meaning not the norm, it could have happened to anyone, I dont blame these people for wanting to save their dogs people become very attached to them and I for 1 would have done the same, The RNLI are very experienced and highly trained people who deal with this many times, how many time have they been called out to save trapped animals that have fallen down cliffs, this is no difference so why are you all calling these people idiots, @tictoc 1 dogs can swim very well but as they were already on land how could they swim to it, they were stuck on cliffs and I doubt any dog could have swam in 12 foot waves with a fast incoming tide, I salute the RNLI for doing a fantastic job all round, Accidents happen and thankfully no one or dog was hurt.”

“fantastic efforts bye the rnli and bravery bye the ownwrs, bravo”

“I can't believe how many people have down-rated these very valid comments. The couple put their own and their obviously beloved pets' lives at risk, plus those of the gallant folk who came to their rescue. Does owning a dog deprive you of all common sense?”