Coastguards have issued a warning about inflatables after they rescued two men who floated out to sea - on a giant blow up duck.
The pair were saved after a friend in a kayak and a bystander on a paddleboard pulled them close enough to shore to swim back to dry land.
The men had been paddling at Westward Ho! beach in north Devon on June 4 when they floated 200m out to sea.
After initially floating 75 meters the men had apparently realised their error and attempted to paddle back - only to be pulled further out into the Bristol Channel.
Thankfully a concerned bystander called nearby RNLI Appledore volunteers, who arrived at the scene just as the men managed to return to the shore.
The service warned that inflatable toys are hard to control and in strong winds and currents can drift into open water in 'seconds'.
