A kayaker is thanking the RNLI for saving his life after the charity’s volunteer lifeboat crew pulled him from the waves on Father’s Day last year.
Grandad Glenn Bradley was enjoying the good weather and calm conditions in Cloughey Bay, Co Down, with his wife Jo, on their kayaks when she capsized. Unable to get back on board, Jo swam to shore while Glenn tried to retrieve her boat, which was being blown out to sea by a rapidly increasing offshore wind.
Glenn said: "I was lashing the kayaks together to tow hers back in when I realised the wind had picked up and I was about 400 metres offshore, and I just could not get back in.