2nd September 2002 - 00.09hrs
Report of a (pedal-driven) swan sailing out to sea
Paged by Humber Coastguard after a member of the public reported a large swan off Sharpness point heading toward King Edwards Bay in Tynemouth. On arrival the first member of the Initial Response Team confirmed that there was an 8-foot long swan making steady progress 300 yards offshore. The swan was a pedal driven pleasure craft, which usually stays at Tynemouth Boating Lake that had been carried down to the Longsands, and pedaled to the Bay.
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Brigade members Michael and Gordon
inspect the swan after its midnight adventure.
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Michael and Gordon again posing with
number 19 .
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The next morning the swan is sailed
back round to Tynemouth Longsands.
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Now just to carry it the 1/2 mile
back to it's natural home of a boating lake!
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