The first lifeboat day to be held at the Shires Family Adventure Park near Wadebridge, proved to be a big success with around £200 raised for RNLI funds - plus a rescue operation was completed on dry land without a crew member in sight.

'A little girl came up to us, crying her eyes out and explaining that she had lost her parents,' said Wadebridge branch secretary, Ron Heath. 'We liaised with Terry Sanding, the park's owner and with the aid of mobile telephones we had reunited the family in a matter on minutes. We pride ourselves on our speed of recovery - on sea or land!' Branch members sold souvenirs and raffle tickets and one of the park's shire horses (pictured above with Glen and Neil Squires and Angela Hurst) paraded around the site flying the RNLI flag..