Saturday night excitement. After our noisy dinner we took a stroll in the peace and quiet around the castle. We were searching the sea looking for basking sharks when we spotted a fishing trawler heading towards the harbour in great haste. I remarked that he must have a strong tide under him as he wasn't hanging about.
Next we had a helicopter hovering low over us and the castle.
We continued our stroll around the castle and into the harbour area. The yellow helicopter was idling on the beach. One of the many police asked us to move along as they were expecting more emergency service vehicles. Soon two fire engines and an ambulance joined the police cars & vans on the harbour wall.
The racing trawler moored amongst the flashing blue lights and the paramedics climbed the steps.
Shortly after the fire engines left, the ambulance departed, and the police collected their cones. At the same time the helicopter rose from the beach, before the incoming tide could get the landing gear wet.
In the morning, Chrissy found out from the BBC News website, that a crew member had been injured and that the helicopter winch man, who is also a paramedic, had been lowered to the vessel out at sea. The helicopter had been waiting on the beach for their colleague to return.
We don't know why they needed the two fire engines, unless they thought that they may have some difficulty lifting the casualty out of the trawler and up the harbour wall.
We hope the injured fisherman recovers soon. We past the fishermans memorial as we returned to the Calviere II.
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