I was cycling the Camel Trail with the family as this was all developing.
The CB was huge and amazing to see in action. Overlooking the sun filled harbour of Padstow, I was giving my son the old CB/TS briefing. Although I've never seen a stratus like cover over the top of a CB before. Little were we to know the devastation going on just up the coast.
By the time we returned to the caravan, (static on site, only for the week!!) I thought something was amiss with all the SK activity from St Mawgan to the NE. (how many times did I see the ace of clubs?)
Then we saw it on the TV.
A true show of professionalism, bravery and abilities of both the crews and machines.
There was one bit of footage later, where, over the aircrafts daytime camera footage, someone said,
"If the donk stops we're going in, OK?"
Made my hairs stand up.
Respect.
