Looe lifeboat crews went to the rescue of a woman stranded on rocks.

A man had climbed to the woman to try to rescue her from rocks by the outer harbour at Polperro on Friday afternoon.

Coastguards in Falmouth paged Looe RNLI volunteer crews and within eight minutes both inshore lifeboats launched into strong south easterly winds and choppy seas.

First to arrive was the charity’s Atlantic 85 Sheila and Dennis Tongue II. The crew quickly located the woman who was now accompanied by the man who had climbed over the rocks to assist her.

Arriving shortly afterwards the D Class inshore lifeboat Ollie Naismith stood by as the two stranded people were taken aboard the Atlantic 85 and returned safely to the outer harbour steps.

Looe and Polruan Coastguard teams were also paged but stood down on route as the people were safe ashore.

Both Looe RNLI helms recommend that if you are on a beach or rocks, keep aware of your surroundings and always check the tide times.

If you are on the coast and spot something out of the ordinary contact the Coastguard on 999.

Atlantic 85 crew: Clive Palfrey (helm), Brian Bowdler, Matthew Jaycock and Victoria Thomas.

D Class crew: Dan Margetts (helm), Aaron Rix and Robert Deakin.