LEAD STORY - New lorry park at the Lizard Cornwall

We consider this to be the furthest south in the UK that anyone has had to go to recover an artic and fully loaded trailer.

We were called to this incident on the Lizard when a driver had taken a wrong turn and ended up in the National Trust car park. The road just ran out he said and there was nowhere to turn around as you can see by the photographs it was just a little hair raising due to the close proximity of the cliffs and the drop into the sea. This recovery was completed by winching and manoevering the vehicle backwards and forwards until the vehicle was facing in a forwards position to enable it to be towed the 1 to 1.5 miles back to the main highway.

Fisherman's Pickup St. Mawes
This vehicle had been parked on the slipway whilst the owner loaded the back with his fishing gear when the vehicle was fully loaded the brakes could not hold it back and it gracefully slid down the slipway well & truly into the drink. Divers went in and attached a wire rope to the front of the vehicle and then it was an easy task to pull the vehicle back up the slipway back onto dry land.

Although the owner was not bothered about recovering the vehicle until the tide went out the harbour master insisted that it was recovered immediately due to the oil and diesel leaking into the harbour.

Fire Engine
Fire engine on the bank after driver lost control in narrow road whilst attending an emergency call near Wadebridge.

 

Camper Van
From Polperro in a narrow lane the driver thought the sign saying 6ft. width was only there to stop people taking a short cut into the village and it did not mean that a seven foot vehicle would not be able to get through