The wife of a man who fell off the Cobb last weekend has praised the lifeboat crew for helping him.

Lyme Regis lifeboat crew were called to reports on Saturday that a man had fallen off the high wall of the Cobb.

The lifeboat was about to launch at 3.20pm when the crew were told by a member of the public that the man who had fallen from the Cobb had been picked up by two people who were paddle boarding.

Lifeboat crew and the local coastguard team met the casualty, David Crabtree, 65, from Sidmouth, when the paddleboarders bought him ashore on Monmouth beach.

David and Debbie Crabtree were walking their dachshund dog, Prim, along the high wall when David suddenly slipped, lost his balance and fell into the shallow waters below. Another couple who saw this happen called 999 and asked for the coastguard and an ambulance.

Mr Crabtree was attended to by lifeboat volunteers, coastguard and ambulance crew. He then joined the crew in the lifeboat station to warm up before heading back to Sidmouth.

Debbie Crabtree said: “It all happened so quickly and luckily there was another couple there who contacted the coastguard and were able to get the attention of the paddleboarders to rescue David.

“The lifeboat crew have been fantastic and so helpful with looking after David.”

As this incident was occurring, another man had fallen from the wall the other side and was attended to by the coastguard and ambulance crew.

Members of the public are being advised to stay off the high wall of the Cobb as it could be hazardous.

Nick Marks, lifeboat operations manager, said: “The high wall of the Cobb is particularly slippery, the harbour master has temporarily advised members of the public not to access the top of the wall due to large amounts of algae making hazardous walking conditions.”