A suspected bomb, a missing man and high tides has meant it has been a busy week for the sea rescue services this week.

Last Thursday the crew of BARB Search and Rescue assisted the Coastguards after a man, 42, in a distressed state was reported missing by his family on the beach at Brean. He was discovered on the beach late at night after several members of BARB along with a police helicopter and the Coastguards carried out a torchlight search.

On Sunday police said they were called out after a wheel disc pad was spotted by a member of the public who thought it might be a World War II bomb.

This week a 4x4 driven by a man from Gloucester became stuck in the fast incoming tide at Brean after the driver blamed his error on driving onto the beach on his SATNAV. The Rover Freelander was winched out of the mud as the tide lapped around his vehicle by a farmer using a tractor and cable.

The week’s high tides have been catching people out due to the autumnal highs and the speed they come in at including a couple on Saturday from Burnham who were cut off by the tide along the cliff and needed help from the Coastguards and RNLI to return to safety.

But the real drama was on Sunday evening when a woman out on a walk became confused by the incoming tide and got cut off on a sand bank. Both of Burnham’s lifeboats were launched when Milford Haven Coastguards spotted her in the gathering gloom. It was the Burnham Coastguard team who managed to find her first allowing the RNLI volunteers to stand down.

Their helmsman Nick Prout said: “We were tasked to assist Coastguard team members in the search for a woman, on Berrow beach. Coastguard located the woman and were able to assist her, enabling us to stand down and return to Burnham.”

On Wednesday, September 2, Burnham will see high tides at just after 10am and at 10.2pm when there will be near to a 12m surge with high tides continuing all week.