Two women were rescued last week after being cut off by the tide. Volunteers from Hunstanton RNLI were paged just after 5.30pm on Wednesday, with the inshore lifeboat Spirit of West Norfolk launched onto a rising tide within ten minutes and heading to Scolt Head, near Brancaster. On arrival, the crew collected the women, who were aged in their 20s and 30s. They were both uninjured, and were taken back to the beach at Brancaster, where HM Coastguard was waiting to receive them. The lifeboat returned to its station at 7pm, where it was washed down, refuelled and made ready for its next service.