Rescuers say the man was 'clinging on' to the Cornwall cliff and was 'getting quite sunburnt'.
A man and a dog have been rescued after they got stuck on a 150ft shale cliff in Cornwall.
Rescuers said the man was spotted by a member of the public "clinging on" about 40ft down at Trevose Head on Sunday afternoon.They then took them down the cliff and transferred them into Padstow's RNLI lifeboat at the bottom.Two coastguard cliff rescue teams were involved along with an RNLI lifeboatJeremy Griffiths, deputy station officer for HM Coastguard Newquay, said: "The man, for some reason, has climbed down the cliff with his dog and then got stuck.
"I think he had been there some while. He was just clinging on to the cliff and was getting quite burnt in the sun". Mr Griffiths described the incident, which involved two coastguard rescue teams and an RNLI lifeboat, as "a great example of a successful multi-agency rescue".He said: "The message is these cliffs, although they might look stable, are very unstable.Follow BBC News South West on
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