Trio get Covid fines after being rescued from abandoned Thames Estuary forts
Three urban explorers were fined for breaking Covid rules after they got stuck on an abandoned fort in the Thames Estuary and had to be rescued after their boats floated away. The trio - one of whom had come all the way from Manchester - visited the WWII-era Red Sands Forts near Whitstable and ended up being stuck there overnight. After failing to flag down passing boats the men eventually accepted they would have to call the Coastguard and were rescued by the RNLI on Sunday morning. An RNLI captain points to the Red Sands Forts near Whitstable while approaching them on Sunday to rescue three...
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