Scorching weekend weather stretched coastguards and lifeboat crews to the limit with three cliff rescues in the Fairlight area in three days.
Coastguards were aided by a police dog team on Friday night after a member of the public reported a man calling for help at Fairlight Country Park.
A police dog located the man, who had a suspected broken leg and an arm after a fall.
He was t
reated by paramedics at the scene before an off-road vehicle transported him to a waiting ambulance.
Rescue services, including the Rye Harbour and Hastings lifeboats, were in action again on Saturday when a Polish man, who was walking from Hastings to Pett, became stranded on the cliff face.
He was eventually air-lifted to safety by a coastguard helicopter and was uninjured.
Coastguards and lifeboats were called out again on Sunday when a man was spotted calling for help on cliffs at Fairlight.
The lifeboat helped guide coastguards on the cliff to a position above the stranded man, who was on a loose face of rock.
The coastguard helicopter was diverted to the scene and was able to winch the man to safety.
Coastguard Bob Kenward said: "It was a busy spell. It continued on Monday when we were called out four times - three times for inflatable boats drifting out to sea on the ebb tide and
strong easterly wind, and once with the lifeboat to tow in an angling boat that suffered engine failure."
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