Hopeless hen party are rescued by RNLI after their boat gets stuck in the mud during planned ‘low key’ evening
The girls thought a relaxed trip on the River Dart would be the perfect evening their bride-to-be wanted
A HOPELESS hen party were forced to call the RNLI after their boat got stuck in the mud.
The girls who arranged the day for bride-to-be Amy Sanderson thought an afternoon afloat on the beautiful River Dart at Devon would set the mood for dinner that evening.
However, she and her three friends had to be saved from the river after their boat ran aground.
Fire crews and coastguard teams from Dartmouth and Teignmouth were called to the bizarre scene at 7.48pm on Saturday.
An RNLI spokesperson confirmed the women were travelling down the river to spend the evening in Dartmouth when they got into difficulty.
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"The party were cold but otherwise unhurt", said the spokesperson.
"They came back to the lifeboat station for a warm drink and to meet and thank the lifeboat crew.
"The girls were on a hen party and the irony is that the bride to be had requested a 'no fuss and low key day.'"
Mud mats were deployed by the emergency services to get the casualties off the hire boat and into the lifeboat.
Two of the casualties were transferred to the lifeboat via the mud mats and it later returned to pick up the remaining two casualties.
The other women were named as Laura White, Ann Peters and Natalie Pyne.
Dart RNLI added they would like to wish the hen a very happy wedding day.