Councillors say Lynmouth Seawater Bathing Pool has been used unofficially for decades but it is hard to access and has a break in the sea wall meaning it only remains part full at low tide.

Trouble was the sea was too rough at Lynmouth. We couldn’t get her in the water. The waves were too big.' 'We were about to give up when our skipper, Jack Crocombe, said: "Hold on boys.