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Wales Online
23-06-2025
- Health
- Wales Online
British grandfather drowns in Florida off beach 'with no safety flags'
British grandfather drowns in Florida off beach 'with no safety flags' Mark Gosling got caught in a riptide The inquest took place at Winchester Coroner's Court (Image: Alamy/PA ) A coroner has said she will write to the authorities in Florida to express concerns over beach safety flags after a 74-year-old grandfather drowned while swimming in the sea. Mark Gosling, from Lymington in the New Forest, Hampshire, was on holiday on Anna Marie Island in the US state with his wife Caroline when he got caught in a riptide. In a statement read to the Winchester inquest, Mrs Gosling said they had gone for their morning walk on the beach on May 18 2024 when her husband went for a swim and started jumping in the waves. She said: 'I sat and watched him from a bench. When I noticed he had gone further up the beach, I went back down nearer the water. 'I then noticed his head had gone back having turned upside down, he may not have realised there was a riptide and he wasn't as strong as he thought he was despite being a competent sailor and swimmer.' Mrs Gosling said she called for help, and a man went into the water and retrieved her husband and began performing CPR on him, but he was later pronounced dead in the hospital. She added that there were no sea safety flags on the stretch of beach where they were staying. Mrs Gosling said: 'The flags they displayed noting the sea conditions are only located in one place and not where we were staying.' Article continues below Coroner Rosamund Rhodes-Kemp said that a post-mortem examination carried out in Florida showed that the father-of-two died of drowning. Recording a conclusion of accidental death, she said that she intended to write to the authorities in Florida to raise the family's concerns about beach safety. She said: 'I could issue a prevention of future deaths report if this was in the UK. I do not know if anyone is going to take any notice in Florida but I could write a letter of concern to the authorities for them to consider putting up more flags more frequently on this stretch of coast.' The inquest heard that Mr Gosling was born in Malta while his parents were posted there by the navy before they moved to Brixham and then the New Forest. He started his working life as a naval architect before working in the marine world and then in finance before retiring. Mrs Gosling said: 'He has always been an active person, never sitting still for long, he loved his family, he was kind, loving and loved.' Ms Rhodes-Kemp said that Mr Gosling had been diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2020 and had an aortic valve replacement before then being diagnosed with Alzheimer's but was 'generally fit' at the time. She said: 'His attitude was that you should live life as much as you can while you can.' Article continues below The couple's daughter, Lucie Gosling-Myers, said: 'He never wanted to be a burden and always wanted quality of life, we have done our best to see it as a kindness in some ways.'
Irish Examiner
01-05-2025
- Business
- Irish Examiner
Schull fish plant and restaurant a big catch for €1.75m
Catch of the day in West Cork holiday hotspot Schull has to be this pierside property, likely now to be an upmarket development play, one with a 37-year history in fish processing, exports, and seasonal quayside dining for locals, sailors, and 'blow-ins' like newly arrived second-home owner, actor Paul Mescal. A sale of the long-established fish-processing plant and the L'Escale restaurant, with a plant of 800sq m on a site of 0.6 of an acre, right on Schull's pier, has just surfaced via agents Mark Gosling and Cearbhall Behan, of Behan Irwin & Gosling/Downing Commercial, who guide the 'quay' opportunity at €1.75m. The business Normandy Irish Fish Exports has been in the same family since 1978, having being founded by French man Jacques Legrix, primarily exporting fish and shellfish to Europe, and later scaled up to include a fish shop in the village, and the L'Escale restaurant by the processing plant right on the quay, with covered outdoor dining. In high summer, it's likely as many customers sail and come in by RIB from around Roaring Water Bay and the south-west coastline as arrive by car, SUV, and on foot. Schull Fish Plant and L'Escale Restaurant The company is now owned and run by Xavier Legrix, and continues to trade, with the fish plant and restaurant just 200m from Main St Schull and by the seasonally bustling pier. 'The plant and restaurant have just ceased operations, as the owners have decided it's a good time to offer the premises for sale,' say selling agents Mark Gosling and Cearbhall Behan, saying 'the site is zoned residential / mixed residential, and other uses and offers a unique apartment development play'. It's adjacent to Schull pier, with sublime views of the harbour, and 'we already had good interest in the site, as zoned waterfront sites, such as this, are hard to come by', the selling agents say, noting that 'Schull is a hugely popular West Cork tourist destination, with local and international visitors being on the Wild Atlantic Way and gateway to Goleen and Barleycove.' They guide the 0.6-acre site, with residential development scope, at €1.75m, with scenic Schull having a high local, national, and international reputation, as well as hosting the annual Fastnet Film Festival, with regulars including West Cork home owners Paul Mescal, Saoirse Ronan, David Puttnam, and Jeremy Irons. Schull Fish Plant and L'Escale Restaurant It follows the arrival of Orchard House, a private home on an acre on the other side of Schull pier a month ago, with a €1.45m AMV, the former home of Josie O'Driscoll, who was proprietor of East End Hotel for decades and who died in her 100th year, three years ago. The L'Escale restaurant (now not trading this summer) and plant are offered via private treaty, with a good cross-section of interest expected, both from local developers and investors and from those with property interests who holiday locally and who might like to leave a permanent proud mark, and turn a punt or two, by Schull pier. Details
