Charity man rescued by lifeboat

Mr Humphrey was picked up by an RNLI lifeboat

A man who is travelling around the UK on a sea scooter to raise money for the RNLI had to be rescued by one of its lifeboats after getting lost in fog.

Justin Humphrey, from Essex, began his journey circumnavigating the country on Saturday but ran into poor weather north of Stonehaven on Monday night.

He contacted the coastguard at 1925 BST and an RNLI lifeboat and an inshore rescue boat were launched.

A coastguard spokesman said visibility was down to about 60ft.

Mr Humphrey told the BBC Scotland news website that he had been pretty confident he would be found quickly.

Thick fog

He said: "My GPS (Global Positioning System) went down and it was pretty rough and misty. I had no option but to call out the lifeboat.

"They arrived within about half an hour. I was confident they would find me because they could home in on my radio. There is also a vehicle tracker on my jet ski and lots of people know my movements via the internet."

Mr Humphrey said he was pretty "cold and daunted" by the experience.

He said he was now considering travelling by car from Inverness to Fort William rather than risking the seas around the far north of Scotland.

"I don't want to die doing this," he said.

A coastguard spokesman said: "A jet skier contacted us on his marine radio saying he was OK but was lost in extremely thick fog.

"We took bearings from him and picked him up about an hour later.

"He was not in any immediate danger but he did the right thing and was well equipped."

Mr Humphrey, who is from Frinton in Essex, is also raising money for Great Ormond Street Hospital.