The Watch Station at NCI Skegness, located at Winthorpe.
Among the belongings he threw down was a packet of cigarettes. He didn t even seem concerned his jumper was getting sodden.
No-one could predict what would happen next - but the Eyes Along The Coast feared something was not right and within minutes the police and RNLI were on the scene.
On this occasion, the man picked the items up and left the beach - but that was not the call of the National Coastwatch volunteers who had been observing him and reported their concerns. It could all have ended so differently.