Camera lost on Isles of Scilly to be returned to owners in Wales

A family in Wales says they are “happy” after a digital camera lost in the islands of Scilly seven years ago has been intact.

The camera was at the foot of a hedge and needed two days of drying before the memory card could be accessed. It was discovered that he had thousands of family photos and videos.

After an appeal on Facebook, the legitimate owners of the Chamber have found 140 miles (225m) away and plans are being made to recover the camera and card.

Debbie Davies, the bride in one of the photos shared in the online appeal, said that everyone was “very grateful” for the detective work.

Nikon’s digital camera was found by Sean Lewis, 63, who lives in St Mary’s, the largest of the Scilly Islands, which are about 28 miles (45 km) from Cornwall.

He saw the camera at the foot of a hedge that had just sow his leg and touched her home to investigate

Hi, he said: “Initially, I had a lot of hope to get something out of that because everything was full of water.

“But, after he had three out for a couple of days, I could access the SD card and discovered that he was full of photos and videos, 3,500 of them.”

The time brand in the last image showed that the camera had been used for the last time in 2018, so Mr. Lewis put a publication on the popular Facebook pages of the Scilly Islands to see if someone recognized people in the photos.

Two days later, the Taylor family in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, began to receive a lot of messages from friends who had seen them on social networks.

Debbie Davies confirmed that she was the bride in the photos, and that the camera had lost for her mother and father, Catherine and Andy Taylor, in 2018.

She said: “When I saw the photos on Facebook, I knew all the photos, all the faces.

“My parents love a beach vacation, they love to take many vacation photos too.

“I talked to my mother. They thought they had lost the camera on the beach and years went by touring the place to find her.

“They will be glad to see all family photos. It’s like looking back on a 2018 holiday.

“But there is no way to be sitting through 3,500 photos, I have requested the most outstanding aspects edited.”

Mrs. Davies, 32, who is an accountant, said she was very grateful for the effort that Lewis had put in search.

She said: “Two days to dry the camera card? I don’t think he has patience.

“We are all very grateful in the time to follow him. And I suppose he shows the power of Facebook.”