Woman rescued after becoming ‘marooned up to waist in mud’ at Nottingham beauty spot
Firefighters used floating lines to pull her from quagmire
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Your support makes all the difference.A woman had to be rescued by firefighters after becoming “marooned up to her waist in mud” at a Nottingham beauty spot.
Specialist crews used floating lines to pull the woman – described as “clearly distressed” – from what was effectively a quagmire at the city’s Wollaton Park.
Crowds gathered as the dramatic operation took place on Wednesday, a spokesperson for Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service said in a statement on Thursday.
They added: “We carefully rescued her from the mud with the support of the park’s rangers. She was not injured but clearly distressed."
In a bizarre coincidence, it came on the same day that another woman also had to be rescued after becoming trapped in mud in nearby Derbyshire.
Crews were called to land off Park Lane in the former pit village of Shirland at around 2pm where the walker had become “stuck fast” to waist height.
A spokesperson for Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service said in a statement: “Crews rescued the casualty who was left with East Midlands Ambulance Service.”
Such operations are not entirely uncommon in the UK but tend to happen most often in coastal areas: in January, firefighters in Merseyside had a race against time after being called to rescue a couple in their 60s who had become entrapped in mud at Leasowe beach as the tide started to lap around them.
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