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Man rescued after getting stuck waist-deep in mud

BPMRT The man, in a red coat and blue and yellow striped bobble hat, waist deep in mud with a rope around the top of his chest, which is held by someone with a blue glove, being assisted by a member of the rescue team with white hair who is bending over to secure a rope. BPMRT
The man was "unable to move" so team members secured him with a rope

A walker has been rescued from a bog after getting stuck waist-deep in mud while hiking on a fell.

It happened at about 14:30 GMT on Sunday on Burnslack Fell near Chipping, Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team (BPMRT) said.

The man was "unable to move" so team members secured him with a rope, before freeing him.

"After some food and warming up, the walker was able to walk down the fell to be checked over by an awaiting ambulance," BPMRT said.

BPMRT Four members of the rescue team standing on top of a very muddy fell on a grey drizzly day wearing backpacks and red coats and looking towards the ground where the man was stuckBPMRT
It happened on Sunday afternoon on Burnslack Fell near Chipping

They also thanked "the local farmer who kindly helped us".

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