Muddy hell Family had to be rescued after getting stuck in mud up to waists
FOUR adults and a child became stuck up to their waists in mud with the tide about to turn on them. Thankfully, coastguards were able to rescue the family before the
Mare, turned into a tragedy. The group were more than half a mile down the beach, attempting to reach the sea at low tide on Sunday afternoon just after 3pm.
Rescuers were alerted as the family had no bottles of water, with the tide about to turn.
Two rescue hovercrafts flew out four Coastguard mud technicians to the scene, and the family were flown back to safety.
A BARB spokesman said: “The group was given safety advice about the danger of the mud and checked over by paramedics before being released.
“It was established that the group of four adults and a child were doing OK and had been enjoying a challenging walk and insisted they were in no difficulty.
“Although this was the case, the concerns are that they had been out in very harsh heat without any water and the exertion of walking through the mud can lead to dehydration.
“A little-known fact is that even in this heat you can also become cold and possibly hypothermic due to sweating from the effort of walking and then stopping and being covered in mud plus the windchill.
“As our crews were preparing to leave the scene, several further mud walkers were seen wading through mud near the Grand Pier, with the tide now incoming.
“BARB’s hovercrafts were tasked by Coastguards to fly out to them, and a young child was flown from the tideline back to her relieved parents.”
On the previous day, three people had to be plucked from the rocks when they were caught by the tide
The family – plus a dog – were enjoying the evening at Brean Down when the drama unfolded. Their car got swept away during the incident.