A woman has been rescued after becoming “stuck waist-deep in thick mud” while walking near a lake, the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Association) has said.
Hoylake’s hovercraft Hurley Spirit was sent to help the woman at the south end of West Kirby Marine Lake on Merseyside at about 14:45 BST on Monday.
he charity said she had become “firmly stuck in a channel of shallow water” and was unable to reach the shore.
The marine lake is an artificial saltwater lake, which is bordered by a walkway and the sand flats at West Kirby.
At low tide, it is possible to walk across the sands from the lake to nearby Hilbre Island in the River Dee estuary.
They said that when the hovercraft arrived, the woman was “firmly stuck” and the crew had to land carefully alongside her and use mud boards and mats to provide a solid surface.
They said she was then swiftly extracted and brought aboard for assessment.
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