A VISIT to a country park landed a woman and three young children in a sticky situation yesterday.
The four had to be pulled out of mud in Hardwick Country Park, near Sedgefield, where they were stuck up to their knees.
Firefighters, police and paramedics were called to an area near a small duck pond where the group, a woman, two boys aged nine and a six-year-old girl, had strayed from the footpath.
Fire brigade spokesman Andy Whitehead said: "They were distressed, but cheered up when we arrived.
"They left their shoes behind, but we eventually got those out as well. They were stuck for 15 or 20 minutes."
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