Episode 14

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0:00:02 > 0:00:04From the Highlands of Scotland...

0:00:04 > 0:00:06to the coast of Cornwall...

0:00:06 > 0:00:10the Great British countryside is spectacular.

0:00:11 > 0:00:14But we work and play in it...

0:00:14 > 0:00:16at our peril.

0:00:16 > 0:00:17SIREN WAILS

0:00:17 > 0:00:19And when things go wrong...

0:00:19 > 0:00:22the emergency services race to the rescue.

0:00:22 > 0:00:25He's come off and he's got his leg trapped underneath him.

0:00:26 > 0:00:28SIREN WAILS

0:00:28 > 0:00:30Ah, man.

0:00:30 > 0:00:32Oh, this is a nightmare.

0:00:32 > 0:00:35Going hundreds of miles against the clock...

0:00:36 > 0:00:38..battling the elements...

0:00:38 > 0:00:40and braving the waves.

0:00:40 > 0:00:41HE CRIES OUT

0:00:42 > 0:00:45From the Welsh Valleys...

0:00:45 > 0:00:46to winding country roads...

0:00:47 > 0:00:50..we'll be right at the heart of the action.

0:00:51 > 0:00:53With police fighting crime...

0:00:53 > 0:00:56I am tinkering on seizing the vehicle.

0:00:56 > 0:01:00..paramedics saving lives...

0:01:00 > 0:01:01BABY CRIES

0:01:01 > 0:01:05..and lifeguards patrolling the seas.

0:01:05 > 0:01:08We're there as the emergency services pull together

0:01:08 > 0:01:13to pick up, patch up and protect the public.

0:01:13 > 0:01:16This is Countryside 999.

0:01:35 > 0:01:39Coming up, the race is on to rescue a mud-bound treasure hunter

0:01:39 > 0:01:41on the Pembrokeshire coast.

0:01:41 > 0:01:43Go across to the, er... to the point there.

0:01:45 > 0:01:48In Dumfriesshire, a harvester comes head-to-head with a car

0:01:48 > 0:01:49on a country road.

0:01:53 > 0:01:57And, in Cornwall, a surfer's had a battle with her board.

0:01:57 > 0:01:59Ooh, that's impressive!

0:02:07 > 0:02:09The beauty and remoteness of the countryside

0:02:09 > 0:02:10are what draws people to it.

0:02:12 > 0:02:14But it can have a dark side.

0:02:16 > 0:02:17Out in the wilds,

0:02:17 > 0:02:20outdoor pursuits can quickly turn into dramatic rescues.

0:02:25 > 0:02:28One of the reasons why our rural emergency services

0:02:28 > 0:02:31are on call every day of the year.

0:02:44 > 0:02:48Our glorious coastline is one of the jewels in the British crown -

0:02:48 > 0:02:52nearly 20,000 miles of coves, harbours, and beaches.

0:02:55 > 0:02:59It's a honeypot for tourists but it's also a hive of industry -

0:02:59 > 0:03:02and fishermen and fun-lovers alike can get into trouble.

0:03:06 > 0:03:09Milford Haven is the largest port in Wales

0:03:09 > 0:03:11and the third largest in the UK.

0:03:15 > 0:03:20Its busy waterway is home to Dyfed-Powys Police Marine Unit.

0:03:21 > 0:03:25Marine Skipper Paul Hunt leads a four-strong crew.

0:03:25 > 0:03:28He's an old hand at patrolling the waters of West Wales.

0:03:30 > 0:03:33We carry out a patrol of Milford Haven waterway...

0:03:34 > 0:03:37..basically from this area all the way out to sea.

0:03:37 > 0:03:41The main role is protection of infrastructure,

0:03:41 > 0:03:44and the industry in the Haven, and the communities alongside.

0:03:48 > 0:03:51But when they're not patrolling tankers and oil refineries,

0:03:51 > 0:03:54they're often helping people in trouble.

0:03:57 > 0:04:01Today, Paul and his team have received an urgent call.

0:04:01 > 0:04:05A man is stuck in tidal mud flats, and the sea is coming in fast.

0:04:14 > 0:04:16Tom has been metal-detecting.

0:04:16 > 0:04:20But he's ventured out too far onto the treacherous flats

0:04:20 > 0:04:23and is now trapped in thick mud.

0:04:24 > 0:04:26Go across to the, er... to the point there.

0:04:32 > 0:04:34The sea has reached Tom's feet.

0:04:34 > 0:04:36And it's still rising.

0:04:38 > 0:04:40The fire brigade are already there.

0:04:42 > 0:04:45But the mud is so soft they can't reach Tom by land.

0:04:49 > 0:04:50Right.

0:04:56 > 0:04:59Paul thinks they may be able to wade over to him.

0:04:59 > 0:05:02Can you get a throw line out? Just in case he needs to throw it.

0:05:02 > 0:05:04There is a little bit of a river there

0:05:04 > 0:05:06and hopefully that'll be hard ground.

0:05:14 > 0:05:17But the last thing they want is to get stuck as well.

0:05:17 > 0:05:19Do you want to give that to...?

0:05:19 > 0:05:20Do you want this?

0:05:26 > 0:05:28It's just too dangerous.

0:05:30 > 0:05:33And they can't get the boat any closer, either -

0:05:33 > 0:05:35the water is too shallow.

0:05:38 > 0:05:40Two feet, soft mud.

0:05:44 > 0:05:45Two feet, soft mud.

0:05:48 > 0:05:49One foot, hard.

0:05:54 > 0:05:57They need to come up with a new plan, pronto.

0:06:09 > 0:06:12It's high summer in the South-West of Scotland,

0:06:12 > 0:06:14which means it's harvest time.

0:06:16 > 0:06:18The tourists might be on holiday

0:06:18 > 0:06:21but the farmers are busy making hay while the sun shines.

0:06:24 > 0:06:27The crops are gathered by vast harvesters -

0:06:27 > 0:06:28fantastic pieces of kit

0:06:28 > 0:06:32but a nightmare to get stuck behind on a country road.

0:06:34 > 0:06:36Although there are more vehicles in cities,

0:06:36 > 0:06:39you're more likely to have a serious accident on a rural road

0:06:39 > 0:06:41than you are in Central London

0:06:41 > 0:06:44SIREN WAILS

0:06:44 > 0:06:47Dealing with road traffic collisions is a major part of the job

0:06:47 > 0:06:52for Paramedics like local lad John West and colleague Michael Harmjanz.

0:06:53 > 0:06:55Today, the pair have been called out

0:06:55 > 0:06:57to an accident involving a harvester.

0:06:58 > 0:07:00But finding your way round rural roads

0:07:00 > 0:07:04can be like searching for a needle in a haystack.

0:07:04 > 0:07:07The GPS tells us to go this way,

0:07:07 > 0:07:09but the update we received from the dispatcher

0:07:09 > 0:07:12said it's on the Loch Arthur Road, which is this.

0:07:12 > 0:07:15So we're trying the Loch Arthur Road and I asked for an update.

0:07:17 > 0:07:19So you might have to turn back

0:07:19 > 0:07:22but this is the road we've been given by voice.

0:07:26 > 0:07:275015, receiving.

0:07:39 > 0:07:41Drumburn?

0:07:41 > 0:07:43I ken where Drumburn is.

0:07:43 > 0:07:45John grew up in Dumfries

0:07:45 > 0:07:48and his local knowledge is better than any GPS.

0:07:49 > 0:07:51Drumburn Farm, Drumburn.

0:07:51 > 0:07:54- Big straight bit of road, Michael. - Aye.

0:07:54 > 0:07:55But then it narrows.

0:07:57 > 0:07:58Change of plan, Charlie!

0:08:02 > 0:08:05The confusion could have cost them five minutes.

0:08:08 > 0:08:11But now John's got them on the right track,

0:08:11 > 0:08:14they're getting close to the scene of the accident.

0:08:15 > 0:08:17- GPS:- 'Cancelling main function.'

0:08:21 > 0:08:24- 'Cancelling main function.' - There you go.

0:08:26 > 0:08:28- Michael said it was there. - All right.

0:08:28 > 0:08:30There's the car, Michael.

0:08:44 > 0:08:47A young woman on her way to work came up against a harvester.

0:08:50 > 0:08:53The car hit the verge and somersaulted, hitting a tree.

0:08:54 > 0:08:57Miraculously, she was able to crawl free.

0:08:58 > 0:08:59Do you want to lie down or sit up?

0:09:01 > 0:09:03Michael and John talk to Katie.

0:09:04 > 0:09:08She appears to have got away with no serious injuries.

0:09:12 > 0:09:14Where the young lady met the harvester this morning

0:09:14 > 0:09:18is probably the narrowest piece of road on the Southerness Road.

0:09:18 > 0:09:22And it was also right on the brow of a hill,

0:09:22 > 0:09:24and right on the apex of a corner.

0:09:30 > 0:09:32The Fire Brigade clear up the debris

0:09:32 > 0:09:35to get the traffic flowing as quickly as possible.

0:09:37 > 0:09:39It's been a narrow escape for Katie.

0:09:39 > 0:09:42The combination of heavy-duty farm machinery

0:09:42 > 0:09:45and winding rural roads can be lethal.

0:09:48 > 0:09:52This type of weather, the farmers are busy trying to make a living,

0:09:52 > 0:09:54moving machinery from field to field,

0:09:54 > 0:09:56and sometimes it's big machinery.

0:09:56 > 0:09:59It's a beautiful morning this morning.

0:09:59 > 0:10:05Nice, dry road conditions, maybe a wee bit more speed than normal.

0:10:05 > 0:10:08It's... Different seasons bring different accidents.

0:10:10 > 0:10:13John and Michael have done what they can.

0:10:14 > 0:10:18Later in the programme, John helps a painter and decorator

0:10:18 > 0:10:20who fell and head-butted a wall

0:10:22 > 0:10:23Aye. It was...

0:10:23 > 0:10:25Keep it still the noo.

0:10:32 > 0:10:35Back in Pembrokeshire, the marine police

0:10:35 > 0:10:38are trying to rescue a treasure hunter stuck in the mud flats.

0:10:38 > 0:10:39Two feet, soft mud.

0:10:41 > 0:10:45They can't get any closer to Tom and the tide is rising fast.

0:10:47 > 0:10:48One foot, hard.

0:10:50 > 0:10:51But help is at hand.

0:10:56 > 0:11:00A group of teenage boys offer up their lightweight dinghy.

0:11:07 > 0:11:11One of the lads, Sam, stays on board to give Marine Skipper Paul a hand.

0:11:14 > 0:11:16RADIO CHATTER

0:11:21 > 0:11:23And the dinghy makes light work

0:11:23 > 0:11:27of getting Tom out of his sticky predicament.

0:11:27 > 0:11:30The gentleman was obviously very, very tired.

0:11:30 > 0:11:34Um... He was wet from the mud.

0:11:34 > 0:11:37Er, the pressure in his legs has been restricted

0:11:37 > 0:11:40and he'd been working hard so he'd been sweating.

0:11:40 > 0:11:43It was quite a potentially dangerous situation.

0:11:45 > 0:11:48On board the police boat, Tom's safe.

0:11:48 > 0:11:50But he could well have hidden injuries.

0:12:02 > 0:12:05- It's no inconvenience, OK? - Honest, I really am...

0:12:05 > 0:12:07- You've been there for a while. Let them just check you.- No problem.

0:12:07 > 0:12:10Now I'm out, I'm all right. I really am, honestly.

0:12:10 > 0:12:12One of the things we look at is,

0:12:12 > 0:12:14um, there's been a lot of pressure on your legs,

0:12:14 > 0:12:16which has restricted the blood flow.

0:12:16 > 0:12:18And you've been working hard...

0:12:18 > 0:12:21'When you're in anything that compresses your limbs,

0:12:21 > 0:12:24'it means there's less blood flow around the extremities,

0:12:24 > 0:12:27'it means that most of your blood is pooled in the core,

0:12:27 > 0:12:30'that's fine until the pressure's released,

0:12:30 > 0:12:32'so all of the blood that was in your core'

0:12:32 > 0:12:34disperses around your body,

0:12:34 > 0:12:39which means your core pressure drops dramatically.

0:12:39 > 0:12:42And, um...people have died from going into shock.

0:12:54 > 0:12:58The day started with a little light treasure hunting.

0:12:58 > 0:13:00Just we're out metal detecting,

0:13:00 > 0:13:03with the Pembrokeshire Metal Detecting Club,

0:13:03 > 0:13:05and I'm walking down the far side,

0:13:05 > 0:13:08and it's firm, like, you know, no problem,

0:13:08 > 0:13:10and then I must have stepped off the firm part

0:13:10 > 0:13:13and just sunk, up to my knees in the mud.

0:13:13 > 0:13:16And you are trapped, you can't pull out.

0:13:16 > 0:13:19You know, it really sucks you in and you can't...

0:13:19 > 0:13:22You know, when you try pull one out, the other one's sinking lower.

0:13:22 > 0:13:24So you've just got to stand there and wait.

0:13:24 > 0:13:25If you haven't got this sort of help,

0:13:25 > 0:13:27I don't know how you'd get out.

0:13:27 > 0:13:29You know, you can't get out yourself.

0:13:36 > 0:13:39- Do you want me to get out? - Yeah, just stand there.

0:13:39 > 0:13:40- You all right?- Yeah, fine.

0:13:40 > 0:13:42- OK, good man.- Ah!

0:13:42 > 0:13:44- Sit down.- Sit on the floor's probably best.

0:13:44 > 0:13:46- Sit on the floor?- Yeah, please.

0:13:49 > 0:13:51Back there, sir.

0:13:51 > 0:13:53They'll all be happier with that. All right.

0:13:55 > 0:13:57I don't know what's happened with my machine

0:13:57 > 0:13:59because you're not supposed to get them wet and that.

0:13:59 > 0:14:01- I fell in the water with it. - Oh, right.

0:14:01 > 0:14:02So I could've wrecked it.

0:14:02 > 0:14:05Well, um... You're OK.

0:14:05 > 0:14:08Yeah. Oh, yeah. I can always replace the machine.

0:14:09 > 0:14:12Yeah. I'll see if we can get that off the boat now.

0:14:12 > 0:14:17Tom's safe now, but Britain's tidal mud flats can be treacherous.

0:14:17 > 0:14:19The problem was, where he was stuck,

0:14:19 > 0:14:22there's probably a seven-metre tidal range today,

0:14:22 > 0:14:25so we had to get him out fairly quickly.

0:14:25 > 0:14:28- Is it the gentleman there with the hat on?- Yeah.

0:14:28 > 0:14:30You might want a winch to drag him back up.

0:14:30 > 0:14:32Now it's over to the paramedics.

0:14:35 > 0:14:37Just for the balance.

0:14:37 > 0:14:39- You feeling all right?- Yes, fine. - Good.

0:14:39 > 0:14:41This is very steep, mind.

0:14:41 > 0:14:43'It's very hard to walk in the mud. Once you stop moving,'

0:14:43 > 0:14:47you can sink in and it causes all sorts of problems.

0:14:47 > 0:14:52You think you can move, you may get a yard and that's it.

0:14:52 > 0:14:53As that gentleman found out.

0:15:00 > 0:15:05Later, in Pembrokeshire, a couple of holiday-makers are locked out,

0:15:05 > 0:15:07but also locked in.

0:15:07 > 0:15:09So, where's the keys then?

0:15:09 > 0:15:11- In the door!- In the door.

0:15:14 > 0:15:17Paramedics John and Michael rescue a biker boy

0:15:17 > 0:15:20who's fallen down a rabbit hole.

0:15:20 > 0:15:23Right, so, silly question, where are you sore?

0:15:23 > 0:15:28But first, in Penzance, a surfer comes to blows with her board.

0:15:28 > 0:15:31- Were you knocked out? - A little bit, like a split-second.

0:15:31 > 0:15:33- Dazed, or...?- Yeah.- Yeah, OK.

0:15:41 > 0:15:45From the Pembrokeshire coast to the Cornish coast.

0:15:45 > 0:15:46The pristine beaches here

0:15:46 > 0:15:49are a magnet for those in search of a perfect wave.

0:15:56 > 0:15:58West Cornwall Hospital in Penzance

0:15:58 > 0:16:01is in one of the most remote parts of the country.

0:16:02 > 0:16:06Its GPs and nurses have been trained in frontline medicine,

0:16:06 > 0:16:08and it's the first port of call in an emergency.

0:16:10 > 0:16:12- Can you feel that?- No.- No?

0:16:12 > 0:16:14If you can just pop your finger on there,

0:16:14 > 0:16:18I'm just going to put another layer on cos it's leaking a little bit.

0:16:18 > 0:16:21Have you got the pink key, please?

0:16:21 > 0:16:24Staff Nurse Dorinda Phillips has worked at West Cornwall

0:16:24 > 0:16:26for over 20 years,

0:16:26 > 0:16:30so she's an old hand at the kind of accidents that happen here.

0:16:32 > 0:16:35ALARM PINGS Ah! Is Buddy making the alarm go?

0:16:36 > 0:16:4021-year-old surfer Buddy has come into the hospital

0:16:40 > 0:16:41with her friend, Jen.

0:16:41 > 0:16:44She's had a battle with her board and come off worse.

0:16:46 > 0:16:47My name's Dorinda. What happened?

0:16:47 > 0:16:51Er, I went for a surf and I came off my board.

0:16:51 > 0:16:53One of the fins hit me in the...

0:16:53 > 0:16:55- It struck you in the face. - Yeah, in the lip. Um...

0:16:57 > 0:16:59Ooh, that's impressive!

0:16:59 > 0:17:02So I got out straightaway, ran over to the lifeguards,

0:17:02 > 0:17:05and I know them all and they just...

0:17:05 > 0:17:07They cleaned it up for me and gave me this.

0:17:07 > 0:17:09- Good waves?- Yeah, I just told my boyfriend

0:17:09 > 0:17:12I'm taking him to Bali for a present,

0:17:12 > 0:17:14- so we thought we'd go for a surf. - SHE LAUGHS

0:17:14 > 0:17:16- And then this happened.- Yeah.

0:17:16 > 0:17:19But it's not just her face Dorinda's concerned about.

0:17:21 > 0:17:22Were you knocked out?

0:17:22 > 0:17:26Um, a little bit. Like a split-second.

0:17:26 > 0:17:27- Dazed, or...?- Yeah.- Yeah, OK.

0:17:27 > 0:17:29Do you feel sick or have you been sick?

0:17:29 > 0:17:31No, I'm just a bit shaken.

0:17:31 > 0:17:32All right, my darling.

0:17:32 > 0:17:35We'll just write that down. One second.

0:17:35 > 0:17:37Anything that's...

0:17:37 > 0:17:41Even a facial injury is classed as a head injury,

0:17:41 > 0:17:45so anything above the neck would be...would be...

0:17:45 > 0:17:48sort of grouped under a head injury.

0:17:48 > 0:17:53So we always have to check whether they were knocked out or dizzy or...

0:17:53 > 0:17:55Right, shall we go into a cubicle?

0:17:55 > 0:17:58- Thank you. - That's all right, sweetheart.

0:17:58 > 0:18:02We'll go down this way. This way, darling.

0:18:02 > 0:18:05Surfing injuries are common in this neck of the woods.

0:18:05 > 0:18:08Dorinda needs to take a closer look.

0:18:08 > 0:18:12You all right up there, darling? Yeah?

0:18:12 > 0:18:14That's it. Make yourself comfy.

0:18:14 > 0:18:15Sorry, I've got loads of sand...

0:18:15 > 0:18:18Don't worry, a seasonal hazard. We don't mind.

0:18:20 > 0:18:23Buddy has a deep cut to her upper lip.

0:18:23 > 0:18:27It's actually just gone through a tiny bit,

0:18:27 > 0:18:29just the border of your lip.

0:18:29 > 0:18:31But it may be... You look like Harry Potter!

0:18:31 > 0:18:34- Oh, great(!) - That's what I said!- Did you?

0:18:34 > 0:18:35THEY LAUGH

0:18:37 > 0:18:38When the lip is involved,

0:18:38 > 0:18:42the border of your lip is called the vermilion border,

0:18:42 > 0:18:44and it's really important, if it's sutured,

0:18:44 > 0:18:46that it's sutured correctly,

0:18:46 > 0:18:48so you don't... you're not left with a ridge.

0:18:48 > 0:18:51You know it has to be lined up correctly,

0:18:51 > 0:18:53otherwise they have not such a pretty smile.

0:18:57 > 0:19:00It's going to sting a little bit, probably.

0:19:06 > 0:19:08Obviously going to need stitches.

0:19:08 > 0:19:10- You realise that, don't you?- Mm-hm.

0:19:10 > 0:19:11Sorry, my darling.

0:19:13 > 0:19:18Urgent Care GP Dr Patrick Farrell gives Buddy the once-over.

0:19:18 > 0:19:21- How'd you do it?- Surfing.- Uh-huh!

0:19:23 > 0:19:26- Can I just have a look at the damage?- Yeah.

0:19:28 > 0:19:32Having had a good look at it, I think you'd probably be better off

0:19:32 > 0:19:34going up the road, I'm afraid, to Treliske,

0:19:34 > 0:19:38which is to see the maxfac surgeons, which are the facial surgeons,

0:19:38 > 0:19:42cos you'll end up with probably a better cosmetic result...

0:19:42 > 0:19:44Bad news. She'll have to make the 30-mile journey

0:19:44 > 0:19:47to a specialist unit in Truro.

0:19:47 > 0:19:49Will your friend be able to take you up there?

0:19:49 > 0:19:52- Yeah, of course, yeah. - Good. We'll organise that.

0:19:54 > 0:19:57Luckily, her friend, Jen, is on hand.

0:19:57 > 0:20:00It's a long drive from Penzance when you're in pain.

0:20:00 > 0:20:02SHE LAUGHS

0:20:03 > 0:20:06But later, when Buddy's getting stitched up,

0:20:06 > 0:20:08someone else hits the deck.

0:20:08 > 0:20:09CLATTERING

0:20:10 > 0:20:12Hello. What you doing down there?

0:20:20 > 0:20:23Earlier, in Dumfries and Galloway,

0:20:23 > 0:20:25paramedics John West and Michael Harmjanz

0:20:25 > 0:20:29got lost trying to find an accident deep in the countryside.

0:20:29 > 0:20:32The GPS tells us to go this way,

0:20:32 > 0:20:35but the update we received from the dispatcher

0:20:35 > 0:20:38said it's on the Loch Arthur Road, which is this.

0:20:38 > 0:20:42So we're trying Loch Arthur Road and I asked for an update.

0:20:42 > 0:20:43Left and then down.

0:20:46 > 0:20:49This time, local boy John is doing all the navigating.

0:20:49 > 0:20:53Biggest problem is getting there safely.

0:20:53 > 0:20:56It's a 999 call and the roads are very wet.

0:20:56 > 0:20:59Try and find a route for Michael, where he's going.

0:21:01 > 0:21:04A 52-year-old gentleman... Turn right, Michael.

0:21:04 > 0:21:08..has, er, seemingly had a fall.

0:21:08 > 0:21:12Don't know if he's injured, or the extent of his injuries.

0:21:15 > 0:21:18According to this, he's still on the ground.

0:21:18 > 0:21:20Bottom of the road, Michael, turn right.

0:21:27 > 0:21:31Inside, they discover that Kenny has fallen head-first into a wall.

0:21:33 > 0:21:35He was doing up his son's house as a favour.

0:21:36 > 0:21:38Is that his head that hit that, guys?

0:21:38 > 0:21:41- Aye. It was in... - No, keep it still the noo.

0:21:41 > 0:21:44- How's the neck?- Sore.- Sore.

0:21:44 > 0:21:46Right, how sore? Whereabouts? Is it muscular?

0:21:46 > 0:21:49- Aye, it's right in there.- Right in there. Right, lie nice and still.

0:21:49 > 0:21:50- Got a wee collar for him, Michael? - Aye.

0:21:50 > 0:21:54But the question is, WHY did Kenny fall?

0:21:54 > 0:21:56- I've had you before. What was it for?- Diabetes.

0:21:56 > 0:21:58Diabetes.

0:21:58 > 0:22:00So how is it normally now?

0:22:00 > 0:22:02- Is it controlled?- Aye.

0:22:02 > 0:22:04Get a collar. Could you come round here, son?

0:22:06 > 0:22:10John's priority is to secure Kenny's head with a neck brace.

0:22:10 > 0:22:14But he thinks his diabetes could be the reason for him falling.

0:22:14 > 0:22:16- That hole in the wall there is your head?- Aye.

0:22:19 > 0:22:22- Let's get your chain off there. Aye.- Nae bother, pal.- OK.

0:22:22 > 0:22:25- Right, this isnae designed to be comfy.- I thought that.

0:22:25 > 0:22:27So, because of your diabetes,

0:22:27 > 0:22:30what we'll do is we're going to take a wee blood sugar.

0:22:30 > 0:22:34- 5.7.- 5.7.- That's low for me.

0:22:34 > 0:22:36- Is that low? - It's usually 13-point-something.

0:22:36 > 0:22:40- Is that low, low for you?- That's low, low for me. I'm usually...

0:22:40 > 0:22:41Kenny's low blood sugar levels

0:22:41 > 0:22:44could have been the cause of his blackout.

0:22:44 > 0:22:46But there is another possibility.

0:22:46 > 0:22:49I'm taking tablets for taking seizures.

0:22:49 > 0:22:51You have been taking seizures?

0:22:51 > 0:22:54- No, I dinnae ken, that's what I'm saying.- Right, epileptic?

0:22:54 > 0:22:58I'm taking tablets for that the now,

0:22:58 > 0:23:00- just to see if it is that or no'. - Right.

0:23:00 > 0:23:03Straight down.

0:23:03 > 0:23:06Kenny is diabetic and could also have epilepsy.

0:23:06 > 0:23:09Either could be the cause of his collapse.

0:23:09 > 0:23:12Grab a hold of the side of this, pal. You grab the other side, mate.

0:23:13 > 0:23:15John must get him to hospital.

0:23:16 > 0:23:19He needs immediate medical attention for the fall

0:23:19 > 0:23:22but they also need to find out what caused the blackout.

0:23:23 > 0:23:27- Right, Kenny, are you allergic to anything?- No.

0:23:27 > 0:23:31- So, diabetes type what?- Two.

0:23:35 > 0:23:38- And high blood pressure.- Aye.

0:23:39 > 0:23:42Well, this is a report form for the observations

0:23:42 > 0:23:45I've done for Kenny in the house and en route. At the moment it

0:23:45 > 0:23:48runs down this and then what we do is we print it out

0:23:48 > 0:23:50and it gets handed to the casualty staff

0:23:50 > 0:23:55so that anybody that then deals with Kenny from his admission

0:23:55 > 0:23:58to his discharge can actually see what happened at the scene.

0:23:58 > 0:24:01What I'm querying, Kenny, is the fact that you've no had

0:24:01 > 0:24:05nothing to eat since tea-time last night.

0:24:06 > 0:24:09This morning, what's happened is you've no had a breakfast either

0:24:09 > 0:24:11so you've had what they call a wee hypo.

0:24:12 > 0:24:15Skipping meals can lead to low blood sugar.

0:24:16 > 0:24:18It might explain the blackout.

0:24:18 > 0:24:22- And you say your sugar levels are normally 10-13.- Aye.

0:24:22 > 0:24:27When we got there, it's 5.7, which is normal in your average person,

0:24:27 > 0:24:31but for someone that is trying to get diabetes under control...

0:24:33 > 0:24:36..it's maybe a wee bit low.

0:24:36 > 0:24:38At Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary,

0:24:38 > 0:24:44- John hands Kenny over to the doctor on call.- Hi, doctor. This is Kenny.

0:24:44 > 0:24:50- Hello there.- Kenny is a 52-year-old diabetic-cum-epileptic.- Hello, sir.

0:24:50 > 0:24:52You stay nice and still for us, OK?

0:24:52 > 0:24:56Just going to pull the curtains across, please. OK.

0:24:56 > 0:24:59What's the last thing that you are member, sir?

0:24:59 > 0:25:01Dr Hannah Smith will now try

0:25:01 > 0:25:03to shed some light on Kenny's blackout.

0:25:04 > 0:25:09John and Michael are still on call. They need to get back on the road.

0:25:09 > 0:25:10Argh-ha-ha.

0:25:10 > 0:25:13Later in the programme, they treat a biker boy

0:25:13 > 0:25:15who's bunny-hopped into a rabbit hole.

0:25:15 > 0:25:17Keep sucking because,

0:25:17 > 0:25:19I'm no lying to you, it will get a wee bit sore.

0:25:31 > 0:25:35The beautiful Pembrokeshire coast is a playground for locals

0:25:35 > 0:25:36and tourists alike.

0:25:42 > 0:25:45Earlier, the Marine Police Unit in Milford Haven rescued

0:25:45 > 0:25:47a treasure hunter who got stuck in the mud.

0:25:49 > 0:25:51OK. They'll all be happier with that. All right.

0:25:52 > 0:25:55Now, their colleagues in Pembroke Dock have been called to

0:25:55 > 0:25:59a couple of tourists who've got themselves in a spot of bother.

0:26:00 > 0:26:03Taking the call this time is PC Abby Williams

0:26:03 > 0:26:05and her colleague PC Jason Thomas.

0:26:07 > 0:26:10We've just had a report that a couple are on a week's holiday

0:26:10 > 0:26:14down here and they're stuck in the conservatory of the property.

0:26:14 > 0:26:17They've said they've got water and things, but obviously they can't

0:26:17 > 0:26:20get out so we're going to go up now and assess the situation

0:26:20 > 0:26:21and see what we can do to help.

0:26:21 > 0:26:23Maybe get some keys through the window

0:26:23 > 0:26:25or something to open it up for them.

0:26:27 > 0:26:30The details of the owners are in their vehicle outside

0:26:30 > 0:26:32so they don't actually have...

0:26:35 > 0:26:38..any contact details for the person, I think, who owns the property.

0:26:40 > 0:26:42We find it a lot, though.

0:26:42 > 0:26:44If people don't know what to do,

0:26:44 > 0:26:48they always phone 999 and ask for the police and we sort them out.

0:26:52 > 0:26:54The Fire Brigade are already on site.

0:26:56 > 0:26:58- Hiya.- Hiya.

0:26:59 > 0:27:04Hello. You all right? You've got us all called out.

0:27:04 > 0:27:07- Oh, sorry.- That's all right. That's all right.- It's so embarrassing.

0:27:07 > 0:27:12- We're so sorry.- So, where's the keys, then?- In the door.

0:27:12 > 0:27:15In the door. And it's a Yale lock, is it?

0:27:15 > 0:27:16We did try breaking the window

0:27:16 > 0:27:19- but we've got nothing hard enough to hit it with.- Oh.

0:27:19 > 0:27:22Didn't want to damage it, really. If we could get the caretaker out...

0:27:22 > 0:27:24Yeah.

0:27:24 > 0:27:27Janice and Chris have been trying to track down the spare keys,

0:27:27 > 0:27:30but no-one's answering their phone.

0:27:30 > 0:27:32So, who is it that you're trying to get hold of now?

0:27:32 > 0:27:34The key-holder, the caretaker.

0:27:34 > 0:27:37And if they don't answer, what's your other option?

0:27:37 > 0:27:40- Have you got another number? - Hello? This is Janice Laws.

0:27:40 > 0:27:44We're renting... Hello? We have a bit of a problem.

0:27:44 > 0:27:47We are locked in the conservatory.

0:27:47 > 0:27:50I've got police here and the Fire Brigade and wonder

0:27:50 > 0:27:53if you'd get back to us as soon as you can. Thank you.

0:27:53 > 0:27:54At last...

0:27:54 > 0:27:56OK, lovely. OK, right.

0:27:56 > 0:27:58..someone's at home.

0:27:58 > 0:28:00- Cheers.- What's that? - The key-holder's on his way.

0:28:00 > 0:28:02Where are they travelling from? Do you know?

0:28:02 > 0:28:08- He didn't say.- 01432.- 01432. - Where is that?- Just give him a call.

0:28:08 > 0:28:12Just to... Can you call him back to see where they're travelling from?

0:28:12 > 0:28:15Just so you know. I don't think it is very local

0:28:15 > 0:28:18so you could be waiting quite a while.

0:28:18 > 0:28:22They've tracked down the key-holders but they could still be miles away.

0:28:22 > 0:28:24Can you just check a dialling code

0:28:24 > 0:28:26to see where that relates to, please?

0:28:29 > 0:28:34Right, OK. They'd be waiting a while then. Thank you.

0:28:34 > 0:28:38Apparently that relates to Hereford.

0:28:38 > 0:28:41I'm just going to try and get hold of the holiday company because the

0:28:41 > 0:28:44key-holder lives in Hereford, which is obviously a couple of hours'

0:28:44 > 0:28:47drive away. So we don't believe they're coming from there but,

0:28:47 > 0:28:48at this stage, we don't know.

0:28:48 > 0:28:50If it's 20 minutes, half an hour, that's fine.

0:28:50 > 0:28:53If it's a couple of hours then the fire service may need to

0:28:53 > 0:28:54do something to get them out.

0:28:56 > 0:28:59It's a hot day and, being stuck in a glasshouse,

0:28:59 > 0:29:01it's only going to get hotter.

0:29:01 > 0:29:05Oh, hello. It's PC Williams calling from Dyfed-Powys police.

0:29:05 > 0:29:08Apparently, you said somebody is en route cos they've locked

0:29:08 > 0:29:11themselves out of the property and they're stuck in the conservatory.

0:29:11 > 0:29:14Can you just inform us where they are travelling from

0:29:14 > 0:29:16cos obviously the key-holder on their paper is to Hereford.

0:29:18 > 0:29:19Thank you.

0:29:19 > 0:29:22There is a window round the front with the beading loose

0:29:22 > 0:29:27- so we can get the glass out if needs be.- Have you got a screwdriver?

0:29:27 > 0:29:32Yeah. Do you want some bottles of water in? We'll get some for you.

0:29:32 > 0:29:36- Well, give us a screwdriver and we'll break that one.- OK.- Hello?

0:29:38 > 0:29:41Just when Abby's about to nail it...

0:29:41 > 0:29:44Oh, they live in Penarth so they're on their way.

0:29:44 > 0:29:45- Yeah, that's great.- Got them.

0:29:45 > 0:29:47..the keys arrive.

0:29:47 > 0:29:48Cheers. Bye.

0:29:48 > 0:29:54Hot but not too bothered, Janice and Chris are freed from the sweatbox.

0:29:54 > 0:29:58- Wahey!- Yeah, you're in. - Now let us out of this one!

0:30:03 > 0:30:06Right. Thank you.

0:30:06 > 0:30:08- I'm so embarrassed. Thank you. - That's OK.

0:30:11 > 0:30:13Well, we were just going out over to Pembroke

0:30:13 > 0:30:15and as Chris shut the door, he realised

0:30:15 > 0:30:18the keys were inside rather than outside of the lock so...

0:30:18 > 0:30:21You know what it's like, the minute you slam the door, you know

0:30:21 > 0:30:24you've done it and we'd locked that one to be safety conscious.

0:30:24 > 0:30:27A bit too safety conscious, unfortunately, weren't we?

0:30:29 > 0:30:30Good result.

0:30:30 > 0:30:33Luckily they didn't have to wait too long, only half an hour.

0:30:33 > 0:30:36They could have dehydrated or anything, really.

0:30:36 > 0:30:39But, no, the key-holder lives locally so it's all resolved.

0:30:39 > 0:30:41So happy, happy days.

0:30:58 > 0:31:02Earlier, in Cornwall, Buddy had a run-in with a surfboard.

0:31:02 > 0:31:04Oh, that's impressive.

0:31:05 > 0:31:08She was seen by medics at the Urgent Care Centre in Penzance,

0:31:08 > 0:31:12who sent her to the facial injuries specialist in Truro, 30 miles away.

0:31:16 > 0:31:19Buddy is being seen by surgeon Saleh al Dallal.

0:31:24 > 0:31:27Right, OK, so this is what we're going to do.

0:31:27 > 0:31:32Just going to clean the wound and stitch it up.

0:31:32 > 0:31:34All I need to do is numb you up, OK?

0:31:34 > 0:31:39A couple of little pricks around the area, OK, just to numb it up

0:31:39 > 0:31:44and then scrub it for you. You will be numb so you'll not feel it.

0:31:44 > 0:31:46- And then stitch it up for you. All right?- Yeah.

0:31:48 > 0:31:51- Will it scar, do you think? - There is a risk of scarring as well.

0:31:51 > 0:31:56- Yeah, we can't predict it. OK? All right?- OK, thank you.

0:31:59 > 0:32:01You look really scared.

0:32:06 > 0:32:10Buddy's putting on a brave face, but she has to brace herself.

0:32:15 > 0:32:18Jen tries to give her friend some support.

0:32:18 > 0:32:19- You all right?- Yeah.

0:32:23 > 0:32:25That's one there.

0:32:25 > 0:32:27But it's all a bit too much.

0:32:29 > 0:32:31JEN GROANS

0:32:31 > 0:32:33- Can I just ask for some help? - Yeah.

0:32:35 > 0:32:38- You all right? NURSE:- Hello.

0:32:38 > 0:32:43- What are you doing down there? Did you have funny turn?- Yeah.- Oh, dear.

0:32:43 > 0:32:46What are we going to do with you? Shall we see if we can sit you up?

0:32:46 > 0:32:49- I just get really low blood pressure.- Oh.

0:32:50 > 0:32:51Sorry. Brilliant.

0:32:51 > 0:32:53See if you can sit up a little bit

0:32:53 > 0:32:58but let's just do it very slowly, all right? Come on then.

0:32:58 > 0:32:59- OK?- Sorry.- Don't worry.

0:32:59 > 0:33:02Stay there for a minute and then what we'll do is get

0:33:02 > 0:33:03you to come over and sit on this other couch.

0:33:03 > 0:33:07- It is quite hot in here.- Yeah. I think I just got a bit hot.

0:33:07 > 0:33:10Don't worry, it happens all the time, sweetheart.

0:33:11 > 0:33:13Casualty numbers have just doubled.

0:33:18 > 0:33:20But that lip isn't going to heal itself.

0:33:20 > 0:33:22I felt useless.

0:33:23 > 0:33:26Right, so, I'm going to scrub that with a brush.

0:33:26 > 0:33:27You're doing really well.

0:33:29 > 0:33:31Numb from the injection, Buddy feels no pain.

0:33:34 > 0:33:39That is such a weird sensation. A weird feeling.

0:33:39 > 0:33:43- Tingling? Or what sort of feeling? - No, just when you were scrubbing it.

0:33:43 > 0:33:45- Yeah.- I can't feel it.- Good. Excellent.- Really weird.

0:33:49 > 0:33:51It'll take a while to stitch her up,

0:33:51 > 0:33:54but Buddy's more worried about her pal.

0:33:56 > 0:34:02- You OK, Jen?- Yeah, I'm OK. You all right?- Mm-hm.

0:34:02 > 0:34:05- I think I need to eat something. - Yeah, me too.

0:34:06 > 0:34:08That really hurt when he was injecting me.

0:34:08 > 0:34:11I could feel her pain through my hand.

0:34:12 > 0:34:15I'm glad he's not doing it with no pain relief. I'd knock him out.

0:34:20 > 0:34:23How does it look? What does it look like?

0:34:23 > 0:34:26- Like you've got a moustache.- Really?

0:34:26 > 0:34:29I can't even smile. It hurts. Oh.

0:34:35 > 0:34:38Stitched up good and proper, Buddy can now go home.

0:34:38 > 0:34:39Yeah, thanks.

0:34:41 > 0:34:47- Safe journey.- Thanks.- Look after her.- I'll look after her.- Thank you.

0:34:47 > 0:34:49- Thank you.- Bye.

0:34:55 > 0:35:00Almost a month later and Buddy's back at the scene of the wipe-out.

0:35:04 > 0:35:09This is where I got hit with my surfboard. Just here.

0:35:14 > 0:35:19I moved 400 miles to live here and to surf, but I've made some

0:35:19 > 0:35:23amazing friends and, yeah, so I live in Cornwall now.

0:35:23 > 0:35:24That's my home.

0:35:27 > 0:35:29The hospitals are amazing.

0:35:29 > 0:35:32Lovely nurses that made me feel, you know,

0:35:32 > 0:35:37really at ease and the doctor who did my stitches was really sweet.

0:35:37 > 0:35:42He did a really good job so I'm really grateful. And, yeah,

0:35:42 > 0:35:44they've got a good team down here.

0:35:54 > 0:35:57Earlier in the programme, Dumfries paramedics John West

0:35:57 > 0:36:00and Michael Harmjanz helped Kenny, who blacked out

0:36:00 > 0:36:02and put his head through the wall.

0:36:02 > 0:36:05- So, that hole in the wall there is your head?- Aye.

0:36:08 > 0:36:10Now the dynamic duo are onto their next rescue mission.

0:36:10 > 0:36:13SIRENS WAIL

0:36:13 > 0:36:17It's a local skate park-cum-BMX track where

0:36:17 > 0:36:21a 13-year-old gentleman's knee is pointing the wrong way.

0:36:21 > 0:36:23Visibly out of place.

0:36:26 > 0:36:28The incident is only a mile or so away.

0:36:31 > 0:36:35But even short journeys can be tricky to negotiate.

0:36:37 > 0:36:40Once again, John's local knowledge comes in handy. As they head

0:36:40 > 0:36:45towards the outskirts of town, he knows exactly where they're going.

0:36:45 > 0:36:48Hopefully there's a better path over there, Michael.

0:36:48 > 0:36:5213-year-old Scott might be at a skateboarding park

0:36:52 > 0:36:54but he's not fallen off a skateboard.

0:36:54 > 0:36:59He dislocated his knee when he tripped in a rabbit hole.

0:36:59 > 0:37:02- Right, so, silly question, where are you sore?- On my kneecap.

0:37:02 > 0:37:05- I'm not actually sore, but it's very uncomfortable.- Mm-hm.

0:37:05 > 0:37:08- Neck and all that fine?- Everything is fine, it's just my knee.

0:37:08 > 0:37:11- So, you went down a hole? - This hole where my foot is here.

0:37:11 > 0:37:13- You went down this rabbit hole. - It doesn't hurt.

0:37:13 > 0:37:15I don't think I'll need gas. Hopefully not.

0:37:15 > 0:37:17- Feel me touching you?- Aye. - Wiggle the toes.

0:37:17 > 0:37:18- PHONE RINGS - That's my mum.

0:37:18 > 0:37:22I can't get up to answer it. It's in here. I can't get up to answer it.

0:37:22 > 0:37:23Oh, right.

0:37:23 > 0:37:27Scott's mum is trying to phone but John needs to see to his leg first.

0:37:27 > 0:37:32Forget your mother the now. Right, Scott, what's with the trousers cut?

0:37:32 > 0:37:37- That's from ages ago.- Well, they're getting cut again.- That's fine.

0:37:37 > 0:37:41- Argh-ha-ha!- Look away. Mind how he said he didn't want the gas?

0:37:41 > 0:37:43Yeah, give us some of that.

0:37:45 > 0:37:49Finally, Scott takes gas and air for the pain.

0:37:49 > 0:37:54He's not keen, but John knows he's going to need it.

0:37:54 > 0:37:57- Just look away.- I'm all right. I'm fine.- Put your head down.

0:37:57 > 0:37:59- I don't need that. I'm fine. Honestly.- Listen, you're not...

0:37:59 > 0:38:03We're going to move it in a minute. And then you're going to be no' fine.

0:38:03 > 0:38:06- So what I... - Is this going to hurt?- No.

0:38:06 > 0:38:09- I'd rather you tell me if it's going to hurt.- No' if you take the gas.

0:38:09 > 0:38:13- Can I get this? - The vacuum splint too, Michael, eh?

0:38:13 > 0:38:15Right, Scott, keep taking the gas.

0:38:15 > 0:38:17Obviously, he was in a bit of pain.

0:38:17 > 0:38:19His leg was in an unnatural position.

0:38:19 > 0:38:22When we exposed and examined his knee,

0:38:22 > 0:38:26it turned out his knee was pointing the wrong way.

0:38:26 > 0:38:28The gas and air gets to work.

0:38:28 > 0:38:31HE LAUGHS

0:38:31 > 0:38:33Then Scott sees the damage.

0:38:33 > 0:38:37- Whoa! Holy- BLEEP,- that's my knee! - Ssh. Ssh.

0:38:37 > 0:38:41- Ah!- Right, listen, I told you no to look at it.- I'm sorry.

0:38:42 > 0:38:46Scott's just discovered why gas and air is known as laughing gas.

0:38:46 > 0:38:51'I gave him some laughing gas, Entonox.'

0:38:51 > 0:38:54It calmed him down, eased the pain dramatically,

0:38:54 > 0:38:57to the extent where he was laughing and joking.

0:38:57 > 0:38:59He thought it was rather funny.

0:38:59 > 0:39:01And his friends - which is a sign of the times -

0:39:01 > 0:39:05were actually taking pictures of it and putting it on Facebook.

0:39:05 > 0:39:06So, where do you stay? Where's your mum?

0:39:06 > 0:39:08My mum says she's meeting us at hospital.

0:39:08 > 0:39:11- She knows this has happened?- Yeah. Will I have to go to an A&E, yeah?

0:39:11 > 0:39:13- Mm-hm.- Yeah, right, OK.

0:39:13 > 0:39:17Right. Keep taking the gas. It's quick acting but short lasting.

0:39:17 > 0:39:19- It is. It's great.- Is it?

0:39:19 > 0:39:22Keep sucking because, I'm not lying to you,

0:39:22 > 0:39:24it will get a wee bit sore when we move you.

0:39:28 > 0:39:32Now John and Michael immobilise Scott's knee.

0:39:32 > 0:39:36Right, Scott, listen, we're sucking the air out of this.

0:39:36 > 0:39:41- Oh, that's crushed down on my leg. - Feel it?- Yeah. That's fine.

0:39:43 > 0:39:46- I'm a mountain biker. I can feel it.- Is it supporting your leg?

0:39:46 > 0:39:48A little bit, yeah. I can feel it.

0:39:50 > 0:39:52Even with his knee held firmly in place,

0:39:52 > 0:39:55getting him onto the stretcher is still a painful process.

0:39:55 > 0:40:00- Get your head up, too, son. - I'm trying. Sorry. Right.

0:40:00 > 0:40:03- That's you. Well done. - No, we're no' in, Michael.

0:40:05 > 0:40:09It's barely a mile to the hospital. A short ride for more help.

0:40:13 > 0:40:15PHONE RINGS

0:40:15 > 0:40:20- That'll probably be my mum again. - Is that your mother?

0:40:20 > 0:40:21It's in the pocket, yeah.

0:40:21 > 0:40:22Hello?

0:40:24 > 0:40:27It's Scott's mum again. This time, John answers.

0:40:29 > 0:40:35He's fine. He's got a probable dislocation to his right knee.

0:40:35 > 0:40:39But we've got him on the laughing gas. Nae bother.

0:40:39 > 0:40:42- Bye.- Right, OK, that's fine.

0:40:45 > 0:40:49At Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, John and Michael

0:40:49 > 0:40:51hand Scott over to the A&E medics.

0:40:52 > 0:40:54Oh, yeah, my knee, it's like...

0:40:54 > 0:40:56Keep sucking the gas.

0:40:59 > 0:41:01One, two, three.

0:41:01 > 0:41:03He put his foot down a hole, fell to the ground

0:41:03 > 0:41:06and realised that his knee shouldn't be pointing the way it was.

0:41:06 > 0:41:08So the patella is dislocated.

0:41:08 > 0:41:10He's got movement, feeling and pulse below.

0:41:10 > 0:41:13I started him on Entonox...to good effect?

0:41:13 > 0:41:16Took the pain from an eight to a, what, two?

0:41:16 > 0:41:19- Yeah, about a two. Yeah. - Wiggle the toes.

0:41:19 > 0:41:23But just when they're about to check Scott's knee - result.

0:41:23 > 0:41:26You'll never guess.

0:41:26 > 0:41:27- It's back in.- Is that back in?- Yeah.

0:41:27 > 0:41:30- Oh, that looks normal. - That's good then, isn't it?

0:41:30 > 0:41:34- Which side was sitting at? - It was on the right, was it not?

0:41:34 > 0:41:35It was over here, Scott, was it?

0:41:35 > 0:41:38Up over here cos I can remember laughing at it, yeah.

0:41:40 > 0:41:43When we took him to hospital and we were transferring him

0:41:43 > 0:41:46from our bed to the hospital bed, his knee popped back in.

0:41:57 > 0:42:01A week later and Scott reflects on his bizarre accident.

0:42:02 > 0:42:06I remember just dropping my jumper off the bench

0:42:06 > 0:42:09and stepping down to get it and I put my foot in a hole

0:42:09 > 0:42:12and just fell and my knee popped out, basically.

0:42:12 > 0:42:14- Argh-ha-ha!- Look away.

0:42:14 > 0:42:17I was gutted. I'd rather have fell off my bike

0:42:17 > 0:42:19and done it, if I'm honest.

0:42:19 > 0:42:22It's a bit pathetic, falling off a bench!

0:42:29 > 0:42:32It's been all go for the emergency services in rural Britain.

0:42:36 > 0:42:40Buddy was chasing the waves just a few days after her accident.

0:42:40 > 0:42:43And she had a fantastic holiday, surfing in Bali.

0:42:48 > 0:42:50Scott's leg brace and crutches

0:42:50 > 0:42:53meant he was off his bike for the rest of the summer.

0:42:53 > 0:42:55Not such a laughing matter after all.

0:42:59 > 0:43:03And stuck-in-the-mud Tom was fine after his ordeal.

0:43:03 > 0:43:04But one thing's for sure -

0:43:04 > 0:43:07he won't be metal detecting on that beach any time soon.

0:43:10 > 0:43:13Quiet in the countryside? You've got to be kidding!