Woman fails to turn up for a hairdresser's appointment...
- 18 October 2012 21:59196642"Loyal Dog Stays With OAP In 24-Hour Bog Ordeal"
"An 82-year-old woman has been rescued after being stuck in a muddy bog for over 24 hours with her trusty dog by her side.
The pensioner was forced to endure a night of heavy rain and gale force winds after reportedly falling head first down a bank into undergrowth.
The unnamed woman had not been seen since leaving her house in Ventnor on the Isle of Wight on Tuesday when the alarm was raised around 3:30pm on Wednesday. She had failed to turn up for a hairdresser's appointment.
A full-scale search and rescue operation was launched by Hampshire Constabulary to locate the woman, who was believed to be walking her dog in Pelmham Woods.
Officers on the ground, with assistance from a police helicopter, spent over three hours searching the area before finding her in the muddy bog alongside the A3055 Undercliff Drive.
Around 15 firefighters then took 90 minutes to free the OAP.
She was taken to St Mary's Hospital in Newport suffering from mild hypothermia, it was understood.
Darren Toogood from Bright White Images, who was at the scene, said: "Her black and white sheepdog, Monty, stayed by her side providing some heat during the 24 hours."
The canine was safely returned to family members on Wednesday night."
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/loyal-dog-stays-oap-24-hour-bog-ordeal-183611946.htmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 18 October 2012 22:21196644let's hope that the hairdresser is reasonable and does not charge the lady for missing her appointment without giving 24 hours notice.
- 18 October 2012 22:24196647That she was, " in the muddy bog alongside the A3055 ", does not say much that is positive about roadway planning in the area.Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
- 18 October 2012 22:51196653An elderly lady, perhaps better than an OAP.
We must get the dictionary right here, that OAP is not a wording that sounds respectful to members of our society.
But well done to the rescue services who searched for, located and rescued the lady!Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
Rule Britannia!
Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - 19 October 2012 08:30196671I'm glad the lady was found and is doing OK.
The next time you boys tell us we are 'always at the hairdressers' think on - it's obviously a good thing because us women would have to be carried in on a stretcher rather than miss our appointment, so if we are not there something is obviously wrong!
- 19 October 2012 08:35196672Yes Jeanne, it is wonderful how the female art of networking has again come up trumps. If a man was absent from his stool at the bar the conversation would run along the lines of, "That sod, he's found a cheaper pub!"Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
- 19 October 2012 12:03196717How true Jeane
Tom, we always come up trumps, our networking skills have taken years of practise
- 19 October 2012 12:14196722No matter how deep austerity goes women hairdressers will always be in business .....if networking means talking...I
totally agree
....management will not be pleased with that one...........