A BOY relived his horror at being trapped in quicksand during a family holiday.
Gareth Thompson, aged nine, of Fernview Drive, Holcombe Brook, was playing with friends on the beach at Arnside.
He sank thigh-deep and the race against time to rescue him began before the tide came in.
Gareth was quickly spotted by coastguards who were holding a meeting at the nearby Sailing Club.
It took the men 20 minutes to free him from the quicksand and he was treated for shock and hypothermia at Kendal's Westmorland Hospital.
Gareth, a pupil at Holly Mount RC Primary School, Greenmount, said: "My friend got his ankle stuck then I became stuck too. I just sank down and didn't realise what was happening.
"I wasn't really that worried. They said the tide was coming in soon and the air ambulance would have had to be called out but it was cancelled. It was very cold and wet though." Gareth Thompson
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