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Melissa Major & Kaitlin Easton

Father and son airlifted to safety after camping trip turns into nightmare

A father and son's holiday camping trip turned into a nightmare when one of them developed a mystery sickness bug and had to be airlifted to safety.

Dave Garratt, 45, and nine-year-old son Will were enjoying a hiking trip to Scafell Pike in Cumbria during the Easter holidays when they set up camp near Sprinkling Tarn on Seathwaite Fell.

The pair had been hiking for three hours on day one and were planning to reach the summit the following more, Lancs Live reports.

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