MOUNTAIN rescuers were called out at lunchtime yesterday to help when a 61-year-old man got stuck in mud in fields close to the Low North Camp motorcross circuit near Scarborough.

Firefighters initially had difficulty freeing the man and asked Scarborough & Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team for their 4x4. But before the team could arrive, two Scarborough fire crews pulled him out without using equipment.

He is not believed to be injured.