An 82-year-old Mansfield woman who set off on a seven mile evening trek with her walking frame in the rain following a flat car tyre has praised the couple who rescued her.

Determined Sylvia Pearson refused to wait the several hours until the breakdown service could assist her and husband Alan and instead set off alone into the dark and rainy night towards her home in Ladybrook – nearly 7 miles away from their Warsop location.

Mrs Pearson said: "Alan thought I was bonkers but he knows what I’m like, I can be a bit impulsive but I couldn't bear thought of sitting in the car at the side of the road all night and being as stubborn as I am I thought I could happily walk.”

But 30 minutes into the journey Mrs Pearson, who had been forced to cross the road and walk on the path in the direction of oncoming traffic, realised the journey was too dangerous. She instead planned to call into the nearby Coopers pub in Mansfield Woodhouse to call a taxi.

Sylvia and Alan Pearson want to thank the young couple who came to their aid after experiencing car troubles

placeholder image — Sylvia and Alan Pearson want to thank the young couple who came to their aid after experiencing car troubles

Before she made it to the pub a young couple came to the rescue and gave her a lift home only to find Alan waiting for his wife on the doorstep when they returned. Mr Pearson had managed to carefully drive the car back – beating his impulsive wife home in the process.

The generous couple then proceeded to change the car tyre for Mr and Mrs Pearson before heading back on their journey.

Mrs Pearson said: “I just want to say thank you to this lovely young couple, they can’t have been more than around 20 years old, I think they deserve a medal.

"People don’t often go out of their way to be kind and this was such a random act of kindness. There was so much going on I forgot to ask their names but I want them to know how grateful we are and I just want to shout it from the rooftops about what they did and how kind they were.

Sylvia Pearson embarked on a seven mile evening walk in the rain with her walking frame after her and husband Alan sustained a flat tyre after hitting a pothole.

"I think about how many other people must have passed me by but this young couple went out of their way to show me kindness.

"Not only to take me home when I was soaking wet and bundle my walking frame into the car too but to then change they tyre for us, Alan was very pleased and very touched by their kindness.

"I imagine I’d still be tottering along now if they hadn’t rescued me.”

Mr and Mrs Pearson were travelling home from an evening event at Darfoulds Garden Centre in Worksop around 9.30pm when they hit a pothole in Warsop and sustained the damaged tyre.

Mr Pearson was unable to change the tyre and the breakdown service advised the couple they would not be there until between 1.30am and 4.30am in the morning.

She added: “I really would like to find this lovely couple and give them a big hug and thank them.”

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