A walker was airlifted to hospital from the Cheviot hills by RAF Boulmer rescue helicopter suffering from medical problems and exhaustion last night.
Borders Search and Rescue Unit were called out to an injured male walker at about 7.30pm. But when they arrived at Cocklawfoot Farm at the top of the Bowmont Valley, they found the wife, who had raised the alarm, had since also become lost.
The team first found the woman on the Pennine Way.
Deputy team leader Stuart Fuller-Shapcott said “She was tired and a little confused, and lost, but otherwise okay. Her dog was also safe and well in her rucksack.”
The helicopter was used to search for her missing husband in the dark.
Stuart said: “He was located, lost, exhausted and suffering some medical problems at about 10pm. Both where evacuated by aircraft to Ashington hospital as the helicopter getting low on fuel.”
The Selkirk-based Tweed Valley were on their way to assist when the walker was found.