TWO Danish students who were rescued in the Scottish Borders on the first day of a three-month walking tour have said they didn't expect it to be so cold.
Cousins Sissel and Marie Bertelsen were stranded from shelter without an adequate tent and just hours after they embarked on a walk along the Pennine Way.
The pair set off from Kirk Yetholm in the Borders on Thursday but ran into difficulties after darkness fell.
Borders Search and Rescue Unit (BSARU) was called out and the pair traced "cold and a bit scared" but unharmed.
Ms Sissel said: "There was a lot more snow than we expected and it was cold and wet.
"There was snow up to our knees almost - we didn't expect it to be as cold.
"It didn't look very good for us to stay up there overnight."
The students had just arrived in Edinburgh on Wednesday and were planning to spend three months walking the UK and Ireland.
However, they ended up struggling through considerable amounts of lying snow and then missed a refuge hut at Auchope Ridge before calling for assistance.
BSARU team leader Stuart Fuller-Shapcott said: "The girls on this occasion were just a bit inexperienced and under-equipped in terms of kit and hill-craft to be tackling the Cheviots in winter conditions.
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