When smallholder Joanna Johnson put a plea for help on social media, she had no idea that so many of her friends and neighbours from the Bedfordshire village of Marston Moretaine would brave the wind and rain to come to her aid.
Following recent heavy rain in the area, she believed her land flooded due to excess water from drainage pools next to the side of the A421 that had been left submerged.
At the weekend, National Highways said 60 million litres of water still needed to be pumped out from the flooded road.
Ms Johnson said those who helped save her animals were the “heroes in this. They were here throughout the night, wading through water sometimes chest deep to swim my sheep, goats and ponies to safety. Hour after hour,” she said. I’m so grateful.”
Ms Johnson explained the water hit her smallholding “like a tidal wave” after the area was hit by bad weather in the past week. It came over the fence fast and within minutes the enclosure was engulfed,” she continued. If I hadn’t actually been on site, all of my animals would have drowned before I could have done anything.
Source: BBC
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