MARY Tavy Jubilee Group is now well equipped to deal with incidents of flooding, having purchased equipment to help protect the parish in future.

The Mary Tavy Jubilee Group managed to obtain a £2,000 grant from Devon Communities Together to buy flood resilience equipment, including a nine metre water barrier, petrol pump and hoses as well as other equipment. These will be kept in a trailer to ensure it can be quickly and easily taken to wherever it is needed, for use by anyone in the parish.

February’s heavy rains came too soon for the parish to benefit from the equipment, but luckily Mary Tavy did not suffer as much as many of its neighbouring villages in the recent flooding incidents, most notably Peter Tavy, which saw flooding two feet deep on February 6.

Mary Tavy managing to escape the worst of the flooding is partly due to the lay of the land and partly due to good clearing of drains, ditches and leats, but there were a couple of incidents of flooding, including properties in Horndon which had some water damage.

The jubilee group can be contacted by calling 0845 5193812, email at [email protected] or visit the website www.mtjubileegroup.co.uk

l Pictured above with the new equipment are Michael and Ali Fife-Cook