The Events of Today are Tomorrow’s History…
Most winters, Lustleigh suffers some kind of flooding, being between two river valleys (the Wrey and the Bovey). Indeed, as this is typed (January 2015) our cricket field is full of water and Wreyland path is impassable in places since the the Wrey Brook burst its banks after several days of heavy rain.
Apart from the events the weekend of 24th and 25th November 2012 when the Wrey Brook burst its banks and flooded the cricket field leaving Wreyland Path under a torrent of water, Lustleigh has seen many incidences of flooding over the years. The archive has in its collection some images of the floods that occurred during the mid to late 60’s. Note in the third of these photos that the metal railway bridge over the lane to the Cricket Field is still in place.
24th and 25th November 2012- After days of torrential rain the walls of the cricket field gave way, just before midnight on the 24th, under the force of several feet of flood water. The clean up began on an amazingly calm Sunday morning…
Damage to garden of Pound Barn
