During the long weekend of heavy rain, snow and flooding, there was one story that shone through and brought a ray of hope to the dreariness. King’s Junior School pupil Patrick Stananought (J3B) and his family soon became aware that their neighbours’ horses were missing during the flooding near Chester Meadows and soon took on the task to save them.
Patrick has said:
“On Friday, one of our neighbours came and told us that a couple of other neighbours had spent ages trying to find the horses on the meadows because they were worried they might be in danger because of the flooding.
“When they couldn’t find them, they came and asked us whether we could use our drone to search for the horses.
“We found them really quickly and just as one of our neighbours were going to swim to the gate and try and cut the chain, another man called Jeff came along with a paddleboard and we spoke to him about going to help them.”
After guiding the horses to freedom, the horses were filmed making their great escape which was shown on the BBC News which was picked up from the Facebook Group, Friends of the Meadows:
Click here to see Friends of the Meadows reporting the rescue
Click here to see the news report on BBC North West
Click here to see the original drone footage
Well done to Patrick, his family and the paddleboarder, Jeff! During such an uncertain time of lockdown and flooding in Chester, it is fantastic to see that the neighbourhood spirit is still alive and well.
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