Locals at a Welsh village pub have been cleaning up after it was flooded by torrential rain that battered parts of the country overnight.
One of the most severely affected places is Peterston-super-Ely in the Vale of Glamorgan which has been hit by heavy downpours since early on Sunday morning.
Bearing the brunt of that rain is The Sportsmans Rest - a pub that sits opposite the River Ely.
In the early hours of Sunday morning, the river burst its bank and pretty soon water flushed its way inside the pub, forcing it to close.
But the community spirit in the village has ensured it will get back to normal sooner rather than later.
“There was an alert at around 4am this morning and in the hours that followed a number of locals sprung into action to help,” said Claire Lewis, who has lived in Peterston-super-Ely her whole life.
“People moved furniture around, while others helped to move cars from the car park to get ready for the worst of it.
“By 8am, the bar and restaurant were two feet under water. Some people couldn’t even get into the pub to help by that stage because the landlord wouldn’t open the door to let them in for fear that more water would stream in.”
The landlord himself was too exhausted to talk about the ordeal, having been working for the past 12 hours or so trying to prevent further damage to the pub.
Claire said: “This is the fifth time this has happened in Peterston-super-Ely in the past 14 years.
“But the landlord said this is the worst it’s been.”
The loss of Sunday trade is bound to be a blow to any pub, especially on a day that started with a pulsating Rugby World Cup win for Wales, but the Sportmans Rest is hoping to be back open very soon.
Claire added: “Once the river is breached the water just comes in so quickly, but we’re all still here tidying up, and hopefully the pub can get back to normal and open again in a few days’ time.”
