or should that be island? 0n the flood plain in worcestershire, there s one tiny bit of dry land left. this is how it would normally look. there was no chance there d ever be flood defences for the isolated property where nick lupton lives with his wife and two cats, so he decided to build one himself. although the house has got some really good mitigations in place like barriers on the doors and pumps below the floor level, we finally decided to build ourselves a wall around the house. well, that s nick s house. we can t get any nearer because the floodwaters are very deep and there s a strong cross current, so it would be too dangerous either for him to come out or for us to go in. but thankfully, we have a good signal and new technology, and that means i can talk to him. so i can see you now and we can wave at each other. there we go, we re waving. 300 yards or so away from each other, fantastic. it took about four months to build. finished it in the middle of september and we teste
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