Terry Lincoln, also from St Ives, watched in horror as floodwater wrecked his home within hours earlier in the year. He said: “It has been such a mess and the more we look for things, the more we seem to have lost - I lost nearly all my tools and garden equipment as well as everything in the house and garage. This photo of Huntingdon Racecourse was taken from the air on Christmas Eve. - Credit: Geoff Soden “The main problems were at our end of St Ives, at the Somersham Road/Needingworth Road junction area. “The only response we've had so far is that Cambridgeshire County Council say the complaint is now closed.”