Weekend Rescue Day cancelled after bad weather hits Crowle area
Humberside Fire and Rescue Service has been forced to cancel a major public event planned for the coming weekend.
Rescue Day - scheduled for Saturday, July 14 - has fallen foul of the wet weather which hit the venue near Crowle.
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Andy Preskey says: "The spate weather the region is currently experiencing is forecast to continue for a number of weeks and is causing water to stand across the site. "
Spokesman Andy Preskey said: "7 Lakes is situated on what is predominantly a clay-based soil. The rainfall during the previous weeks and months has caused the clay to absorb excessive rainfall and is consequently now well past saturation point.
"The spate weather the region is currently experiencing is forecast to continue for a number of weeks and is causing water to stand across the site.
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"The main display fields and Rescue Day car parks are inaccessible to vehicles and foot traffic and will remain so for the foreseeable future."
The Rescue Day charity raffle will still be drawn as planned.
And the Rescue Day charity event on Friday evening (July 13) will still be held.
Watch Manager Preskey, who is based in Scunthorpe, said although the weather was beyond anyone's control, apologies were given for any inconvenience caused by the cancellation of this year's event.
"Rest assured the decision has not been taken lightly and Rescue Day 2013 is already being planned," he added.
For further information, visit www.rescueday.com
Comments
by Brian_Potter
Tuesday, July 10 2012, 1:32PM
“I have to agree with jones2.
A rescue day called off due to a bit of rain? It beggars belief to be honest! Health and safety gone mad!”
by jones2
Tuesday, July 10 2012, 11:01AM
“Rescue day cancelled because the grass is wet!! kind of sums up our modern world. Perhaps the idea of Britain as a warrior nation is very firmly in the past now. Keep calm and carry on chaps.”
by jakfoster
Tuesday, July 10 2012, 8:29AM
“old news im afraid this was announced on friday”