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Lake District National Trust Storm Damage: November 2009
You may have seen the National Trust’s Wordsworth House in Cockermouth on the news, as reports have come in of the terrible damage in Cumbria. What you will not have seen is the strenuous work of the property team to protect the house and safeguard its beautiful contents.
It is not the only story. That same devastation – a foot of rain in 24 hours – has changed our countryside.
Drystone walls are down, livestock lost, tracks and roads blasted by the sheer volume of water, meaning months of hard work ahead for Lake District farmers and our own National Trust teams. There are corners of the countryside that we have not got to yet &ndash and many areas where we simply cannot assess the damage because they remain covered in water.
The teams are now working every daylight hour, along with the farming communities and others who work in the countryside, putting walls up, repairing paths - connecting this beautiful landscape back to the rest of the world. And they will be out again tomorrow, Tuesday, Wednesday and so on... it is going to be hard work.
We would like to thank all of you who have offered your support. We have had hundreds of people volunteering their services, many of whom live well beyond sight of our lakes and fells. It makes such a difference to the teams to know that people care.
If you would like to make a donation towards their work please donate to the
For Ever, For Everyone appeal
.
Thank you for your support,
