A dad-of-five who is sick of floods near his house has decided to take action and 'embarrass his local council' by taking a dip in the puddle - in a rubber ring. Jayme Loftus, 40, has said that Lingard Lane near his home in Stockport, Greater Manchester, has flooded after torrential rain 'ever since he can remember.'
And to prove how bad the flood is, the window cleaner took a £5 inflatable ring that he bought from Tenerife and filmed himself floating on the flooded road. The hilarious footage shows Jayme walking up to the puddle, with the rubber ring on, while a car driving through the flood is honking their horn at him.
Jayme said: "I was getting home and I had to drive on the road, when I saw two girls trying to walk through and I just thought it was ridiculous. It floods every time it rains, so if we have one bad day of rain it will flood for three or four days at a time.
"I wanted to do something to embarrass the council to do something, so I just dug my rubber ring out. I then decided I was going to go in, and told my wife to quickly take a picture because it was very cold.
"As soon as I go home, I decided to put it on the local Facebook group and my phone just went mad. Everyone on the estate is sick of it because it's gone on for years and years."
Jayme, who did the stunt to embarrass Stockport Council on October 8, has said he hasn't heard anything from them and the 'huge lake' is still there.
He said: "I've heard nothing from the council so far. Yesterday, I did see some council vans there but they have been and gone and we still have this huge lake."
Jayme, a window cleaner, is also concerned about the safety of the local residents, as many have to drive and walk through the puddle to get to work. He has also said that he wonders would the council act like this if the puddle was in a wealthier area.
He said: "In the deepest part it's up to your knees and people's cars are getting damaged because of it. I've seen registration plates come off, the under tray that protects your engine and different bits of car parts that have come off while people have been driving through it.
"There is a big industrial estate, and a lot of the local people work there and people have to walk through it to get to work. They have no option but to get wet feet, it's horrendous really.
Stockport Council have been contacted for a comment.
