Vic Haddock leans out of his kitchen window and shrugs his shoulders as a pump does its best to clear floodwater out of his riverside cottage.
It is the fourth time the River Severn has burst its banks, sending water gushing into his picture-perfect home in Ironbridge.
The 62-year-old, who runs a canoe hire business in the Shropshire village, says he will never leave his idyllic cottage.
