Never did I imagine when starting my semi-retirement job as part-time caretaker at Botley Mills this week that I would be on ITV News on my second morning.

I also never imagined that my 15 seconds of TV fame would feature me clad in work clothes sweeping up sewage infested sludge.

How fast life can change !

I’m sure the good people of Germany never imagined their peaceful, picturesque Westphalian villages being swept away by flood waters and a lot of their friends and relatives being killed during these last few days of a summer month.

At least nobody died at the mill – but it was literally just a few inches away from being a much bigger disaster.

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