Freuchie Flood Action Group

The Herald and other news sources are reporting the visit of Prince Charles to meet the flood hit communities of Moray in the north of Scotland. He spent two hours meeting families put out of their homes due to the recent flooding. It is welcome to see Prince Charles taking such an interest in flooding which is on the increase due to climate change, another area of interest for the Prince.

If only we’d thought of him when Freuchie got flooded! It would have saved us the wasted effort trying to get a Minister for the Environment to visit us.

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The Courier has a short article on page five today about the Minister’s cancelled visit yesterday.

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Some Freuchie residents have voiced their disappointment at the late cancellation of the visit to Freuchie by Mike Russell  MSP, then Minister of the Environment. We understand your feelings as it was also disappointing for the Freuchie Flood Action Group team who worked hard behind the scenes to pull everything together. However, the finger of fate has been both cruel and kind on this occasion!

It is far better for the flood hit community of Freuchie to be visited by the Minister with flooding as part of their portfolio now and in the future. As such, we can look forward to welcoming Roseanna Cunningham MSP in the near future and to working with the new Minister of the Environment and her team.

Once again, thank you to everyone who had been involved in the preparations and apologies for the short notice on the visit cancellation. Best laid plans of mice and men flood survivors… and all that!

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