Footage of an older woman on a mobility scooter braving the severe flooding in the north of England has taken the internet by storm.
Stephanie Jubb captured the moment the driver of the electric assistance vehicle ploughed into deep water on Chesterfield Road in Woodseats, Sheffield.
The 25-year-old said she captured the moment by chance after the woman drove past while she was filming the floodwater on Thursday.
āThe woman just started driving and we were like āsheās not gonna do it, sheās not gonna do itā and then she just carried on,ā Ms Jubb told the PA news agency.
āShe didnāt even lift her legs up or anything.ā
After a trip to the shops the woman later returned via the same route, driving back through the flooding.
āSheās come back through it with her shopping bags, but we didnāt get that on tape,ā Ms Jubb said.
The pharmacy dispenser said she ācould not believeā the clip had gone viral, but added she felt the moment illustrated ānorthern spiritā.
āThe people up north are quite strong,ā Ms Jubb added.
āThey just carry on doing their daily thing.ā
Meanwhile, in Matlock, Derbyshire, 25-year-old Beth Windle shared images of ducks sat on the arms of submerged benches and swimming up to nibble at bushes now within their reach at her local park.
āThe flooding is the most severe that Iāve known it, in my 25 years living here,ā the illustrator told the PA news agency.
āThe ducks were probably very happy now that theyāve gained a new height advantage.ā
In a later tweet she posted: āUpdate on the ducksā¦itās their home now.ā
In Lincoln, Chelsea Foster said she was āshockedā to see swans swim up to the wall at the bottom of her garden from an overflowing River Witham.
āI didnāt realise how high the water actually was until I went out and there was a group of them right next to my wall, they were that close I could touch them,ā the 23-year-old told PA.
āOutside my wall we had a little island area where we could sit and feed the ducks, now you canāt even see it.ā
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