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Grandparents living in a historic cottage are forced to use a Portaloo in their garden and beg neighbours to wash their clothes because floods keep blocking their drains.
Roger Sell and his fiancée Janet Hewlett have been left without any drainage at their Grade-II listed thatched cottage since December.
They rent a Portaloo for £20 a week for the garden of their black and white detached cottage in Marden, Herefordshire, because of the problem and say the council have 'basically given up'.
The retired couple are desperately hoping their garden dries out in time for their wedding celebrations this summer but say their village is constantly plagued by flooding.
Roger Sell sat next to the Portaloo which he has been forced to rent for £20 a week
Roger Sell and his fiancée Janet Hewlett in front of their historic Grade-II listed cottage
Grandfather-of-one Roger, a retired council worker, said: 'We have to use a Portaloo, pour washing water on the garden and ask neighbours to wash our clothes.
'We've had no drainage since Christmas. The council have been unable to clear the drains and have basically given up, saying there is nothing more they can do.'
Retired teacher Janet, a grandmother-of-seven, added: 'It's pretty depressing and some days it just makes you want to cry.
'I know people suffer worse with flooding but it's been a nightmare.
'The road constantly floods and passing vehicles splash mud and water into the garden and up the house
'The water is coming down from the fields but the drain can't take it. We've had council workers come out, they worked hard but admitted - we can't solve this.
'I guess the drains need to be completely restructured or rebuilt, which would be a costly job.
'We started off by having to hop in the car down to the village church to go to the toilet
