A million dollars in cancelled bookings, a raging river trying to rip five hundred tonnes of houseboats from their moorings, a near disastrous fuel spill drama and looters. Sean Bromley tells LAURA TURNER how he and his wife Jodie fought to keep their business afloat during the worst floods since 1956.

WATCHING his wife wade along the river bank, Sean Bromley swallows a lump in his throat.