Museum staff have thanked an "amazing" local business after it helped save their biggest event of the year from being cancelled. 

Just a week before several thousand guests were due to visit Avoncroft Museum for its International Living History Festival, the unprecedented wet weather had left the site waterlogged. 

The team said the ground and access to the site were becoming increasingly unsafe for the large number of vehicles they expected. 

Fearing the event would be cancelled, Avoncroft Museum's head of estates, Rob Harrison, put a call out for help.

Luckily, the call was answered by Jason Henderson from Ringway Infrastructure Services. 

Redditch Advertiser: The site was waterlogged The site was waterlogged (Image: Avoncroft Museum)

Mr Harrison said: "After visiting the site, Ringway agreed to provide materials, equipment and a workforce to come to Avoncroft's rescue. 

"With three days of hard work and the right tools, equipment and materials for the job, Ringway and their supply partner CR MacDonald, which supplied a JCB, ensured the event was safe to go ahead no matter what the British weather decided to do." 

Mr Harrison and his team have since thanked the local branch of Ringway for their incredible support and said the charity relies on the generosity of companies on jobs of this size. 

He also said the museum is looking forward to continuing its close relationship with Ringway in the future. 

Redditch Advertiser: The site pictured after the work The site pictured after the work (Image: Avoncroft Museum)

He added: "This event simply could not have gone ahead without the amazing support of Ringway and CR MacDonald.  

"Avoncroft is a charity and really depends on companies like these for jobs of this size. We could not have afforded to fund the work and we would have lost the opportunity to show off the amazing re-enactors, who set up over 30 camps representing history from The Bronze Age to the Cold War. 

"We look forward to continuing our close relationship with Ringway in the future."

For more information about Avoncroft Museum visit www.avoncroft.org.uk