Snow

[Umpire]

Just had a nightmare trip home from my sons in Old Whittington.The gritters have not been out and Whittington Hill is like a skating rink.Everybody is taking it in turns to get down the hill leaving at least  fifty yards between vehicles.
Finally had to dump the car at the bottom of our hill as it is already impassable.

Well done Derbyshire County Council(I suppose there will be some excuse )

[Old Cruser]

Sounds bad umpire

Just heard slack hill's a bit chaotic

[Pete]

>> Well done Derbyshire County Council(I suppose there will be some excuse )

May be something to do with the government massively dropping the amount of money given to councils. These cuts Osborne has foisted on us have to be made somewhere.

[therealjr]

Friend of mine just tried to get to Sheffield in a 4x4. Says the bypass was slow going and then people were too scared to go down meadow head.

[Pete]

My daughter says they are currently gritting Chatsworth Road.

[Scimitar]

Just had a nightmare trip home from my sons in Old Whittington.The gritters have not been out and Whittington Hill is like a skating rink.Everybody is taking it in turns to get down the hill leaving at least  fifty yards between vehicles.
Finally had to dump the car at the bottom of our hill as it is already impassable.

Well done Derbyshire County Council(I suppose there will be some excuse )

Yes, it's probably buy a set of winter tyres. Saves them gritting, & gets you home.

[therealjr]

Apparently DCC didn't believe the weather forecast!!

[Fly]

They will in the morning when it's all frozen. 
Bring on the grit, Let it go, let it go ;-)

Sorry 

[Old Cruser]

We were on yellow alert yesterday for snow, so not sure how DCC cannot know there was a high possibility of this happening.
It's dreadful outside 

[Fly]

A bit of grit under 6" of snow isn't going to do a lot is it ?
Just looked on the BBC weather page. 0 degs all day tomorrow in Boza.
I'd best give Rylah Hill a miss tomorrow on my trip home 

[Old Cruser]

Looks like Stage Coach Drivers and Passengers are maybe having a disrupted day !!

Our road is waiting to be cleared and some buses are using it instead of going round the estate - and then guess what, a silly person on a 4x4 mobility scooter is trundling up the middle of the road, if a bus/ other traffic comes along there is nowhere to go.
Some people just don't think do they!



http://www.stagecoachbus.com/tis-service-update-details.aspx?id=4204

[therealjr]

I do hope Cllr Slack has been on the phone demanding that Kent St Eyre St and Hampton St be ploughed 👿

[Pete]

London had it worserer than us...

[Old Cruser]

London had it worserer than us...

Worsererere is that in the dictionary then 

Gritter trundled up the main street in our village - didn't drop any grit though!
Hoping it's not a skating rink tomorrow, I have to drive to Ringwood Hall to a Wedding!

[Slacker]

There were a lot of people on facebook wanting someone to blame, they suddenly become experts on the subject. As far as I can see it changed rapidly from rain to snow therefore the usual practice of completing a 3 hour route in time for zero temperatures wouldn't work as there's no point salting in rain. Not back at work until 5th Jan but I understand contractor ploughs are working today.
About 7 gritters normally operate from Chesterfield on mostly main roads in CBC, NEDDC & BDC areas. Reduced workforce from what there one was so consequently fewer drivers though with the amount of snow that came in a couple of hours I don'rt think a lot could be done as the roads must have been gridlocked before routes were even completed.