No, just to my Mums house which all the surrounding roads are not salted, let alone cleared. I managed fine in my car.



I managed to walk 20 minutes to and from the town centre from my house and it was ****ing icey, and I'm fat and was eating ice cream, so I think most people can manage.

People's expectation on the council to be there for them is unreal.
Disabled and the elderly may suffer but in these cases then you'd hope they have a friend or relative they can call on for help in emergencys, eg needed more Werther's Originals.

Ideally yes there should be more help to manage but at the end of the day I feel this country, the people are just not accustomed to it. In Canada they have worse than this every day and they manage.

All of that can be done without the aid of GPS and doesn't confirm operation. Next you'll be claiming that all of Newbury's CCTV cameras work!

I'm just yanking your chain NWNREADER!

Newtown Road is refered to be a primary salting and snow clearance. That's a laugh as neither has been done today.

British attitude to snow is like the average woman's attitude to pregnancy. A massive over reaction followed by a vast period of inactivity.

It seems that the hills around the area which are the most difficult to get up and down in the snow/ice are the last to be salted. The Greenham Hill was almost impossible to get past the speed camera yesterday morning. It is shown as a priority strech on the WBC map but that depends on the interpretation of the word priority.

In some areas the gritters were told not do hills as if was unsafe, maybe this applied to Newbury. Am I right in assuming that grit only works when it is not snowing? If we have a few inches of snow on top of a gritted surface (it looks as if we could have that today) it is pointless?

Something I saw this morning that perhaps needs discussion?
Man around the age of 60 in a flat-peaked hat and fishing/pervert coat (you know one of those really long green ones that that old matey wore in Hot Fuzz.
Was walking down a fairly major road, probably 2-3ft out from the curb. Cars were queueing up behind him.

Right, wrong?

Something I saw this morning that perhaps needs discussion?
Man around the age of 60 in a flat-peaked hat and fishing/pervert coat (you know one of those really long green ones that that old matey wore in Hot Fuzz)
Was walking down a fairly major road, probably 2-3ft out from the curb. Cars were queueing up behind him.

Right, wrong?

I bet his actions meant that everyone driving was held up for at least 10 seconds.

I had to stop for about 3 minutes the other day because the lights were red.

Pavements round here are like ice rinks but the roads are fine. An elderly man possibly going to get food keeping safe by walking on the road? Fine by me. I object more that the selfish drivers queing behind him did not think to offer him a lift.