Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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18 December 2010
15:5785299Brrrr.... just come back from having lunch out and there has been a six inch snowfall here in Essex.
18 December 2010
16:0185301My road is shut , no buses running so not happy im so busy i cant be house bound for one day or more.
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
- Posts: 2,096
18 December 2010
21:0085360This what I mentioned on the front page, how to get around in the snow. Seen on Worthington St this afternoon, unfortunatley by the time I'd got my camera out I didn't have the best view of the dogs.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
- Posts: 2,868
19 December 2010
10:3385414Afternoon, yesterday and it's looking worse this morning in Tilmanstone..
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
19 December 2010
13:2685463
this was taken 9 a.m. today, no sign of gritter yet.
Guest 707- Registered: 1 Dec 2010
- Posts: 75
19 December 2010
13:2985465Been Chaos in Hawkinge. Sheesh.. abandoned cars everywhere. I have a farmer friend so i was ok lol
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,883
19 December 2010
14:3285480I heard the gritter lorry was at the bottom of a hill in your area Lorna, and refused to go up this hill because he was finished. A policewoman was telling the 4x4 drivers to take some people home. This is only hearsay so not sure if it is true.
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
19 December 2010
14:4185482My son and his wife live in Hawkinge and had to leave their car yesterday they were going to try and dig it out today .Where they live they donot get their road gritted nor the one leading down to Lidel .
Vic has been gritting outside here .
Still too dodgy for me to walk .
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
- Posts: 4,150
19 December 2010
14:4485483 They`ll be no buses this side of Whitfield for certain in the morning. Taken half hour ago.
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
Guest 707- Registered: 1 Dec 2010
- Posts: 75
19 December 2010
14:4785484Oh.. My farmer friend did tow a gritter lorry up hill it was destined for Densole so did not shed any salt on hill. 4x4s were helping people out. commnity spirit.
Guest 707- Registered: 1 Dec 2010
- Posts: 75
19 December 2010
14:5885485snowing again up here. A lil flurry.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,883
19 December 2010
15:0185486It would have been common sense for the gritter lorry to have actually gritted as he was being towed. Bit of a jobs worth maybe.
It always makes me smile when drivers are told to leave their cars at home and either take public transport or walk. No public transport and the pavements are lethal so people either take their cars or are trapped indoors.
Just looked out of the window and it is snowing again.
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Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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19 December 2010
18:0385509A snowy Southend Cemetery, Essex this afternoon.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
19 December 2010
18:3985518I had contacted Kent Highways lunchtime about gritting in the Town Centre and have had three emails back.
Here they are:
"Roger, the gang came back for more salt after doing by mc d's then headed back to do market sq westwards up canon st should have got there about half hours ago (??)"
"roger, there are so many areas i would like to do but only so many men etc
one that i would have liked to have done today but cant is debradley w area - will try to get a gang there tomorrow to at least tackle any bad footways there."
And finally:
"Have just taken gang off working by maison dieu health centre to go there (Market Sq.) ASAP.
Roger
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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19 December 2010
19:138552219 December 2010
19:5085524Jeanne - I have to make a judgement about driving to Essex tomorrow, Monday - what's it like now?! I drive near to Southend. Dover is a bit dodgy!!
19 December 2010
20:1485527An ambulance appears to have become a bit stuck on the corner of my road, in the snow. The paramedic has gone into one of the houses on the other side of the junction - hope they will be ok. Driving ambulances must be one of the least enviable jobs in this weather............
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
19 December 2010
20:2285528that pic of the tree lined avenue is stunning jeane, i was going to say it was haunting but bearing in mind the location resisted the temptation.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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19 December 2010
20:3485531Bern, the A2 and A13 are pretty clear so you should have no problems (fingers crossed of course.) We had a heavy fall of snow during the day yesterday but none overnight.
I hope the person who needed the ambulance is ok.
Thank you Howard.
19 December 2010
20:4985533Thank you!
