Main roads in town are fairly bad and will be worse if it freezes tonight. Apparently aspull is worse from what i have been told.

How anyone can expect our council to be prepared for this weather in this part of the country, I don't know.

In some places its like this quite alot so they have more grit, snow tires, modified vehicles... etc.

IMO the council have done well to do as much as they have, every single main road has been gritted in conditions that are hard to cope with, I saw one truck sliding backwards.

I managed to kick myself in the balls while i was sledging this arvo, true story.

Tbh i think it has been a bit of a balls up. I have not seen any evidence of significant gritting an any of the major routes and to add to this the council don't seem bothered about dealing with areas that really need it (for instance access to sheltered accomodation and routes to hospitals).

The problem is people who don't know how to drive in these conditions.
It took me 1hr & 40mins to get to work at middlebrook this morning because of idiots in their rear wheel drive cars trying to floor it up the hill on Bolton Rd and backing the traffic up to Aspull.

Got sent home from work at 3.00pm and it took 30mins tops.

if only i could.

i assume you are in good health then? lucky you !!!!!!!!!!!!

I work on middlebrook as well but didn't manage to get in today as Poolstock Lane was gridlocked by the time I'd found out the kids school was shut so I worked from home.

Which way would you say is best towards Middlebrook - Aspull or Hindley?

How I curse the invention of emails and 'working from home' on days like this. Although borrowing some kids and going to the park at lunchtime made it a bit easier...

The amount of grit they can lay is not fit to deal with this much snow, that is the same for all coucils. How is that their fault?

Like someone else said, people don't know how to drive on it.

Unsure of Hindley as I come over Red Rock.
They've had it far worse over towards Horwich though.

your 25?
iirc we have had 2 similar winters in your lifetime.

last one was about 15 yrs ago....everything closed down.
i was self employed, so i walked 2 mile and spent days gutting an old house.

i well remember a black trail betwen the house and the skip in the snow.

btw..im 60 , and i remember a lot more than 2 other similar winters.
i remember picketing in the snow in one miners strike for starters.

Hasn't that got you in bother in the past?