Tonight out thanks go out to James R and Andy B who rallied round to go out tonight to do the hill for us. Not a nice night, a long cold spell and still very wet so although salt has been spread and it’s forecast to be dry until 7am the run offs could cause trouble so, as usual, do, please, be careful tonight and tomorrow. Anne Mayes
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Gritting Update – Friday 3 Jan
Once again our thanks go out to Jon and Andy H for going out again tonight to grit the hill. It’s clearly going to be a very cold night but despite a generous spread, ice is likely to form in the wet areas so care will still be needed first thing but then it’s relatively balmy for a while – odd weather! Anne Mayes
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Gritting Update – Thursday 2 Jan
The hill has been gritted thanks to Jon, a new resident and member of The Team, and Andy H. It looks as if we’re in for a cold spell and certainly temps aren’t forecast to rise until midday. Anne Mayes
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Gritting Update – Thursday 2 Dec
The hill has been gritted thanks to Jon, a new resident and member of The Team, and Andy H. It looks as if we’re in for a cold spell and certainly temps aren’t forecast to rise until midday. Anne Mayes
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Merry Christmas!
Wishing all our parishioners a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Best wishes,
Bridford Parish Council
Bridford Parish Council Agenda January 2025
Gritting Update – Thursday 21 Nov
The hill has been gritted again thanks to the two Andy’s – B and H. Conditions are bad so we are very grateful to both of them for going out on such an unpleasant evening. Although it has been done, there’s still a lot of snow on the hill, just tracks in places and the temp has already dropped below zero and is forecast to be below until well into tomorrow morning. It will need a lot of care until the temps finally rise – 14/15 degrees at the w/e!, please be careful until then. Anne Mayes
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Gritting Update – Wed 20 Nov
The hill has been gritted again and again our grateful thanks go to Andy H and an unnamed “volunteer” as no one else was available to help Andy. For safety and other reasons no one goes out on their own.
There is a small chance that Highways may do a run late tomorrow morning if they think conditions are bad enough. Anne Mayes
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Gritting Update – Wed 19 Nov
An early start to winter but Andy H and Dave have been out with the gritter to do the hill and our grateful thanks go to them both. They in turn wished to thank the drivers they encountered who were helpful and considerate.
The road is wet, there’s run off, so do, please, if you’re out first thing, take it easy. Anne Mayes
Bridford Parish Council News November 2024
Weather Ready and Parish Emergency Plan
Please see the link below for advice from the Met Office to help households prepare for the winter weather. The advice covers helping people take care of health and wellbeing, preparing their homes and gardens for weather changes and how to get out and about safely:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/weatherready
Bridford Parish Council are also in the process of putting together a Parish Emergency Plan which will help to ensure that everyone knows what to do, who to contact and how best to help in the event of any type of emergency, including weather related.
Acorn Community Support funding
Bridford Parish Council recently put in an application to Devon County Council locality fund to support Acorn Community Support to widen their offer to parishioners in Bridford and the wider Teign Valley who are carers and were delighted to receive £1100 for Acorn to use to set up regular carer peer support groups. Many thanks to County Councillors Jerry Brook and Frank Letch who supported our application.