In the Teign Valley
You’ll probably have seen warnings of ice until early tomorrow morning. Unfortunately more rain is also forecast until 2 am so anything spread before that would just get washed away and wasted. Please then, take care first thing. Highways will do their routes but not until midnight so theirs could also be washed away, all depends on the timing of the rain.
Anne Mayes
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Those who’ve used the hill today will be relieved to know that it’s been salted again. Our grateful thanks go to Andy H and Dom for going out again this afternoon to salt. Looks like a bit of snow/sleet again overnight and it’s cold until mid morning. Extra salt has been put down again at the awkward points but, as usual, treat with care.
Water still running out from the field at Venn but we’ve acquired an ice warning sign.
If you saw The Great Freeze of 1963 on Ch 4 last night you’ll know that it could be a lot worse!
Anne Mayes
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Our grateful thanks go to the two Andys, B and H for going out this afternoon to salt the hill. Looks like a bit of snow/sleet again overnight and it’s cold until mid morning. Extra salt has been put down at the awkward points but, as usual, treat with care
Anne Mayes
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Our grateful thanks go to Andy B and Jarrod for going out this afternoon to salt the hill. Unfortunately, despite paying for a full service this summer it appears that the gritter is playing up a bit. Fingers crossed it keeps going. It’s mostly dry but conditions can change so, as usual, treat the hill with care.
Anne Mayes
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You will have noticed that we’ve got problems in three places on the hill with springs/seepage/runoff and we still have. We are told that DCC will put Ice warning signs up at the bottom of the hill and SWW will repair the fractured main on Monday. It makes life difficult as anything the Team put down will be washed away. As precipitation is forecast overnight, it is, I’m afraid, pretty pointless our going out. It’s a perpetual dilemma for volunteers with a small towable gritter, we can’t go out several times during the night as the Council Gritters do. Please though take care if this freezes over tonight and tomorrow morning. The bins are there for anyone to use on the road. Anne Mayes
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Our grateful thanks go to Andy H and Matt for gritting the whole length of the hill today. Please though take care if the water on the hill freezes over tonight – highly likely. Apparently the water from the Venn drive is from a fractured water main, SWW are aware so, hopefully that should be solved – one down! There’s an Amber Cold Weather Alert until next Tuesday.
Anne Mayes
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You will have noticed that we’ve got problems in three places on the hill with springs/seepage/runoff and this is despite Highways being told of them when the road was closed for resurfacing. It makes life difficult as anything the Team put down risks being washed away. However, Andy H and Don have been out today to grit the hill from Pooks down to the bottom. Please though take care if this freezes over tonight. Both Andy B and Andy H have been using grit from the bins prior to today on the bit by Southwood. The bins are there for anyone to use on the road. Our thanks go to all three. Anne Mayes
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You will have noticed that we’ve got problems in three places on the hill with springs/seepage/runoff and this is despite Highways being told of them when the road was closed for resurfacing. It makes life difficult as anything the Team put down risks being washed away. However, Andy H and Don have been out today to grit the hill from Pooks down to the bottom. Please though take care if this freezes over tonight. Both Andy B and Andy H have been using grit from the bins prior to today on the bit by Southwood. The bins are there for anyone to use on the road. Our thanks go to all three. >
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Our thanks go to Jon and Andy who’ve been out this evening to grit the hill. We’re very grateful to both of them.
Anne Mayes
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No change in the weather, welcome sun during the day but low temps.of zero overnight and first thing tomorrow morning, so the hill has been gritted yet again. Our thanks go to Jon and Andy. We’re very grateful to both of them.
Anne Mayes
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