Bridford, Devon

Well, the hill has been gritted – by hand. An Above and Beyond Award to Matt, Colin Dave H and new resident David H. The gritter was playing up so these four volunteered to grit the hill by hand. It took the four of them 2 hours to do all bar the flat bit from the bus shelter to Pooks Lane. Dave H reported racking up 10k steps! This really was an exceptional act for the safety of all of us and to say we are grateful is an understatement. If you see them in the Bridford……..!Anne Mayes

Another icy night and Andy B and Liam have just been out to grit the hill. Again though, take care, there’s still a bit of run off in places. We’re very grateful to them, particularly Andy on his fourth night gritting. No Secondary Routes will be done tomorrow. Anne Mayes

Another icy night and Andy B and Dave H have just been out to grit the hill. Unfortunately there’s a fair bit of runoff at various points on the hill still and Andy and Dave point out that by the time they came back it was icy again by the phone box. In their view the drive to work tomorrow could well be worse than today’s and that was bad. It looks as if the accident on the hill was shown on Spotlight so today was certainly not good. I hope those involved are alright. Despite this, no Secondary Routes will be done tomorrow. Anne Mayes

Another icy night and a team of three have just been out to grit the hill. Unfortunately there’s a fair bit of runoff at various points on the hill which will probably freeze as they did today so care will still be needed. No Secondary Routes will be done tomorrow.
Our thanks go to Andy H, Andy B and a new member, Dave H for going out for us tonight. Anne Mayes

I expect you’ve seen the warnings of ice for tonight and until 10 am tomorrow. Indeed this has warranted the promise of a rare gritting of the Secondary Routes tomorrow, but not until at least 8am so our thanks go to Andy H and Andy B for going out tonight to grit the hill. Anne Mayes