Um what to say for our first post.
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Today..... Snow!
Today we couldn't run route 572 because of the snow and the A66 being shut. This is the first time we have missed a service run in 11 years! The snow is really deep here (for us) and yesterday we took a bus up to the Fat Lamb as our lane is really bad, the bus slid down the slope outside. And the bus is still there! The A66 is shut with deep snowdrifts and a jacknifed lorry.
Glad we don't have any bookings this weekend. Anthony was out on one on New Years Eve and went over Whinlatter Pass, bit of a white knuckle ride, road was shut but the signs were half way up the pass not at the end so he couldn't turn round!
Sounds as though the weather is just as bad as last week when we departed Bowber Head after our very enjoyable New Year stay. I haven't recovered from the way my car slid down the lane when we left.
ReplyDeleteIt was fun earlier in the week, helping to rescue Rosie from the bottom of steep lane outside Bowber Head and I got to drive the Bedford - it seems to go anywhere in snow must be a lot to do with the 4 wheel drive! The winch on the back is useful as well and Rosie was easily hauled up the bank without the Bedford having to go down there to do the rescue.
Great photo Dave
ReplyDeleteShould have used the Bedford today but I think the passengers would have been a bit cold on the back. Steve went out on the motorbike to have a looksee and there were big drifts going out of Brough, he also couldn't make it up tailbrig!