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With quite a heavy fall of snow north of Carradale brought chaos to commuters for a second time this year. The snow plough broke down this side of Grogport and blocked the road completely, spilling hydraulic oil from a suspected burst pipe. Local residents and delivery vehicles were stranded for up to four hours. One lorry further down the road at Brackley road end skidded of the road. Eventually a mechanic arrived on scene and they managed to move the lorry to let the traffic past. By this time the road conditions were starting to ice up and some vehicles had problems getting up the hill.

Goodnes sakes! Looks like you are having upstate NY weather!







These photos were taken on Saturday, March 1, 2008!


Hope nobody was hurt!

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We went up and recovered my wife's car from Grogport this morning. The road's clear as far as there now, anyhow, although you still need to shimmy round the lorry at Brackley.

The council gritter went up as far as Brackley this morning, and actually appeared to be laying a bit of grit.

Hi ionnsaigh

This thread is in the "News" section, and is about a road closure, and the weather that caused it.

Maybe you could send Annie a PM, or start a thread in Speaker's Corner, if you want to chit-chat with her about the respective views out your windows ? I know that conversations can wander off sometimes, but this seemed to me like an example of where we should moderate ourselves a bit more ... what do you think? Just an idea, and obviously I have absolutely no authority!


JD Carra - great pictures, as ever. I take it that the road had not been gritted on Sunday night, then?
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Beachcomber wrote:We went up and recovered my wife's car from Grogport this morning. The road's clear as far as there now, anyhow, although you still need to shimmy round the lorry at Brackley.

The council gritter went up as far as Brackley this morning, and actually appeared to be laying a bit of grit.

Was it specially gritted for them to access the lorry Gary ? A further question to put to the roads department whom i called this morning. I asked why there are no sand piles on the hills now to the suggestion that for all the time we get a fall of snow not worth the bother. Some of the cars that got passed the snow plough got stuck on the hill due to no gritting. My next was why was there no grit spread on the parts of the road that were ploughed to be told they were. Did anyone see grit? I did not and as was mentioned by some of the trapped commuters they could not see any grit on the lorry either. May have been used up on the priority B8001. Today may see conditions improving, but that is twice in just over a month that commuters have suffered in this area.


Ungritted ploughed section of road above Brackley.
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Mary G wrote:JD Carra - great pictures, as ever. I take it that the road had not been gritted on Sunday night, then?
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Mary, the roads were fine on the Sunday night as we drove home from the Hunting Lodge Hotel after about 7pm.
The snow started at 10.40am Monday morning and gradually got heavier throughout the morning. Most of the snow fell from Torrisdale to Carradale with heavier falls north up the B842 Brackley, Grogport and further up.
In some exposed places up to 6 inches. We seem to be a magnet for snow here lately .

There was plenty of grit coming off the lorry this morning, JD; much more than I normally see so perhaps they've listened to a few of the complaints people have been making?

Yesterday morning the gritter came up from Campbeltown but when I drove down to the town a couple of hours later the road was distinctly lacking in grit and the snow was laying on it without impediment. When I got to Saddell there was a chap in a Transit (not you!) unable to make it up the hill because of this.

My wife will be coming down the B842 from Tarbert at about 9pm tonight so it will be interesting to see if she makes it up Grogport hill.

Mary G wrote:Hi ionnsaigh

This thread is in the "News" section, and is about a road closure, and the weather that caused it.

Maybe you could send Annie a PM, or start a thread in Speaker's Corner, if you want to chit-chat with her about the respective views out your windows ? I know that conversations can wander off sometimes, but this seemed to me like an example of where we should moderate ourselves a bit more ... what do you think? Just an idea, and obviously I have absolutely no authority!


JD Carra - great pictures, as ever. I take it that the road had not been gritted on Sunday night, then?
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Absolutely right enough - I should pay more attention to the thread at hand. Valid point and taken.

Was up there with a good friend a week past on Monday and walked down to the shore
near Clonaig.
Wild windy weather and an angry sea.
Even on a hoora dey lake thon, makes me hoora hameseik.
A great consolation was back to The Network Center for some top nosh and a warm welcome from Josie.