The Kintyre Forum

Did anyone see any out last night ?

Coldest night so far and they wern't deployed as far as I could see.
No doubt they'll be out the next time it's raining mind you.

I didn't notice any either, although while (gingerly) walking the dogs this morning one did pass - albeit not spreading.
Kx

I was up the road at the weekend, -4 degrees and freezing fog at some points on the road but all the roads were all gritted and clear; as soon as we came back into Kintyre the temperature went up only to about 4.5 degrees at different places but the standard of the roads went down, was quite slippy and the surface very shinny, obviously the gritters had not been out!! Its ridiculous really, does nobody in the roads department watch the weather forecast or are they waiting for it to become milder and for the rain to start before they go out?!

After all, it was Sunday, the whole department are usually out on over-time....

Yep its Tuesday lunchtime, its raining and theyre out gritting!

Yup, it's life in the 21st century. We are obviously much better served paying for buerocrats & paper shufflers.
It will probably take a few smashes & god forbid, a fatality ... before anything is done, like a "Roads in Winter" focus group or a new committee to raise driver awareness of black ice.

Get the gritters out !!!

Three accidents between Oban and Campbeltown last Sunday!!!!!!!!

Really cold again this morning and the roads not too bad from the town to Lochgilphead. Down to -5.5 in places. Patches at Clachan though that didn't look good, but thankfullly I was able to go around them.

Who is responsible for gritting the pavements in Cambeltown? On Monday Burnbank Street was like an ice-rink! Bad enough for me being (relatively) young - hate to think what its like for elderly people!

The Scottish news reported this morning that 3 people died in a 4 vehicle collision on Islay (near Bridgend) last night. Very sad news indeed.

Yes, I heard that too, sad news indeed. I don't think it was weather related, but certainly puts a shiver down my spine and makes me that bit more cautious.

the gritters have been out in carradale every nite ths week.

the special one wrote:the gritters have been out in carradale every nite ths week.

They never came near my patch and the Carradale to Campbeltown road last night was very patchy with grit. Torrisdale Hill i would have said had none at all and some parts still had ice.

And as Tubba the Tubby said about Saturday, we were also up the road that day and it was a nightmare. I think we saw a gritter once all day.

well the gritter has passed my house every nite this week between 5-6"o"clock.

You are indeed "the special one" then!!!!

the special one wrote:the gritters have been out in carradale every nite ths week.

Could you please redirect them up the back road (B842 Carradale to Claonaig), pictures below of Grogport brae last Saturday morning at 8.45am, a river of ice.We also came across a accident just north of Inveraray that morning of a just outside Campbeltown Nurse and hubby who had hit black ice and wrote of their car.

But then again, its not worth the bother because we are one of the unlucky villages that does not have that privelage of gritting that road.Will it need a fatality to get through to the roads department how important this road is to the community and the emergency services.

My further gripe is that there are no sand bins located beside all areas at risk, I have raised this with roads dept and will bring this up at EKCC meeting tonight.On the news last night concerns about non gritted pavements, well is the roads not as important.

the special one wrote:well the gritter has passed my house every nite this week between 5-6"o"clock.

Perhaps he takes that road to work.