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Originally Posted by Gayle
Mine arrived.
To be honest, I've been really disappointed by a lot of comments on this thread.
Last year LCC got caught out with the snow and didn't provide enough grit in the bins. HBC were powerless because LCC manage all the gritting so this year tried to do something positive to help the residents.
Unfortunately they got caught out a bit by the early snowfall. I don't know about you, but I can't remember it snowing before Christmas for many, many years - who could have predicted that?
They did their best to get the word out through normal channels - i.e. website, papers, area management meetings etc - so if you didn't find out about it, it's because you actively avoid finding out. It's been a topic of discussion on here for about a month so there's no excuse for not knowing and then subsequently missing out. You can't blame the council for that - they did their best to let everyone know without incurring more costs.
As for the costs - the first post from Ken says that Cllr Ciaren Wells had calculated that it would cost £6.6m to do this. In reality it's been little over £16k. Heaven help us if someone with those maths skills ever gets in power.
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It's a funny old thing Winter It sneaks up on you when you least expect it.That is why I tend to prepare for it as you never know what time of year It may arrive.
Maybe I'm one of the lucky ones in so much I expect it to happen towards the end of the year and strange as it may seem I have always been found to be correct.Bit like the setting of the sun and the rising of the moon.(what ever)
However to be on the safe side I watch the habits of the sheep in the fields.Never let me down yet.
So every year towards the end of October I arm myself with a large bucket of grit/salt just in case.
I suppose you could say grit or bust - but I won't.