As Some Will Know......

[Jeza]

I live in a cul-de-sac which is off a side road, which is also off a side road. We are once again snowed in. No gritters or snow ploughs have been near. I realise the main routes take priority, but we pay our council tax the same as everyone else. I feel they should have got to us by now. On top of that the heating is on max and I'm still freezing cold. I'm fully dressed and have put my bathrobe on as well. Rant over. Will a large B & C warm me up?

[MadMen]

Have you got any cows you could milk to go with that last cup of tea? ;)

Good luck with it all, Mags.

[rockyracoon]

Lol. I thought that Madmen, but I don't really know how easy/hard it is to just walk up and start to milk a cow. :)

[MadMen]

lol. I wouldn't have a clue!

[joeluke]

'I live in a cul-de-sac which is off a side road, which is also off a side road.'

Top priority for gritters/snow ploughs then

[MadMen]

Surely a phone call to the council will ensure they send someone there though?

[ummmm]

Very unlikely MadMen.

[MadMen]

Oh really? :-(
What happens if there's an emergency?

[EcclesCake]

I have never known the council visit our cul de sac or spine road in over twenty years.

If it needs doing the neighbours do it, 80% of whom are pensioners.

[kylesmum]

Madman...should think in an emergency a rescue helicopter would be deployed, not sure if that would be necessary in a cul de sac though, they'd trudge or yomp :)

magsmay, reading what you're enduring puts it in perspective, I don't think there's anyone here in any danger because they haven't been out and the gritters haven't been round, we need to toughen up and stop being moaning minnies. I really hope you get some respite soon.

[Psybbo]

Joeluke, Jeza has a seriously ill husband so may need help.

[kylesmum]

What may seem like a huge hurdle to some isn't to others.

Our emergency services are second to none so it's worth noting that they would manage, come hell or high water, to come to anyones help.

Worth mentioning so vulnerable people dont stress themselves.

[boxtops]

The emergency services would get through if they had to, even if micmak had to go on a snow stretcher - the council can't deal with any gritting requests for individual people.

[ummmm]

Wouldn't at least one ambulance in extreme weather have snow chains?

[magsmay]

just got back in - everything fed and watered - LOL! at milking a cow -no cows thankfully but have found half a box of dried milk in the cupboard and even better a bit of spiced rum left over from Xmas so not all bad!

[kylesmum]

Well said boxtops, no need for scaremongering. Not that anyone was, cripes, I was just trying allay anyones concerns.

Stay warm and safe, it'll be soon be over and if necessary phone your local pizza delivery or kebab shop, they'll get through guaranteed, ask them to get a pint of milk and loaf of bread on the way, sorted !!

[kylesmum]

Well done magsmay, I hope you can relax now, its very well deserved !

[EvianBaby]

I don't wish to sound u sympathetic but this weather hasn't come as a surprise and if you live way out in the sticks the you should be better prepared.

Having said that, dragging a dead sheep about doesn't sound like a barrel of laughs at any time of the year.