Although the snow in our driveway is so deep that we had to dig ourselves out yesterday, as can be seen from my photos, the lanes around Newmans Green are,astonishingly, completely clear! A kind farmer in his tractor apparently came round and did a fantastic job. This is definitely a first. Usually when the snow arrives we skate and skid along in the car until we reach the Acton-Sudbury Road in one direction or the Long Melford By-Pass in the other. Last year one of our neighbours ended up in the ditch.
It is clear that Suffolk County Council has done a very good job of clearing the roads this year. On Radio Suffolk this morning a motorist phoned in to say that there was a noticeable difference between the state of the roads in Suffolk compared with Norfolk! (Suffolk good, Norfolk bad.)
So come on you gritters, keep the pressure on.. Let's win this particular local derby!
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Following on to your article about gritting roads, I was delighted to meet and be able to thank the two very pleasant, polite and helpful highways contractors who came to replenish and hand grit Clay Hall Lane and the adjoining Clay Hall Place during the recent cold spell. In spite of having worked all day Sunday (as they commented) on Monday morning they were cheerfully going about their work making us more mobile in the chilly conditions. If you have contact with the Highways Department perhaps you would be kind enough to again extend our thanks.
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