Green Belt Living Hazards!

I called the gritting services in Llanfyllin yesterday to ask for the C2033 to be gritted, and spoke to a nice chap who said it would either be today (yesterday) or Monday. Otherwise there wil be no school bus for Llanfyllin High, Llanfyllin Primary or any of the schools, without a massive thaw. We'll see what the realities of this are on Monday, nothing has happened so far, because the A roads are prioritised, and after that, the B roads have to be seen to.

People forget that the high up roads need servicing too, even when it has thawed elsewhere. Even though it's a tiny road, it's one used by a school bus, and there is constant pressure to add housing, even though this runs completely contrary to Planning considerations, in that it places increasing pressure on our local road maintenance services. The ideal principle is to build near to main nodes of transport, but often plans are made in the Spring, when the issues of actually accessing your property are not so apparent. It's all very well to plan a nice little building estate on this lovely green belt, but the realities are that it is impossible to service. And the Winter has only just started.......

To slide downhill one third of a mile in a supposed four wheel drive vehicle is hair-raising enough when with a superbly competent driver, but no ambulance could have reached us yesterday, and therefore the hazards of living out here are hugely multiplied, particularly when you have a family, a business or disabled family members...

Hopefully some photos today will illustrate the stark splendours of life in the countryside.