Snow grips Bucks this evening (From Bucks Free Press)
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Snow grips Bucks this evening
7:06pm Saturday 4th February 2012 in Cookham By James Nadal
Hughenden Road tonight - courtesy of kyle87uk via Twitter
LATEST at 11.07pm: Live traffic reports say as many as 100 cars have reportedly been abandoned on M40.
Hazardous driving conditions and stationary traffic due to snow on M40 both ways between J4 High Wycombe Handy Cross Roundabout and J6 B4009 Watlington.
LATEST at 10.50pm: Unconfirmed reports on M40 southbound from Oxford to Stokenchurch of drivers losing grip on road, wheel spinning and highways officials having to help motorists.
LATEST at 10.17pm: Transport for Bucks says gritting routes completed earlier in south and north but resuming again this hour.
SNOW has begun falling this evening around Buckinghamshire, with as much as five inches predicted to have fallen and settled by tomorrow morning.
Reports of snow fall have come in Stokenchurch, High Wycombe, Lane End, Marlow, Cressex, Chalfont St Peter amongst other places.
The first signs of the white stuff were reported around 5pm.
The Highways Agency, which is responsible for the M40, has issued an amber alert, telling drivers to take extra care when travelling due to the increased risk of adverse driving conditions.
See related articles below for more details on Hazlemere weatherman Jim Dale's forecast, the latest travel news and legal advice on clearing pathways of ice and snow.
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Comments(27)
tomcat
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8:13pm Sat 4 Feb 12
nellyfire
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9:01pm Sat 4 Feb 12
wdc why?
your a joke!
Wingpeace
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9:06pm Sat 4 Feb 12
It is dangerous driving and walking the pastures!!
Loudwater69
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9:38pm Sat 4 Feb 12
michaelgwia
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9:52pm Sat 4 Feb 12
mumbles26
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10:01pm Sat 4 Feb 12
Loudwater69 wrote:that made me choke on my coffee - excellent post :)
In certain parts of Wycombe the white stuff is an all year round problem!
michaelgwia
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10:05pm Sat 4 Feb 12
nellyfire wrote:you are righ every eayr when we'e got snow in wycombe, downley is cut off from the world... used to live on wyatt close that was a nightmare then i've mved a bit higher to garratts way... to have quite easy access to the pastures and that was unbelivebly hard to drive on ice and snow.... so i decided to move further into downley village and... again... the same... sorry WDC I dont want to live in town center!!!! where ur griters are going... we need the pastures and plomer hill cleared... send us some reinforcements!!!;[
with all the hype about the snow and we all knew it was coming then why already is downley inaccessable!
wdc why?
your a joke!
nellyfire
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10:17pm Sat 4 Feb 12
well done wdc!
but as long as you all get your money to go to your meetings you dont give a hoot about the people you are supposed to represent!
What was a bfp headline before christmas?
oh yes
"WE ARE READY FOR THE SNOW"
head of the council should resign!
on his £100k + pension!
Wingpeace
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10:23pm Sat 4 Feb 12
michaelgwia wrote:I Used to live in wyatt close and now live further up the hill. I would never drive the hills but walking them in the snow is just as dangerous!!! Come on wdc gritters come and save us in Downley!!
nellyfire wrote: with all the hype about the snow and we all knew it was coming then why already is downley inaccessable! wdc why? your a joke!you are righ every eayr when we'e got snow in wycombe, downley is cut off from the world... used to live on wyatt close that was a nightmare then i've mved a bit higher to garratts way... to have quite easy access to the pastures and that was unbelivebly hard to drive on ice and snow.... so i decided to move further into downley village and... again... the same... sorry WDC I dont want to live in town center!!!! where ur griters are going... we need the pastures and plomer hill cleared... send us some reinforcements!!!;
Nick1958
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10:29pm Sat 4 Feb 12
I spoke to some people who had come from Marlow. They said the A404 didn't appear to have been gritted and Marlow Hill was extremely dangerous - again, no 'evidence' of gritting. About 4 inches of snow in this part of Downley. Take care out there everybody!
Seasence1
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11:35pm Sat 4 Feb 12
Wingpeace
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12:15am Sun 5 Feb 12
michaelgwia
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12:25am Sun 5 Feb 12
Wingpeace wrote:just been driving up the pastures... and being honest nothing has changed since 8 o'clock... Vectra it was me;))
Just seen a gritter coming up the pastures. It was spreading to. Just need it to come down the hill too spreading grit!
chris toff
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12:41am Sun 5 Feb 12
chalfont man
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12:45am Sun 5 Feb 12
Bookermum
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1:28am Sun 5 Feb 12
Not sure why soo many people are out in the snow!! We knew it was coming!!
chris740
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1:56am Sun 5 Feb 12
as per norm council full of bull ****
MonikaAl
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2:04am Sun 5 Feb 12
motorwayman
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8:41am Sun 5 Feb 12
gungun
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8:43am Sun 5 Feb 12
Snow ploughs would be the better option, but how many thousands of mile of roads in our area are there?
We all knew the snow was coming we had days of notice. Advice in these conditions is to stay in and not make any unnecessary journeys.
If people went out without an emergency reason to do so and got stuck or struggled to get home then tough, its not like you didn't know!
buser
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9:11am Sun 5 Feb 12
As for making unnecessary journeys in bad weather and getting into difficulties, it is the abandoned vehicles and motorists who cannot handle the conditions, which make it difficult for snowploughs, emergency services, buses etc. to do their job. Totally agree with gungun, well said!
Kris S
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11:59am Sun 5 Feb 12
Buy a snow shovel and clear the pavements . Well I do this at least and get the thanks for it.
Anita21072
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1:31pm Sun 5 Feb 12
piran
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2:44pm Sun 5 Feb 12
Anita21072
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5:53pm Sun 5 Feb 12
piran wrote:Thanks Piran. I managed to get there and back with no problems, thankfully! was quite surprised at how clear the roads were.
Anita I think it should be OK because this morning I got from Stokenchurch to Marlow. I used the B482 via Cadmore/Bolter/Lane End & it was clear plus the hill out of Marlow to Booker was clear.
ImpeturbableLawrence
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1:27am Tue 7 Feb 12
chris toff wrote:'No man is an island' - John Donne.
Stokenchurch is an Island ......
Frackel says...
7:19pm Sat 4 Feb 12