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@WandFHighways

6 years

*Drum roll*... Here are the winners in our #NameAGritter competition, as voted for by you: Gritter Garbo, Gritty McVitie, Ready Spreadie Go, Gritty Gritty Bang Bang, Spready Mercury, True Grit, Nicole Saltslinger, David Plowie, Usain Salt, Whinlatter Scatter & Gritany Spears

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6 years

Ladies and gentlemen, we proudly present... Gritter Garbo, our first named gritter! Watch out for her on roads in the Carlisle area and give us a wave!

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@WandFHighways

7 years

Highways crews finally reach Croglin earlier today. More work to be done..

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@WandFHighways

7 years

So... in the past 48 hours our gritters have clocked up over 27,000km (or 16,000 miles). And crews will be heading out again for a full gritting run from 8pm tonight.

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@WandFHighways

2 years

Did you know we have 47 gritters in our fleet? We have some really quirky names: Gritter Garbo ❄David Ploughie ❄Nicole Slatslinger❄ Usain Salt ❄Spready Mercury ❄ Ready Spreadie Go ❄ Gritty Gritty Bang Bang ❄ True Grit ❄ Whinlatter Scatter ❄ What would you call one?

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9 months

Work has started to install the new wooden-clad crash barriers on Kirkstone Pass 🏞️ The new safety barriers need no additional maintenance to what is usually required and make an outstanding difference visually, complementing the stunning landscape. ➡️

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@WandFHighways

5 years

Lots of #snow on high ground in East #Cumbria today. This was Tan Hill earlier this afternoon. If you spot one of our #gritters please give them space to work and remember newly gritted routes don't mean you can now travel safely at maximum speeds. #StaySafe

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@WandFHighways

6 years

We proudly present our latest named #gritter .. We’re sure you’ll be Dancing in the Street with this little beauty 😁 #Starman #Cumbria

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@WandFHighways

6 years

Guess what, we are out gritting, oh yes we are, all because of the sun is melting some of our roads. Don't worry, we're on it, our gritters will be treating these roads with dust to help cool the surface and protect the surface.

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@WandFHighways

6 years

Here's our second named gritter. We give you - Usain Salt! Keep an eye out for him when out salting roads in the Carlisle area. We'll have some more for you early in the New Year.

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7 years

Teams battled through up to 12ft high snow drifts to clear a route into Alston today. Gritters, diggers & snow blowers helped us get there in the end! #SNOWMAGGEDDON

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@WandFHighways

7 years

We've been snow ploughing & treating routes again today. And we're back out again tonight. 27 gritters & 4 tractors heading out from 8pm. See gritting routes: More snow due overnight & road temps below zero with widespread ice risk #StaySafe folks!

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@WandFHighways

6 years

Our crews will be working through the night so all you kids can get to school in the morning. Sorry kids!

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@WandFHighways

6 years

Ok, One More Time 🎧, here's the latest addition to our named #gritter fleet. Take it away... #GritneySpears !! Give her a wave when she's out salting roads in south #Cumbria . #GritterSpotters 😉

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@WandFHighways

4 years

We've been clearing a fair bit of #snow from roads in #Cumbria these last few days. Here's one of our #gritters ploughing at #Hartside yesterday👇

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@WandFHighways

7 years

Teams ploughing snow in Sedbergh and Mallerstang early this morning #Cumbriasnow #Snowmageddon

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@WandFHighways

6 years

Meet Shannon, who is training to be our first female #gritter driver. It's a role she's taking on in addition to her 'day job' as assistant highways network technician for @CumbriaCC #Cumbria

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@WandFHighways

2 years

Please can we ask that motorists refrain from using all fell roads, as these routes are not treated and there is no means of recovery for stranded drivers. Thank you for your cooperation. Our crews continue to treat all main routes as normal. Please drive carefully.

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@WandFHighways

7 years

Gritting crews have clocked up over 60,000km snow ploughing & treating #Cumbria roads in past week

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@WandFHighways

6 years

It's flaming June....time to fire up the gritters! We're spreading crushed rock dust on roads throughout #Cumbria to protect them in the heatwave! Find out why:

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@WandFHighways

5 years

Tough driving conditions on #A6 over #Shap last night. This was the view from the cab of one of our gritters. Our teams have worked all night to clear snow between J 39 of the M6 and #Kendal . The road is now open. #CumbriaRoads #TrueGrit @BBC_Cumbria @ITVborder @CumbriaCrack

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@WandFHighways

4 years

Our #gritters have treated 2200 miles of road & used 176 tonnes salt in last 24 hours. Continued snow making driving conditions hazardous. Last night our teams dealt with some of the worst #FreezingIce we've seen for many years #staysafe #Cumbria 👇A592 #KirkstonePass

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@WandFHighways

7 years

Big thank you to @patterdaleMRT for turning out in very challenging conditions last night to help one of our gritting crew who slipped & fell while checking gritter. Also thanks to @NWAmbulance for getting our guy safely to hospital #SnowHeroes

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@WandFHighways

4 years

A big thank you to all our #gritter crews, stewards and duty officers who have been working around the clock. Our teams will work throughout the night to keep priority routes safe. Please drive carefully out there!

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@WandFHighways

7 years

We've been working hard today to clear as many roads as possible but it is forecast to be cold again tonight. Our gritters will be out doing all that they can but if you need to drive please #StaySafe #CumbriaSnow .

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@WandFHighways

7 years

Gritting doesn’t guarantee an ice-free road. When road temperatures drop below about -5C salt becomes less effective. Here are some more #GritFacts :

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@WandFHighways

2 years

Please can we ask, during this period of cold, freezing rain, black ice, snow, slush and high winds motorists reframe from using fell roads. Again motorists have tried and failed ending in requiring rescue from already busy gritting crews. Thank you for your continued support

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@WandFHighways

6 years

Meet our latest named #Gritter . Take a bow #TrueGrit . Give us a wave if you spot us out and about! #Cumbria

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@WandFHighways

5 years

A busy night ahead for our teams! We'll have 30 #gritters salting priority routes countywide, with double treatments on some routes. Scattered sleet & #snow showers tonight - road temps below zero with icy conditions likely. Gritted routes: #PlanAhead

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@WandFHighways

6 years

So we would welcome your name suggestions for five of our #gritter vehicles. Please keep them clean and be original. Sorry, Gritty McGritface won’t pass muster! #NameAGritter

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@WandFHighways

6 years

Please give a warm welcome to latest named #gritter in our fleet - Gritty Gritty Bang Bang. Hope you agree it's truly scrumptious! Look out for #GrittyGrittyBangBang salting roads in the south of the county if temperatures take a tumble.

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@WandFHighways

6 years

Busy busy!! Our #gritters have clocked up nearly 12,000 miles and spread over 1,900 tonnes of salt on #Cumbria 's roads in just five days. Have you spotted our named gritters yet? #SpreadyMercury treats routes in the west. #DontStopMeNow #WeWillRockSaltYou

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@WandFHighways

4 years

#Snow has made driving conditions difficult across much of #Cumbria . This short video clip shows our #gritter ploughing snow in #Alston area earlier today.

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@WandFHighways

5 years

Fire up the gritters! It’s a chilly one tonight! ❄️ Sub-zero temperatures forecast so we’ll be gritting on Priority 1&2 routes countywide. Find treated routes here: #Gritters #Winter #Cumbria

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@WandFHighways

4 years

❄️Our winter service is up and running ❄️ Gritter Garbo and the gang are on standby to respond when necessary. Our prep is complete, there’s 24000 tonnes of salt in our barns and we’re monitoring the forecasts. #GritterTwitter #WinterReady

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@WandFHighways

8 years

This was the view from our #gritter on #A6 #Shap summit this morning! More #snow to come, take extra care if driving

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@WandFHighways

6 years

Our first two named #gritters are Gritter Garbo and Usain Salt. Give them a wave when they're out salting the roads! #Cumbria

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@WandFHighways

2 years

Good morning Monday. What a week that’s been. Our winter service continues this week with our fantastic crews covering 1000’s of miles using hundreds of tonnes of salt. Take care on untreated roads.

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@WandFHighways

5 years

Christmas Day gritting taking place on #Alston routes today (25 Dec). Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄 #CumbriaRoads

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@CumberlandRoads

5 years

Merry Christmas everyone. We hope you all have a wonderful day. #christmas #Cumbria

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7 years

No gritting tonight. What to do?

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@WandFHighways

7 years

Tricky conditions for our #gritters on #Kirkstone Pass and The Struggle over Christmas and the New Year!!!

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@WandFHighways

5 years

Sub-zero temperatures expected tonight so we'll have 15 #gritters and 4 tractors out on the network treating roads mainly in south & east of the county. Look out for our gritters #GritneySpears and #NicoleSaltslinger !! Find gritted routes:

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@WandFHighways

4 years

⚠️Very cold tonight with road temps forecast to fall to -9°C! ⚠️We're gritting all priority routes this afternoon and again tonight from 8pm. Please drive safely. Plan your journey on treated roads using our gritted routes map: #14daysofgrittinginarow

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@WandFHighways

4 years

Looks like more #snow on the way across eastern parts of the county this afternoon and overnight. This is one of our gritters ploughing snow in the #Alston area on Sunday

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@WandFHighways

5 years

Our gritting teams have been very busy. Heavy snowfall last night so some treatments have already taken place, more planned for tonight (15 Dec). Please beware, untreated surfaces may be slippery. Find salted roads here: #PlanAhead #CumbriaRoads

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@WandFHighways

2 years

Don't panic if you see us out & about on the roads this week! It's not winter, there isn’t any snow forecast and the weather is hot hot hot! We are spreading dust onto the roads, as this helps to soak up the excess bitumen. #KeepSafe #KeepSmiling #GrittersInSummerWhatEverNext

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@WandFHighways

6 years

Here we go again, our winter service has started. Our grittier fleet has spent the summer being stripped down and serviced, our salt barns are all full and three new additional weather stations will soon be available on line. Lets hope the weather plays nice this winter.

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@WandFHighways

6 years

Meet Craig, one of @CumbriaCC 's highway network officers, who has been driving our #gritters for nearly 19 years #TrueGrit #Cumbria

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@WandFHighways

6 years

Crews treating multiple routes this evening and overnight: Snowfall expected mainly across eastern parts of #Cumbria with road temps below zero and risk of #ice in places #StaySafe #minibeastfromtheeast

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@WandFHighways

5 years

Wow thanks folks, we’ve reached 4,000 followers! Pls keep following for latest gritting and weather updates for #Cumbria

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@WandFHighways

6 years

We’re pre-salting a dozen priority routes in #Cumbria . Will be monitoring all other routes and crews on standby ready if needed. Gritting map: #WinterIsComing #StaySafe

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@WandFHighways

5 years

30 gritters will be salting priority routes countywide this afternoon (12 Feb) – and most will be treated again tonight. Road surfaces forecast to freeze this evening, followed by sleet and snow in early hours of tomorrow. Find salted roads: #CumbriaRoads

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@WandFHighways

5 years

Teams are very busy clearing snow and treating roads on high routes today. These photos show conditions on #KirkstonePass and near #Alston earlier this afternoon. ❄️ More #snow and freezing temperatures forecast overnight. Gritting plans to follow shortly #StaySafe #CumbriaRoads

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@WandFHighways

6 years

Our gritters have covered an amazing 80,125 miles in the county during the past 30 days – that’s the equivalent of driving more than three times around the world!!! We’ve spread over 6,600 tonnes of rock salt during that period. #GritFact #Cumbria

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@WandFHighways

5 years

Another view from the cab of one of our gritters, this time at #Glenridding last night. #ItsSnowJoke #TrueGrit

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@WandFHighways

5 years

#Gritters are treating 30 priority routes countywide with double treatments on many routes this afternoon and tonight (25 Feb). A cold night with road temps falling widely below zero. Beware risk of #ice and hoar #frost . Find salted roads: #CumbriaRoads

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@WandFHighways

5 years

Another 30 #gritters are being deployed treating priority routes across #Cumbria this afternoon (13 Feb). Road surfaces likely to freeze overnight, bringing risk of icy patches and hoar frost. Find treated roads: #CumbriaRoads #PlanAhead

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@WandFHighways

5 years

#GritneySpears and #NicoleSaltslinger are among 18 of our #gritters treating priority routes this afternoon. Sub-zero temperatures forecast in places with risk of #ice and #frost . Wrap up warm - it's going to be a chilly bonfire night!❄️ #CumbriaRoads #StaySafe

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@WandFHighways

6 years

Crews currently working around the clock during this cold snap. Salt treatments taking place on all priority routes in #Cumbria over the next 24hrs. Road temperatures will be below zero. Beware of #ice and #snow #DriveToArrive

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@WandFHighways

6 years

Many thanks for all your name suggestions – and a big thanks to everyone who took part in #NameAGritter . We had over 3,000 votes in total! #Cumbria

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@WandFHighways

6 years

*Drum roll*... Here are the winners in our #NameAGritter competition, as voted for by you: Gritter Garbo, Gritty McVitie, Ready Spreadie Go, Gritty Gritty Bang Bang, Spready Mercury, True Grit, Nicole Saltslinger, David Plowie, Usain Salt, Whinlatter Scatter & Gritany Spears

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@WandFHighways

6 years

Hard to believe it's a year since #Cumbria was battling the #BeastFromTheEast - where does the time go? #Snowmageddon

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@WandFHighways

5 years

Spready Mercury and the gritting gang are parked up for their summer break. Our fleet of gritters had another busy winter salting over 71,500 miles of road between them to keep #Cumbria moving in icy weather – that's equivalent of driving nearly 3 times round the world!

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@WandFHighways

7 months

The Struggle is REAL on Kirkstone pass right now, with the road CLOSED ❌ between Brotherswater on the Eden side and the summit until morning due to freezing temperatures and continuing snow fall. Our crews will be back first thing in the morning to road and reassess.

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@WandFHighways

6 years

Happy New Year folks! #Cumbria #Happy2019

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@WandFHighways

6 years

27 #gritters - including Usain Salt - and 2 tractors have been out salting priority routes on #ChristmasEve . #DriveSafely #Cumbria ❄️🚚

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@WandFHighways

7 years

Did you know... we #grit 2,400km (1,500 miles) of road when treating all priority routes in #Cumbria . That’s like driving from Penrith to Barcelona!!!

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@WandFHighways

5 years

We're salting all priority 1&2 routes this afternoon (29/11). Road temps well below freezing overnight ❄️ so please take extra care if driving. Find gritted routes: Look out for #DavidPloughie and the crew, they'll be #Gritting in the Street!🎧 #PlanAhead

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@WandFHighways

7 years

Over 20 gritters and 4 tractors will be treating priority routes tonight. Full route plans: Significant accumulations of #snow forecast, esp over high ground. Please #DriveToArrive #weatheraware #Cumbria

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@WandFHighways

6 years

26 gritters and 4 tractors are treating priority routes on the network this afternoon. Clearing skies overnight means road temperatures will fall below freezing with #icy patches likely. #DriveSafe #Cumbria

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@WandFHighways

9 months

Brilliant pictures of our crews tackling the heavy snow on Saturday. We’ve been out today and will be tonight for our 5th day working 12hr shifts to operate a 24hr service to reach our communities still facing difficulty. Thank you our wonderful residents for your support 👏

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@TeesPix

9 months

Excellent work from @WandFHighways Winter Maintenance crews keeping the roads of the Lake District clear after Saturdays heavy snowfall. @WandFCouncil @CumbriaCC #CumbriaSnow #Gritting #SnowDay 📷 Photos by: For more info:

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@WandFHighways

5 years

30 gritters are out on the network this afternoon treating all priority routes - nearly 1,500 miles of road countywide. Sub-zero road temps forecast tonight so beware risk of #ice . Find salted roads: #CumbriaRoads

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@WandFHighways

6 years

All priority routes being treated. That’s a full gritting run - 2,400km of roads! #Cumbria Full treatment routes: Please be #WeatherAware

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@WandFHighways

5 years

24 #gritters are being deployed this afternoon/tonight (9 Feb) countywide. Cold with risk of #snow on higher ground tonight. Please drive safe folks, don’t try to drive through flood water. Gritting routes map: #CumbriaRoads

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@WandFHighways

6 years

We're deploying 10 gritters and 2 tractors to treat selected priority routes. Road temperatures forecast to fall below freezing over high ground due to #snow . Be #WeatherAware #StaySafe #Cumbria

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@WandFHighways

6 years

Our crews are salting over 20 priority routes in #Cumbria . Road surface temps forecast to fall close to or below zero with risk of #ice and hoar frost. Take care folks! #WinterIsComing !

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@WandFHighways

6 years

Our #gritters have been extremely busy today salting priority routes across #Cumbria . Please take extra care if out on the roads #StaySafe

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@WandFHighways

7 years

Brrrh it's chilly!! All priority routes in #Cumbria being treated at varying times. Road temperatures set to fall below zero from late this afternoon. #Ice and hoarfrost expected overnight. Our full gritting plans are here: #PlanAhead #staysafe

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@WandFHighways

6 years

Double treatments taking place on most priority routes this afternoon and this evening. Road temps will fall below freezing tonight with hill #snow and wintry showers forecast. Please take extra care if out and about #DriveToArrive #Cumbria

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@WandFHighways

7 years

#Gritters are treating and patrolling selected priority routes today and through the night. Risk of #snow and #ice #DriveSafe #Cumbria

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@WandFHighways

7 years

We’re treating all priority routes - that’s 2400km of road in #Cumbria . Like driving non-stop from Penrith to Barcelona! Full details: Sub-zero road temperatures overnight. Beware of #ice

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@WandFHighways

3 years

Here's a reminder of some named #gritters in our fleet! 😃 #GritterGarbo #DavidPloughie #NicoleSaltslinger #UsainSalt #SpreadyMercury #ReadySpreadieGo ! #GrittyGrittyBangBang #TrueGrit #WhinlatterScatter

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5 years

26 #gritters and 4 tractors are out treating priority routes in #Cumbria this afternoon. Sub-zero temps forecast tonight with #frost and some #icy patches. Find gritted routes at Look out for #GrittyGrittyBangBang & and the gang!!

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@WandFHighways

8 years

Our road cam shows current conditions on A592 Kirkstone Pass. When driving in snow, leave plenty of space between you & the driver in front

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@WandFHighways

3 years

We'll be out and about tonight, treating priority routes over Cumbria. For winter gritting information visit: With below zero temperatures forecast, if it’s not safe to travel then please make the right decision! #BePrepared #BeSafe #CumbriaWinterReady

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@WandFHighways

2 years

Our teams continue their hard work tonight treating the network so we can all continue our life’s in the morning. Give a thought for them tonight, out in the cold as we all sleep. Well done team.

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@WandFHighways

5 years

#DavidPloughie and 29 other #gritters are treating priority routes countywide this afternoon (6 Feb). Clear skies overnight mean road temps will drop below freezing with risk of hoar #frost . Map showing roads being salted: #CumbriaRoads #Heroes

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@WandFHighways

6 years

We're trialling one of the very latest #gritters . It's got state of the art navigation and tracking system. You can also remotely control salt spread rates on the roads! Great piece of kit. #FactFriday #Cumbria

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@WandFHighways

4 years

Our #gritters 🚚 are on call 24/7 ready to make the roads safe for travellers including the special one. Spare them a thought and all the other #LocalGov workers caring for people young and old over Christmas 🎅 🎄

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@WandFHighways

8 months

Crews are working on the #A592 Glenridding, clearing debris washed onto the road by high lake levels. It’s passible with care, however it may take us until tomorrow to clear it due to the volume. With high rainfall forecast later, please drive with caution on low lying roads.

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@WandFHighways

6 years

Over the past 7 days, our gritting fleet has travelled nearly 12,500 miles and spread over 2,000 tonnes of salt to keep the county’s main routes safe. With more cold weather expected over the coming days, please take extra care if you’re out and about. Be #WeatherAware #Cumbria

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@WandFHighways

2 years

Yet another cold one tonight! With another below-zero night forecast, our gritters are getting prepared to treat routes all over Cumbria tonight. Please take extra care when driving on untreated roads – and plan your journey ahead. #BeSafe #WinterReady #CumbriaWinterReady

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@WandFHighways

8 years

Current conditions on A686 Hartside. Drive with care. For latest conditions, check our roadside weather cams here:

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@WandFHighways

6 years

14 #gritters are salting #Cumbria roads this afternoon. Full gritting routes: Chilly night ahead with road surface temps close to freezing. Icy patches possible over Pennine routes. Take extra care on the roads in the morning #staysafe #planahead

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Westmorland and Furness Highways

@WandFHighways

4 years

29Dec: It’s big coat weather! Very cold night ahead with freezing temperatures and #ice likely. Our #gritters are treating priority routes countywide. Gritted roads: #DriveSafe #Cumbria

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Westmorland and Furness Highways

@WandFHighways

5 years

Our #gritters are getting ready to head out treating roads this afternoon. Give us a wave if you spot #DavidPloughie salting routes south of #Kendal ! Full gritting plans to follow #CumbriaRoads

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Westmorland and Furness Highways

@WandFHighways

2 years

That was a really long week!!! And it ain't over yet!! Please follow us for more updates - and thank you to everyone for your patience, support and of course your waves! We couldn't have done it without you. ❄❤🙏

Cumbria County Council

@CumbriaCC

2 years

WOW - thank you to @cumbriagritters who have worked so hard over the last seven days, to keep the roads clear and keep us safe! Look what they have achieved 👇 They will be out and about again this weekend. please pop here, for all your top winter tips:

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Westmorland and Furness Highways

@WandFHighways

6 years

ICYMI - Shannon is training to be our first female #gritter driver - she's really looking forward to getting behind the wheel! #TrueGrit #Cumbria

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Westmorland and Furness Highways

@WandFHighways

4 years

3Jan: Treatments continuing on priority routes countywide. Gritted roads map: Sub-zero temperatures again tonight so beware risk of icy conditions especially on untreated surfaces. #PlanAhead #DriveToTheConditions #Cumbria

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