Driving tips in the snow.

Bad weather =bad driving conditions.


Can I just ask the drivers of Crowborough who clearly cannot cope with a bit of snow and ice to stay off the road and do the rest of us a favour.The worst ones are the knobs who have bought a rear wheel drive car because "its a better driving experience" and havnt realised just how shit a rear wheel drive car with performance tyres are are on the snow and ice.Next worst are the uber knobs who decided to buy a flash BMW or Mercedes 4 wheel drive not realising that they are not built for actually going off road or driving in snow.
These soft roaders are worse than a front wheel drive hatch when the snow and ice is on the road.

So my advice to the "down from London" types with their crappy cars is to leave them in the garage until summer and walk.If you live in area prone to snow and ice as Crowborough is then trade your X3, X5 or X6 (sicks) in for a vehicles that will actually do what it says on the tin.Poncing around telling everyone that you drive a BMW isnt going to wash if the first time you drive on snow you end up upside down in a ditch although that will prove that your judgement in cars is poor and your driving skills even poorer.
The Defender is an excellent vehicle for such conditions but if you want an good 4 wheel drive that also makes a good all year round car go for the Freelander.If you opt for a fairly basic diesel model without any fancy tyres it will tackle anything you are likely to throw at it.For the down from London ponces Landrover may be a bit down market but people in the know realise that a car is a tool and if its no good at doing the tasks required its not good for anything.
I can hear the badge snobs saying that Landrovers are good cars but are unreliable-well that may be true of some older models (Discovery)but Defenders are renown for
reliability and Freelanders are actually built by Jaguar .
If you dont want a Landrover then get a Toyota Hi Lux (3 litre diesel)but for gods sake dont buy a crappy German softroader because those people pointing at you are not admiring your choice of vehicle they are pointing out what a retard you look driving a car that handles as well as a supermarket trolley with a dodgy wheel as soon as the temperature drops below freezing.

Snow update

6 Inches of lying snow with about 2 inches falling in the last hour!! (blizzard white out conditions).

12.15 Saturday

Snow Update Crowborough 17/12

Has snowed today (about half an inch) but due to the lack of gritting (surprise surprise) the roads are very icy.Tunbridge Wells is gridlocked taking about 2 hours to get to Tunbridge Wells from Crowborough and 2 and a half hours back.
Unless you have to dont bother.

Christmas lights to annoy the neighbours.

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Matthew Street-Oh dear

Remember this post about our new co opted town councillor Matthew Street.

I posted his contact details so that residents could raise concerns with him.

I thought I would cut him a bit of slack until he had proved that he was more interested in representing residents than the other no hopers on the council.New blood and all that.

Today I spoke to an ex neighbour who now lives in the Montargis area of Crowborough which has been virtually cut off for the last 3 days due to the snow.Pretty fed up with inaction from the town council and after spending 3 hours clearing snow from his road an e mail was despatched yesterday to our new representative,Matthew Street, who just so happens to live off the same road as my friend.
To date no reply or acknowledgment has been received.I will keep you all posted but its not looking good is it.

Weather Thursday and storm clouds gathering.

More snow overnight making a total of 12 inches on the ground.

Still snowing.Public transport not running.

No gritters seen.

Despite the assurances from local government that lessons were learned last year its still just the same old same old.

No doubt the local authority numpties are preparing their excuses as we speak.Let me guess wrong type of snow blah blah,too much snow blah blah,climate change blah blah,give us more of your money or else blah blah,we havnt got enough money blah blah -well you get the idea.

It wouldnt hurt some of the Town Councillors to get off their fat arses and clear some snow but as they consider themselves too important to do menial stuff like serve the public I cant see it happening any time soon.

Just remember folks its local elections next year so the incumbent incompetents in charge are going to want your votes .My advice would be to tell them to go to hell and vote for anyone other than the sitting councillor.

The councillors should perhaps take heed of the words of Kennedy (changed slightly)-ask not what your town can do for you but ask what you can do for your town.Our councillors at all levels of local government are so corrupted by Common Purpose and frankfurt school political correctness that nothing gets done other than lining their own pockets and lining us up for a takeover by the EU.Think I am being paranoid-look what happened in Ireland.Kick em all out next May and lets start afresh.

Remember the EU is a Nazi inspired organisation and therefore anyone following the doctrines of the EU is a Nazi in the same way that collaborators in France were Nazis .Are we all going to just roll over and let the Nazis do now what our grandfathers fought to prevent 70 years ago or are we going to stand up and fight for our country,our culture and our childrens future.

Come on everyone wake up and smell the coffee public services are crap for a reason and that reason is that its part of a plan .Democracy isnt something that can be taken away,deconstructed and given back as something different.Democracy and freedom are rights enshrined in our written constitution (Bill Of Rights/Magna Carta) and no bastard is going to take them from us without a fight(to the death if need be).

More weather Wednesday.

5 inches of standing snow,snowing and wind blowing.

Crowborough Hill impassable,A26 between Uckfield and Crowborough closed.

No snow clearance that I can see.

Wealden and ESCC done their normal sitting on their lazy arses doing nothing (nothing changes does it).

Stay at home unless you really have to.

Crowborough is FUBAR.