“It really feels like you´re walking through the Alps or some ski resort at the moment,” Harrison Ward said in the Lake District community of Ambleside. “Once a few cars have stopped or crashed or been abandoned, then it all comes to a halt.” “We understand people´s frustration during this time,” Wilkinson said. “However, agencies are working hard to improve the situation in Cumbria and are also facing the challenging road conditions when responding.” I know the emergency services are busy but we´ve just been left here without help.” “I´m down to my last bit of water and having to ration it.
“I was heading up to a family wedding – it´s fair to say I didn´t make it,” he told the BBC. It took him 5.5 hours to get there from Keswick, a drive that would normally take 30 minutes. Erick Mattinson hunkered down in an Ambleside church after driving to collect his wife and a friend after their bus was canceled. The Met Office, the U.K.´s meteorological agency, issued a weather warning for ice in parts of the Midlands, the north of England, much of north and central Wales and eastern Scotland from Sunday evening to noon Monday.
The Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service said it worked through the night to get drivers out of cars stuck in deep snow. Cumbria Police Superintendent Andy Wilkinson said the storm was more significant than forecast and people were urged Sunday not to travel to the county If you liked this article and you also would like to collect more info concerning ขายไวน์ kindly visit our site. .
