Snow watch

[ontheedge]

Absolutely no point even contemplating 63 to the end of it's route top of forest hill road, honor oak road &honor oak park impassable for buses and snow falling heavy again.

[Marmora Man]

Mrs MM on a 363 but reports it's going to terminate at Peckham Rye. No 12 still running to Dulwich Library last time I was out (60 mins ago)

[hibbs]

meadow408 Wrote:

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> the 63 bus is not running?seriousy? where can I

> check for live bus updates?

It sounds as though the 63 is running just terminating/starting at Peckham Rye, it did this last year when it snowed.

[Splat79]

So, can someone please help me make up my mind: Do I risk heading to my nightclass 6.30-9.30 in Ruislip tonight or do I come straight back to Duli?

[dbboy]

If southwark council gritted the turn around terminus we would not have this problem. Exactly the same happened last year. Urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[simonethebeaver]

Neither the top of Lordship Lane to the South Circular, nor Forest Hill Road are remotely gritted. Both major roads and bus routes with schools off them. Surely there was enough notice to get these gritted? I don't usually complain about non-gritting because there are clearly times when snow is unexpected or grit has to be used tactically, but have just driven from Kirkdale to Marmora Road and it took an hour - black ice all the way and cars skidding everywhere.

[PeckhamRose]

kford you mad nutter, motorcycling in ths weather.

PGC I did not know about not feeding ducks bread. I had some seeds too. Damn it. I feel bad now.

[SCSB79]

Mate just text saying there was 5inches of snow at Forest Hill... this correct?

[simonethebeaver]

Depends where in Forest Hill. Definitely on side roads.

[Applespider]

Go to your class. I fully intend going to my gym class, then dinner before heading back. Might be more chance of roads being clearer or having been gritted by then...

5 inches in Forest Hill... does the Horniman really count as higher ground for weather forecast purposes?

[Splat79]

Thanks Applespider,

I was thinking that. I was also thinking it'd be preferable to walk home from Camberwell at 6pm rather than midnight with my toolbox if everything's ground to a halt.

[simonethebeaver]

I can see the logic in waiting, but the forecast is also for the snow to keep coming, and things are getting icier.

Sydenham Hill is one of the highest hills in London, so the Horniman is sort of high ground, being halfway up it.

[VeryBerryCherry]

FYI. Trains are delayed at London bridge to ED and Denmark Hill. Mainly due to lack of drivers.

[AcedOut]

Alas, I left the scooter at home his morning. Couldn't get it out of my street, although the main roads looked ok.

Think I'll go to the gym and them get a warm cab home!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Oh pr, I didn't mean to make you feel bad, just to inform.

[KidKruger]

anybody know what the roads are like between East Dulwich and the river - are they (barring hills) broadly navigable ?

[candj]

KK - we came through Kennington from St James's at 2.30ish and it was perfectly fine although it hadn't started snowing yet just a bit heavier with traffic if anything. The roads around Kennington, Oval are usually well gritted from memory. HTH

[Mellors]

Husband has just cycled home from Farringdon, so assume it can't be that bad?

[KidKruger]

Just drove from ED to Tower Bridge in 20 mins, faster than normal as roads pretty quiet, though I am not recommending anyone make journeys by car.

As you head towards town roads are much better.

Bermondsey is like a different country compared to ED right now.

[James Barber]

Hi dbboy,

Southwark Council ask TfL where they need roads gritted to run bus services. They grit those roads.

I'll ask officers about this problem and whether TfL oversight in not requesting it be gritted.

[dbboy]

James, thanks, but it's a bit like closing teh door after teh horse has bolted. This problem should not have re- arisen, it wasn't as though they weren't aware of it.

[Applespider]

I always wonder whether the top end of Forest Hill Road, the top of London Road and Wood Vale all suffer since they're on the edge of the borough and share a boundary with Lewisham - does each council think the other will do it?

Definitely not as bad as it was earlier in the year. There weren't many trains leaving Victoria so hopped on a 185 which brought me home. Fascinating watching the snow level increase as you got further out. VIrtually nothing at Vauxhall, Oval, an inch or so by Denmark Hill and 4 inches by the time you reach the Horniman.

I suspect the majority of the snow falling during the day where the volume of traffic on key roads helps keep the main roads clearer than in Jan when the initial drop was overnight and it had built up before traffic kicked in. Tomorrow morning, if it continues all night, will probably be more challenging!

[Siduhe]

We got a 40 bus home tonight and had the bizarre situation where all the 40 buses were being stopped at Goose Green due to "Health and Safety concerns" (yes, really) whilst the 176 and the 185 were merrily travelling up Lordship Lane along the same route.

[fleur]

The 363 and 63 buses were all terminating at the Rye at 7(still no service),so many of us were walking up the hill tonight,it always seems puzzling that they cannot manage to provide a service,there seems such a poor communication system too.Coming back from central london,it feels so surreal as there was little snow there but good covering in the streets around here on the slopes.

[ontheedge]

Think it might be because they can't get up forest hill road towards honor oak and it's still snowing up this way!