My elderly Mother slipped on our ungritted road and has broken her elbow

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everyone in our area is shocked at how little our local council have done to grit the roads and pavements. Now this has happened I am so angry, do you think I should write to my MP or is it just one of those shitty things?

oh your poor mum ...

i think that this was avoidable and i think in this case a letter to your MP wouldn't go amiss

I spoke to our council re gritting our road (which is like an ice rink) and we are "on the list" and 2 days later we are still waiting for them ...

yes I spoke to them too and got the same old rubbish. She is so weak with it it is awful. Yes it was avoidable.

wishing her better

i think you should write to your MP and the council

unfortunately i don't think your mum will be the only one suffering like this

my husband and two other men from our road spent sunday morning digging the road clear and gritting it (the council hadn't done it).

all councils are running out of grit and can only do primary routes, they can't do every road and certainly not every path as it is unrealistic.
i am very sorry for your mom getting hurt ad hope she feels better soon.

I would certainly complain but ifi t's a side road then it won't be a priority for gritting.

Hope your Mum improves soon

xx

thanks all - she is beating herself up about being so silly as to fall over , and being ridiculously brave about the pain. Just a different generation hey....