Just before Christmas, I had a hissy fit over the state of the A596 through Flimby and, since then, as was always expected with the winter weather, the road surface has got even worse.
But good news, the signs are up and the road Risehow to the 40mph signs at the south end of the village is going to be closed from 7pm to 6am each night from February 19 to March 2 for road reconstruction and resurfacing.
One plea from the moggy – please extend it to the derestriction sign near Thomas Armstrong as the surface outside Long and Smalls garage is like poorly laid corrugated iron!
And a last plea to the lorry drivers on the road, remember your speed limits. It’s hard enough to stop in an emergency at 50mph, at 60mph it could be deadly.
So, Cumbria Highways, don’t do half a job while you splash the end of financial year cash…………
Read Cumbria Cat’s column about the state of the roads here.
About Cumbria Cat
Born in Cumberland and, from 2023, will be back living in Cumberland, having spent most of the past 50 years in some place called Cumbria, this cat has used up all nine lives as well as a few others.
Always happy to curl up on a friendly lap, the preference is for a local lap and not a lap that wants to descend on the county to change it into something it isn’t. After all, you might think Cumbria/Cumberland/Westmorland is a land forged by nature – the glaciers, the rivers, breaking down the volcanic rocks or the sedimentary layers – but, in reality, the Cumbria we know today was forged by generations of local people, farmers, miners, quarriers, and foresters.
This cat is a local moggy, not a Burmese, Ocicat or Persian, and although I have been around the block a few times, whenever I jump, I end up on my feet back in my home county. I am passionate about the area, its people, past, present and future, and those who come to admire what we hold dear, be it lakes and mountains, wild sea shores, vibrant communities or the history as rich and diverse as anywhere in the world.
