Snow Time!

Shock. Horror. It’s that time of year again.

Scotland had to brace itself overnight with warnings of danger to life weather conditions. 

It’s a bit frosty. It went down to -4.

I think we just get confused when it stops raining.

Anyway, in what in now becoming a annual post, it’s time to celebrate the gritters again.  There’s 240 of them, based at 42 depots and everyone of them has a name.  If you are really keen, you can follow them  on a website and it shows you what gritter is where.

The website can get over 100,000 visitors a day.

Last year the Minnesota Department of Transportation started the same thing, as dod a few cities in Canada. They came up with Snowboni, Plowsaurus Rex and Sir SaltsALot.

And if you are stuck because you are behind a gritter, you at least get a wee titter at the name.

                                      

Here are the 24 25 names. Prepare to be amused.

· Mr Plow

· Gritallica

· Ready, Spready, Go!

· Sled Zepplin

· For Your Ice Only

· Gritt Scott!

· Frosty the Snow Plough

· Grit and BEAR It

· Mr Snow-it-all

· Mr Snow, Let’s Go

· Plougher O’Scotland

· BEAR Chills

· Polar BEAR Explorer

· Mrs McGritter

· Salt Shaker

· Olaf Snow Free Roads

· Sir Andy Flurry

· William Wall-Ice

· Sammy Salt

· Salty Claus

· Gritty Gritty Bang Bang

· Get a Grit

· Gritz Crackers

· Auntie Freeze

· Thistle do nicely

· Blizzard Wizard

· Snowmer Simpson

· Hagrit

· Salty

· Grit A Bit

· My Name’5 Doddie

· I Want to Break Freeze

· Mega Melter

· I’m shovelin’

· Always Be Grit-full

· Scotland’s Bravest Gritter

· Blizzard BEAR

· Basil Salty

· Polar Patroller

· Snow Dozer

· Licence to Chill

· Sir Salter Scott

· Snow Connery

· Nitty Gritty

· Grit-Tok

· The Incredible Ice BEAR

· Walter The Salter

· BFG – Big Friendly Gritter

· BEAR-illiant

· Gritly BEAR

· Brine Freeeeze

· Snow place like home

· Scoopy Doo

· Gritty McGrit Face

· Griticle Mass

· The Forth Gritter

· I’ve Grit a Crush on you

· Don’t go Grittin’ my heart

· Thistle gets through

· Sprinkles

· Oh my Gritty Aunt

· The Polar Bear Express

· Kevin Fridges

· Stone Cold Steve Frostin

· Keanu Freeze

· Polar Abdul

· Taylor Drift

· Sleeter Andre

· Skate Bush