Annual blessing for road gritters at Pode Hole depot

The gritters covering South Holland’s roads have been blessed ahead of their winter programme.

The annual service took place at Lincolnshire County Council’s Highways Alliance depot in Pode Hole.
There are six gritting routes out of Pode Hole and a spare gritter to cover for breakdowns, making a total of seven lorries.

Pictured (back, from left) – Nicholas Bell, Tom Ruck and Maxine Stukins (Highways Alliance), Steve Weatherly-Barton, Rev William Ruddle (Industrial Chaplain) and Rev Ian Walters representing Churches Together in All Lincolnshire and Churches Together in Spalding and District; front – Coun Elizabeth Sneath, Coun Nigel Pepper, Coun William Webb (chairman of Lincolnshire County Council), and Mrs Jane Webb.

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