a new member here just off the M61 in westhoughton. no let up in precipitation and total now stands at an impressive 8", temp -1 at the moment had tried to head south for work earlier this morning but M61, M60, M62, M6 all fairly poorly gritted - in 3 hours i only saw one actual gritter gritting the rest ploughing. the back roads around leigh, atherton and hindley were horrific and i do not believe they had seen any salt or grit last night. haven't seen winter hill since yesterday, hope its still there......