In Pictures: Snow joke as rescue teams bid to reach cut-off Cumbrian villages

The depth of snow and the challenging nature of Cumbria terrain is making efforts to clear roads ‘exceptionally slow’.

Published Mar 5, 2018

Last updated Mar 5, 2018

The military is being called in to take emergency supplies to “extremely isolated” parts of Cumbria after severe weather wreaked havoc across the area.

Farmer Peter Laidlaw from Craigannet Farm in the Carron Valley near Stirling travels to feed his livestock (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Jimmy Feeney from the Carron Valley Fishery inspects his snow covered boats near Stirling, following the recent severe weather (Andrew Milligan/PA)

The county council said areas including Fellside, South Stainmore and Alston had been cut off for five days – and would remain so for another 48 hours – after heavy snowfall and slow progress in clearing the roads.

Crew members prepare to board the Chinook (Owen Humphreys/PA)

Winter weather March 5th 2018 — A crew member waves to people on the ground in Nenthead, Cumbria, from the rear of an RAF Chinook helicopter (Owen Humphreys/PA)