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there are snow gates on Soutra - and it's so wild there, they're needed in winter. been closed a few times recently, which means everything then tried to go via the a7, which gets almost as bad as it's so bendy. the Galashiels to Selkirk stretch is, to put it bluntly, lousy, and there's not really any easy back roads into Selkirk that don't take you right up into the hills - and those roads don't get ploughed as priority in winter time. this winter, the roads between Gala, Selkirk and hawick were blocked several times - but so was edinburgh's city bypass! Maybe if the councils get more money to spend.............. (having a laugh here!)
i'd suggest winter tyres and keep food, water, a blanket, a shovel, and some spare warm clothes in the boot if the winter we've just had is repeated.
You could work out your fuel consumption using route planner - not too difficult when you know the distance and your normal consumption.
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