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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/bishop-blesses-council-gritters.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The Bishop of Lincoln has blessed a fleet of council gritters in a bid to cut road crashes in the extreme wintry weather" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-bishop-blesses-council-gritters.jpg" alt="The Bishop of Lincoln has blessed a fleet of council gritters in a bid to cut road crashes in the extreme wintry weather"/></a></p>
<p>A bishop has blessed a fleet of council gritters in a bid to cut road crashes in the extreme wintry weather.</p>
<p>The Bishop of Lincoln, the Right Reverend Dr John Saxbee, has carried out blessings at the Sturton-by-Stow depot every year since 2003 but had to cancel this year&#8217;s original date of December 7 so salt runs were not interrupted.</p>
<p>Bishop Saxbee was finally able to go ahead with the ceremonies, which will be his last before his retirement in January.</p>
<p>Church leaders also simultaneously read prayers and met staff at other depots across the county.</p>
<p>David Davies, principal maintenance engineer for Lincolnshire County Council, said the gritter blessings provided an &#8220;important morale boost&#8221; for the drivers who were working in very dangerous circumstances.</p>
<p>He added: &#8220;The gritter blessings play an important role in highlighting the need for motorists to take extreme care and the brave work carried out by our gritting teams.&#8221;</p>
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