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Nerve Racking Expeience. Post Office Van Stuck in Snow Drift on Knowstone Moor

A Post Office van became stuck in high snow drift near Knowstone and the driver abandoned the vehicle and walked to the main road where he managed to get a lift back to South Molton.Post Office. The following day the van driver and three other men set out in a lorry to recover the vehicle. They encountered 9 and 10 feet snow drifts on Knowstone Moor and they spent two hours digging the lorry out of the drifts until they became exhausted. They could not move the lorry and they did not find the van.. So they decided to walk back. They knew they couldn't walk to South Molton so they decided to walk towards the main road. On the way they came across a farm house where they found sheltered and warmed themselves.