My day out roaring around the Yorkshire Dales

[Dedworth]

What are the striped poles at the side of the road? Snow drift markers or something? My Mum came from an isolated village on the moors and told us she sometimes had to walk to school on top of hedges

[grahamw48]

What are the striped poles at the side of the road? Snow drift markers or something? My Mum came from an isolated village on the moors and told us she sometimes had to walk to school on top of hedges

Yes, they are markers for when there is deep snow/drifts Dedworth.
Useful for when there's thick fog too.

I remember when I lived in Richmond in the Dales, as a teenager, and the drifts on the hill at the back of our house were 10-15 feet deep.