Another listener Jackie said she had been stuck for four-and-a-half hours on the “incline to Telegraph Hill”.

She said: “We have our little dog, so we’ve had to get snow to melt it in her dog bowl so she gets some water – it’s lucky we had some dog food with us so she’s been fed.”

Delivery driver Gareth, also stuck on the A380 going up Telegraph Hill, said a snow plough had passed through with an ambulance and paramedic.

He said: “Everyone seems to be alright, every now and then there’s people walking past me to go and get supplies from the garage.

“I collared a young lad as he was walking past and said if you’re going to the garage can you get me a few bits, and he did so.

“I’ve now just got to sit here and wait; it is what it is.”