On Saturday morning Hartland had its daily papers brought in by improvised sledge.

Early buses from Bideford were unable to reach Hartland owing to icy conditions on steep hills on the last stretch of the journey.
On being informed of this, local newsagent Mr Henry Mitchell went out to bring in the papers. Using a tea chest as a sledge he dragged them the 1 1/2 miles to his shop. It took just over an hour.
Gazette article dated 4 January 1963