LORRIES travelling down a narrow country lane in Bromsgrove are making life a 'nightmare' for its residents, who get trapped in their own driveways almost weekly when the vehicles get stuck.

Despite two signs at the top of Yarnold Lane advising drivers the road is 'unsuitable for heavy goods vehicles', 78-year-old resident Doris Cook says up to six 38-tonne articulated lorries are travelling up and down the lane each day.

The vehicles, it is believed, are making collections and deliveries at a construction yard situated on Yarnold Lane.

Mrs Doris said: "Our lane is a single track lane and I just don't think it's the place to have these type of artics going down it. If I wanted to get my disability scooter past one of those lorries I wouldn't be able to, and an ambulance definitely wouldn't be able to get past.

"The other day we had one big vehicle coming down as another big vehicle was coming up the other way and one had to reverse all the way back to the yard they were delivering to."

Peter Bayliss, who was stuck behind one of the lorries at the time, said: "I was on my way to my accountant's and I couldn't get through and my aunt who lives on the road had already shown me a picture the previous week of her being blocked by a lorry going the opposite way. We all had to reverse all the way back out of the lane and this is the second time I've had to do that.

"It's a nightmare, especially when two meet one another. It's a country lane - it's ridiculous. It's every day and my aunt has said you have half a dozen a day - it's just not suitable. It's a popular place for people walking and on horses but people are avoiding it now because of what they're coming up against."

Yarnold Lane residents spoke out about the problem at a Dodford and Grafton Parish Council meeting earlier this year, and have since sent letters to Worcestershire County Council and Bromsgrove MP Sajid Javid.

A spokesman for the county council said: "We appreciate the concerns of local residents, however road legal vehicles are entitled to use any public road in order to gain access to land or premises which fronts it. Any weight limit order must contain an exemption for access unless the road is structurally incapable of carrying heavy vehicles, which is not the case in this location."