This year they mixed sand in with the road salt in Kent(UK).
It gets everywhere and its just taken me 3 hours to clean it all off the bike after a paltry 40 mile trip.
Oh, and not only does the stuff get into every crevice on the bike, but it lurks on road bends just where you want to lean the bike over - only a matetr of time before someone drops a bike because of this stuff.
Al
