I have a problem with potholes down my road. By 'my road' I mean the road I travel down everyday to get anywhere. I don't own a road. We live 2 miles outside the nearest village/minor road/shop/junction and therefore these 2 miles are essential every time we have to venture away from home.
I first reported the uneven surface 3 years ago and the highways responded within a couple of weeks filling in the bits that were either holes, or breaking up a bit. I have done the same for the last 2 years when potholes have occurred, and they have dutifully filled them in within 2 weeks..until this year when I sent the usual on-line pothole report detailing the extent of their work and how it would be nice if the subsidence could be fixed once and for all (we have to drive with one wheel on the grass to prevent the cars bottoming out on the central bit of the road).
That was about 5 weeks ago and no action so far (although they did acknowledge it via email as well as the standard automated reply) so I fired off another report with a sarcastic comment about driving down the road and that you can't miss them, but I don't suppose they will see the funny side of it.
I read just now that someone in Lincolnshire has named a pothole 'Eric' outside his house. Don't know why he selected Eric, maybe it reminded him of someone called Eric, although I'm struggling to think of how any human being could remind anyone of a pothole, unless the pothole was in the shape of a human, and then why pick Eric? Maybe his mate Eric reminds him of a pothole, and calls him Pothole to complement the thought process. Anyway, he set up a Facebook page for him/it and now the hole is no more. Ah, the power of Facebook - no self-respecting pothole could do without it.
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