The pot hole thread.

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briantrumpet

Legendary Member
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Devon & Die
I think this photo should grab Devon County Council's attention on my pothole report just sent in.

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DRM

Guru
Location
West Yorks
I think this photo should grab Devon County Council's attention on my pothole report just sent in.

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That's nothing, there is one road in Morley, West Yorkshire where Leeds City Council have actually admitted defeat and are resurfacing it, it was full of craters like that, from end to end and was quite a busy road as well, other pot holes in the Leeds area seem to have been repaired by throwing a shovel full of tarmac in, then patting it down with the said shovel!
 

briantrumpet

Legendary Member
Location
Devon & Die
The stupid thing there was that I led a forum ride through there when there was an alternative road only 300 metres longer with 30 metres of extra ascent. I was not used to road closures being quite that effective against bicycles!

I've got used to proper road barriers across roads in my bit of France meaning 'even for cyclists and walkers', so I don't even bother looking to check. This was the reason for the last one:

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Fortunately there was a lovely little detour for this one, which is not always the case.
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
I've got used to proper road barriers across roads in my bit of France meaning 'even for cyclists and walkers', so I don't even bother looking to check. This was the reason for the last one:

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Fortunately there was a lovely little detour for this one, which is not always the case.

I definitely wouldn't ignore that closure! :laugh:
 

briantrumpet

Legendary Member
Location
Devon & Die
I think this photo should grab Devon County Council's attention on my pothole report just sent in.

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Hurrah. It's been repaired already. I'll probably not get round to inspecting it before I go to France, but glad it's been done.
 

Dadam

Über Member
Location
SW Leeds
That's nothing, there is one road in Morley, West Yorkshire where Leeds City Council have actually admitted defeat and are resurfacing it, it was full of craters like that, from end to end and was quite a busy road as well, other pot holes in the Leeds area seem to have been repaired by throwing a shovel full of tarmac in, then patting it down with the said shovel!

Oh yes it's right near us. Must have been the worst stretch of (allegedly) surfaced road I've ever seen. They attempted a "resurface" a few years ago by just throwing a load of top dressing at it. I don't think they even bothered with rolling it. :wacko: Within a few weeks all the potholes were empty of the gravel which was then forming nice drifts at the entrance to the side roads.

Now it's a really nice smooth bit of tarmac. Let's see how long before someone digs it up and makes it crap again.
 
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