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Yesterday I ranted on about, among other things, potholes. Today I’m riding my Brompton for the first time in ages, and to be honest, seeing all the potholes on the way in this morning, I am not looking forward to negotiating them in the dark on the ride home. I’m not keen on potholes at the best of times, but with the little wheels on my fold-up bike they are deadly. 

So what’s a cyclist to do? In fact, what’s anyone to do? (They damage cars too.)

If you see a pothole, report it via www.fillthathole.org.uk 

This is a splendid site run by CTC, The UK’s organisation for cyclists, that reports the potholes to the right people at the right department – and local councils, having had the potholes reported to them through the right channels, are obliged to act. 

I’ve tried it and it works. My local council filled in a pothole I reported via the site. They didn’t fill it in very well, but that’s another matter… 

Chalky