In pictures: the Russian city of Samara being ‘eaten alive’ by sinkholes
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/9981444/In-pictures-the-Russian-city-of-Samara-being-eaten-alive-by-sinkholes.html

Moffat to Selkirk road near the Grey Mare’s Tail today:

No worries, still plenty of space to get a bike through there- the rest’s just wasted tarmac on that road!

B6344 Rothbury to Morpeth just one of the areas there’s lot of them for about 2 miles stretch.

they had an interview with someone on the Radio – biggest problem is that they don’t get repaired and then fill with water so you’ve no idea as a driver/pedestrian/cyclist if the ‘puddle’ you are approaching is 2cm deep or 2m.

In the peak

they had an interview with someone on the Radio – biggest problem is that they don’t get repaired and then fill with water so you’ve no idea as a driver/pedestrian/cyclist if the ‘puddle’ you are approaching is 2cm deep or 2m.

I use to work a lot in Naples, which had a (correct) reputation for having bad roads. But it was only after rain when they filled with muddy water that you realised how bad it was because you had no idea whether it was just a puddle or a great hole.