The Rocky Road
A few weeks ago I mentioned in passing that the council were ripping up my road.
I thought that was the end of it.
I was wrong.
They came back a week later and started up their pneumatic fucking drills and dug up all the manholes. They worked out there for a couple of mornings and eventually they replaced all the manholes and surrounded each one with a fancy patch of asphalt. At least it stopped the lorries banging on that loose manhole cover at the end of the lane. Finally they had done something worth while.
I thought that was the end of it.
I was wrong.
I went out a few days later and discovered they had been playing around laying strips of fine chippings like discarded pieces of stair carpet. There was no logical reason for the strips that they laid, but who was I to argue? I supposed it amused them and kept them out of mischief.
I thought that was the end of it.
I was wrong.
They woke me again yesterday with a fierce racket of lorries and those infernal beep beep beeps they make when they go backwards. They were out there all morning and they really pissed me off. I went out later and discovered they have covered the entire road from here to the village so it is ankle deep in loose stone chippings.
I daren’t go out now.
If I walk, I just get sprayed with clouds of chippings every time a car passes. I might as well shoot myself with a shotgun.
If I drive, I run the risk of losing my windscreen, not to mention a few coats of paint as I’m bound to meet some fucker who won’t slow down.
What pisses me off most though is that every time a car goes past The Manor, there is a roaring sound followed by the rattle of stones as they fly over the hedge.
This time I know there is no end to it.
Not until the fucking road wears down a bit.
You should have taken the suggestion I made last time…. Too late now, the damage is done!
Ain't hindsight a wonderful thing?
Far be it from the Council to use this opportunity to resurface our lane. Year of patches and potholes, yet they happily do the 3 km from the village past our townland, even though it's in pretty good nick. We suffer on . . .
Yo Neighbour! It's been a while? Were you stranded behind all the roadworks? Or did you only just manage to get out of that Kimberly hole outside your gate? 😉
Just waiting for the day they close the lane for roadworks. We'll have to drive in/out through your gaff. There's no other way 😉
Very true. Maybe I should warn you in advance that I only accept cash? No cheques or plastic.
Seems to be catching – the road outside my mother's house was compressively repaired of all potholes and other nefarious objects a few weeks back – they did a lovely job I must say. Then late last week they came back and completely re-surfaced the whole road and then this week they are back doing their manhole cover thing – what I want to know is how come they can do all this – ain't the oul sod broke
Went for a drive yesterday. I lost count of the resurfaced roads I drove over.
They're starting to rebuild the footpaths now!
They did something of the same thing to the upper end of the road that passes by our house using old ground up paving. Except instead of leaving it just loose chips spread over the previous dirt road, they mixed it with some sort of glue. Supposedly, it was supposed to keep the steep part of the road from eroding away during a heavy rain. It worked fairly well at this but now the constant traffic on the little country lane has dug out mortar holes 8 inches or more in depth and 18 inches wide. Talk about buckling your trunnions.
Put 'em all back to dirt, that's what I say. At least you know what you're dealing with and dirt is a lot easier and cheaper to maintain.