[peppermint]

i would just like to make a comment about the pot holes in roads issue. I dont like pot holes in roads, i used to cycle 25 miles a day when i worked in Bristol (12.5 there, 12.5 back). I hated them as i was constantly looking out for them, swerving to avoid them and generally hated sitting on my seat on 'bad' roads.
but..... i would also like to say that i think British roads are maintained so much better than the ones i have driven across in Canada recently. These are the worst roads i have ever been on (i havent been to Africa or poorer nations where i expect Canadian road are a dream in comparison). Compared to the way Canadian roadshave been kept, and i am talking about the trans-canada highway and similar roads, not dirt tracks in the wilderness, the British councils do a good job.