A mini roundabout has appeared in the road to our house. It's not the sort you see in Basingstoke, but a pothole of such epic proportions that the locals approach it in second gear and give way to each other as they try to negotiate it. I pity the drivers without local knowledge. The anticipation of watching a speeding car approach the gaping chasm makes me wince.
The crunch of tyre and axle is dreadful, but I expect we'll have to live with the plethora of potholes up and down the country for quite some time as councils try to balance their finances. It wouldn't do any harm if everyone drove a little slower on country lanes anyway.
The potholes are a result of the freezing temperatures in December. However, despite the snow and ice before Christmas, it doesn't appear that we will have as late a spring as last year, when winter came later in January, just when the bulbs and birds were starting to stir. The snowdrops and aconites have been out for some time this year and the daffodils are primed to flower. There is everything to look forward to as we start to escape February's clutches.
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Chelsea Flower Show 2025: What else to do in SW3 if you're coming to the world's greatest flower showThere's more to Chelsea than just the Flower Show so we've rounded up some of the best places to eat, stay and shop.
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Uniquely unique? The Yorkshire grain silos transformed into a home that's a symphony in glass, steel and curvesAmid the beautiful countryside of North Yorkshire, on the edge of the Castle Howard Estate, The Silos is a property for which the word 'house' simply doesn't cut it. And that's not the only way in which it's made us throw out the dictionary.
