EXCUSES WON’T WASH FOR ANGRY KEVIN
A TOURIST’S car tyre was wrecked when his car plunged into a pothole big enough to have a bath in.
Kevin Watson, 32, was driving through the Highlands with friends when he hit the unexpected trench in the middle of a country road.
He was so astonished that he got out of his car and jumped into the hole, on the A82 near Bridge of Orchy, Argyll, to show how big it is.
Kevin, from Newcastle, said: “We were coming for a photography trip in Scotland.
“There were four of us in the car and we hit that pothole.
“It was big enough to have a bath in. I’m 5ft 11in tall and it was big enough for me to sit in.
“It’s over 3ft long, about one-and-a-half feet wide and almost four inches deep.
“It’s going to cost me money to repair that tyre but I’m happy it is not the worst kind of damage to happen.
“It’s just my luck, to be honest. I am always unlucky when it comes to these things.”
A recent study concluded that Scottish roads are littered with the highest number of potholes in the UK and would stretch to a combined depth of nearly four miles.
A total of 154,310 potholes were reported to Scottish councils last year – 16,000 more than the next worst-hit region, the south-west of England.
Scots are reporting around 423 holes each day, three times the amount in London.
BEAR Scotland, who maintain the A82, were approached for comment.