r Pothole is the scourge of council do-nothings and lackadaisical Highways England engineers. As well as motorists, he worries about cyclists, motorcyclists and people with limited mobility, unable to travel becauseIt all started in March 2013, with a dangerous pothole on the A422 near Farthinghoe, which is close to his home in Brackley, Northamptonshire. Mr Pothole wasn’t Mr Pothole back then, but Mark Morrell, a retired operations manager.
Since that day, Morrell has been on a one-man mission to rid the country of potholes. With the help of social media – his children showed him how to use it – he started campaigning for road repairs in his area, lobbying councillors and giving interviews to the press. It snowballed, and soon people from across the country began contacting him about the state of their roads. He advises drivers on how to claim compensation for damage to their cars.
Some of these potholes were closer to craters. The worst he’s campaigned to fill in was close to 14 metres long, in Boston, Lincolnshire.
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