Road To Ruin

Or, how to ruin a perfectly good road.

My main route to work was resurfaced a few weeks ago to a beautiful smooth, pothole- and patch-free work of art, but now the council have seen fit to highlight the cycle lanes with ridiculous green paint. They'd already put the markings down making the cycle lane distinct and visible so why the feck have they painted over their new road surface with an uneven and bumpy surface? It's not like drivers pay any more attention to cycle lanes if they're pretty colours. I think that it's a conspiracy to deter cyclists. Perhaps I should write to the Guardian. Or the Mail...