Residents in Gedling are planning to hold a mocking Valentine-themed party next weekend to share their love for potholes and raise awareness of the borough’s crumbling roads.
Organisers are inviting people to meet at the Gedling Inn pub on Main Street in the village on Saturday (17) for a drink before ‘taking the party to a pothole’ and eating cake.
The Gedling Borough Love Your Potholes Party will take place from 2pm.
The event is being organised by members of the Gedling Borough Potholes Facebook Group
Exclusive car window stickers will also be on sale at the event and have been created by group member Brian Bailey, whose pothole-themed calendar recently attracted national media attention.
A group spokesman posting the party invite online wrote: “Please bring anything you can that will make the party go with a swing.
“Bring pothole cake, pothole jelly – also useful for filling potholes, Valentine’s cards expressing your love for potholes, pictures of your favourite potholes, banners, placards, flowers, pothole decorations: anything else you can think of that will be fun, look good in photos, and express our love for potholes.
“Bonus points and a round of applause for anyone who manages to dress up as a pothole.
They added: “The pub has no affiliation nor endorsed this; we just picked this as a meeting point”
The dedicated Facebook group was set up back in and so far has attracted 1,700 members members.
It is being used to alert drivers about the worst affected areas across the borough with pictures of the crumbling and deep craters that can be found across all areas of the borough being posted by fuming motorists daily – and also have a bit of fun.
You can see the party invite here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1877795686027704
