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Yes, horses came first. But then mankind decided to better himself and invent something superior, whereby horses were consigned to sporting & leisure purposes, and should therefore spend as little time on the roads as possible.
You forgot food as well....
“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”
Why can't they at least spray some liquid tar on the existing surface, to give some chance of holding the new gravel in place?
When they do country roads in Devon, they just seem to spray the gravel alone all over the place and hope for the best!
edit: Oh, I read the article mudskipper referenced. So in Devon they scatter the chippings with wild abandon, but don't seem to start with the bitumen.
So within a few days, mounds of chippings have built up like snow drifts in the sides of the road and down the middle, but not where anyone's tyres actually go!
Why can't they at least spray some liquid tar on the existing surface, to give some chance of holding the new gravel in place?
When they do country roads in Devon, they just seem to spray the gravel alone all over the place and hope for the best!
edit: Oh, I read the article mudskipper referenced. So in Devon they scatter the chippings with wild abandon, but don't seem to start with the bitumen.
So within a few days, mounds of chippings have built up like snow drifts in the sides of the road and down the middle, but not where anyone's tyres actually go!
Except the tyres of motorcycles.
You really don't want to hit a bank of that stuff when you're taking a corner.
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