Shoelace save........

[Beelady]

They laid about six inches of gravel along our lane in 2012. The day John and I picked up our new Triumphs and then came home to find it waiting for us. No warning signs. Nothing.
We had to wait two weeks for the road sweeper, during whick time passing tractors had worn two thick runways through it all. When I rang to ask when they planned to make it safe they said it wasn't a busy road so not a priority.
I asked why they thought the expense of messing up a perfectly good country lane with only four houses along the entire mile and a bit was worth it.
Never did get an answer to that and nine years later I'm still sweeping up gravel and none of my bikes have any paint underneath. All scoured off by years of being shot blasted every time I come and go.
I particularly admired the way they just sprayed and gravelled the central grass strip along the lane. A work of art. It still holds plenty of grit piles and is a sort of automatic supply of slippery stuff, just where I try to paddle backwards to line myself up for the reverse roll down the slope to the workshop. I have worn out many brooms, trying to keep it clear.

[Snev]

Maybe you should have taken the broom for a ride instead...