DESPAIRING members of the public have vented their frustration over the condition of a Cumbrian road.

Potholes had reportedly become so deep that residents had conducted emergency repairs by filling some of them in with rocks.

“For cyclists and anybody that doesn’t know the lane there’s potential there for coming off your bike and hitting the wall, because it is quite narrow,” said Anne Danson, who lives at Ash Fell Farm, near to Bleaflatt Lane, which leads into Ravenstonedale in Eden.

“You have to slow down to drive over them.

“The dry stone wall is either side so you can’t really avoid them.”

Ms Danson said she and other residents had contacted Cumbria County Council (CCC) multiple times about the potholes along the lane but had not heard anything back.

“We noticed that potholes have been repaired locally, but ours don’t seem to be getting done at all,” she said.

“I don’t know what the problem is. They have just got so bad now that they’ll take longer to repair.”

After being contacted by The Westmorland Gazette, a CCC spokesman said ‘permanent patching works’ along Bleaflatt Lane would be pencilled-in for completion by the end of this month.

“Unfortunately, due to the narrow width of the carriageway, a road closure will be required during working hours,” said the spokesman.

“A fully-signed diversion will be in place.”

Jean Spencer, who lives on the outskirts of Ravenstonedale, said the potholes ‘became really bad last year’.

“Something needs doing about it,” she said.

“If somebody goes on a bike, doesn’t realise it’s there, they are going to come over the top of the handlebars.

“It’s a wonder my car’s still got springs on it.

“I’d like it to be done properly, a proper surface on it for once.

“But I don’t think they’ll do that.

“If they filled the potholes in I’d be happy.”

Mrs Spencer, 75, said she had phoned up the council three times since November but was ‘passed on’ each time she got in touch.