I SUSPECT that somewhere hidden away in the many offices in York, there sits a person whose main aim in life is to create as much mayhem as possible to the its citizens..

This person is equipped with a pin, a blindfold and a large map of on the city.

After being spun around three times they then stab the pin into the map and say: "This is where we dig the next hole."

Unfortunately, this time the pin stuck in the roundabout at Stockton Lane end.

Why, with all our modern machinery, will it take a minimum of six weeks to dig a hole, lay some pipe and fill it again?

When I was a national serviceman, me and a handful of fellow jankers wallahs (naughty soldiers) could, armed with only our Army-issue knife, fork and spoon, have dug the hole, laid the pipe and filled it in again within two or three days without causing havoc.

D S Edwards,

Hazel Garth,

Stockton Lane, York.

Updated: 10:31 Monday, July 02, 2001