It's pavement carnage out there!

We've had 4 weeks of subzero temps here in Scotland with some dramatic lows. Now that it's beginning to thaw, you can see the damage that's emerging. Tarmac pavements with huge cracks appearing. One newly laid in the summer has become like a BMX bike run, with hummocks all over its length. Kerbstones separated from the pavement and paving slabs heaved up out of the ground, like crazy paving laid by someone on acid.

Obviously, the water underneath has frozen to unprecedented depths and the expansion of the ice has been greater than anything seen for a very long time. Nationwide, this will run into billions of pounds to sort.