Patriotic potholes are cropping up in a town after a proud resident started painting them with St George’s Crosses.
Ben Thornbury has previously turned some into a pitch-and-putt course.
The 20-year-old has also started eating his breakfast out of others.
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Now Ben has come up with a new way of highlighting them so they get filled in.
He applies white paint over them followed by red to form a cross to make the English national flag.
He is doing it in his home town of Malmesbury, Wilts.
It comes as patriotic folk have been putting up St George’s Crosses in their neighbourhoods – like in Birmingham.
Ben told What’s The Jam: “I noticed all the England flags going up in Birmingham.
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“I starting to think I’ve cracked the code for getting potholes sorted.”
He added: “I’d noticed the ones along Neibull Close and thought I would highlight them.
“I got some white and red paint from my garage and painted about five of them.”
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He added: “I couldn’t believe the reaction.
“Loads of people contacted me to say well done and what a great idea it was.
“So I just hope they are repaired.
“I’m proud of my country and like to help people whenever I can.
“Residents had been complaining about the state of the town centre for eight months.
“But that was resurfaced just weeks after I highlighted it.
Local Bob Newnham said: “Superb idea.”
James Mills added: “Love it.”
Sean Wilson said: “Now imagine if every pothole looked like that.”
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