Fake legs used as a pointer for pothole

The false legs make it look like someone is taking a deep dive into the large water-filled pothole

A man fed up with the state of a road near his village has poked fun at a large pothole, by putting a pair of fake legs in the huge puddle it has created.

It is one of several that have formed on Haverhill Road in the Cambridgeshire village of Castle Camps, close to the Suffolk border.

James Coxall said the crater had been there for eight months and although it was not a busy road, if there were oncoming vehicles you would "have to either stop, or hit the pothole".

Cambridgeshire County Council said one of its highways officers would inspect the road and "repairs will be made as required".

Mr Coxall, a 41-year-old carpenter, said the pothole had been there for a long time so his family decided to "have a bit of fun with it".

The family created the pothole "person" using old clothes and wood

On Sunday, the family turned some old clothes and rags into a pair of legs, clothed in jeans and colourful shoes.

"The shoes were going to charity anyway, so we thought we'd give them an outing first," said Mr Coxall.

"We stuffed the jeans with old rags and I used some wood to keep the legs sturdy and upright."

He placed the creation in the puddle, with the feet sticking out at the top, and weighed it all down with a brick.

Mr Coxall posted a photo of it on the Facebook group Odd Things Around Cambridge and another local Haverhill group.

"It's just a bit of fun, and I've had lots of messages about it," he said.

"People seem to like it around here, but then, I am known as a bit of a joker."

The county council urged people to use its online pothole reporting tool.