Caithness woman, 75, tackles potholes outside her home

Mrs Paterson was joined by her neighbour, Jen MacDonald, in clearing pieces of grit and gravel and carrying the material in a bucket to fill holes.

“It’s not fixed, it’s temporary, but maybe it will shame the council into doing something,” said Mrs Paterson.

She said the section of road had been in a poor state for at least four years.

“It has completely eroded away, great big deep potholes which are always full of water, and I’d just had enough,” she said.

“It looks fairly level now, but it’s not going to stay there – it’s just going to get washed away again.”