NEVER mind Banksy, south Oxfordshire appears to have employed its very own unidentified pavement graffiti artist.

The reason for my assumptions are that starting a few months ago, and at seemingly regular intervals, white rings began to appear all over the pavements.

At first I thought it was Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons at it again, but on closer inspection it turned out to be paint sprayed around pot holes in both the pavement and on the roadway – no doubt put there by a highways inspector to highlight the appalling state of the broken-up tarmac which is disintegrating everywhere and particularly on the pavement outside my house.

I assume that a man with a wheelbarrow is supposed to wander about and stick a shovelful of asphalt in the bigger holes before bedding it in by jumping on it with a pair of size 12 safety boots to flatten it.

While it is a very good idea in principle, there are a few unthought-of problems.

Firstly, because eco-friendly water-based paint is used, by the time the wheelbarrow man arrives on the scene, a good downpour has washed away the paint, leaving him perplexed.

Secondly, with so many potholes to fill, the repairs are rushed, and, within a short period the holes reappear as if by magic.

Who pays the man who wanders around wasting paint?

And why employ him anyway, as everyone knows what a hole looks like?

Once again it’s a case of the left hand not knowing what the right is doing, and a complete waste of taxpayers’ money.

If anyone anywhere has a vacancy for a road inspector, then please let me know as I could just sit in the house all day without doing anything.

And no-one would be any the wiser.

Tony Anchors, Drake Avenue, Didcot