Residents of Wardle have been left red-faced after fresh road markings appeared outside the village post office reading simply: “G’Spot”.
The lettering, painted in gleaming white by a contractor working on a resurfacing job, was apparently meant to denote a “G Bus Stop”, but either the stencil shifted or the workman was feeling mischievous and underpaid.
“I nearly drove into the Co-op car park backwards,” admitted local pensioner Barry Hughes. “It’s not the sort of thing you expect to see on your way to buy a pint of milk and a scratchcard.”
Wardle resident Mike, 58, said he was “delighted to see one in the wild” but admitted he “hasn’t found the G’Spot in years” despite what he calls “several dedicated attempts, often after a few pints”. His wife has declined to comment.
Rochdale Council insists the marking was a “typo of sorts” and has promised to repaint it, though not before half the village turned up to take selfies. One woman claimed she was “tagging it for Instagram” while her husband muttered something about “finally finding one in Wardle”.
Meanwhile, our colleagues at the Rochdale Times bravely attempted to investigate but reportedly circled the mini-roundabout six times before giving up and heading to a pub in a place called Littleborough, claiming they “needed a sit down and a quiet think about their future”.
A council spokesman confirmed: “It will be corrected in due course, but frankly we’re surprised anyone in Wardle found it this quickly. Some people have been looking for decades.”
