B.

Down the rabbit hole

Behind the scenes

As we all know through the apocryphal grapevine, it's not where your house is, or what it's made of that determines the likely effects of seismic movement.

'It's what's under there that counts', say countless amateur geologists, prodding the ground around their Christchurch homes as speculatively as if they were kicking the tyres of a prospective automotive purchase.

Footpath hole, Courtenay Street, Christchurch. December 2011

Footpath hole, Courtenay Street, Christchurch. December 2011

In breaking news, I can now reveal what lies beneath – well, in Courtenay Street in St Albans, anyway.

Nothing.

What's the plan with that, then?

Footpath hole, Courtenay Street, Christchurch. December 2011

Footpath hole, Courtenay Street, Christchurch. December 2011

Footpath hole, Courtenay Street, Christchurch. December 2011

Footpath hole, Courtenay Street, Christchurch. December 2011