Donkey Bottom Brook is one of a couple of gravel bottomed streams flowing through Gus common. Beyond a single ford, you wouldn't know Donkey Bottom was there, it's so well hidden in dense flora, which grows right up to the banks. Anyway, the name Donkey Bottom put me in mind of an old Viz cartoon. If you're not familiar with Viz, Viz is a comic started in the early 80's as a very DIY grass roots affair which has, over the years, grown in to somewhat of a household name. Based on double entendres, brutal comic violence and course language, the early issues very much suited the mood of the times. Viz is still funny today, though less so and in a different way. I still think the visceral nature and directness of those early issues, stand out as original and unique pieces of social comment delivered with as much offence as could be, as well as so laugh out loud jokes. So, here's the cartoon that sprung to mind at Donkey Bottom. Enjoy.
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