[David9694]

A new catch-all Tea Shop thread for those miscellaneous new stories that don’t quite fit with parking, crashing into buildings or trapped/prisoners in their homes. 

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[CyclingGardener]

So anyone on that street in
So anyone on that street in charge of a small child or short-legged pooch needs to make damn sure it doesn’t stand still near the kerb for too long . . .

[Hirsute]

Tree stump.
Tree stump.
I’ll leave it there
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/monkseaton-tree-stump-council-removed-28933630

[Hirsute]

”  In there somewhere is a

”  In there somewhere is a Motorbike. The rider, having worked a night shift says they fell asleep and came off the road. Thankfully no injuries but a reminder to us all that driving/riding whilst tired is dangerous. Pull over and #takearest. #A3  “
 

[pockstone]

Loco parentis…or just plain
Loco parentis…or just plain loco?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cld442nkd4yo

[stonojnr]

Burnham Market is one of
Burnham Market is one of those weird posh coastal town places overrun with 2nd home owners from the Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. So those vehicles probably belong to “residents” who are on their jollies this week, and think they’re roughing it in the countryside.

[David9694]

I guess the flags were no

I guess the flags were no longer working?

[Tom_77]

Saw this randomly on Facebook

Saw this randomly on Facebook, amused me.

[David9694]

Also Laura: “People have to

Also Laura: “People have to park over it to deliver to the shops” 

[Hirsute]

This cycle lane has had a

This cycle lane has had a massive impact on the high st shops.

“It was so bad that all the shops closed down and were replaced with 1950s semi-detached houses.”

Castleton is facing dire consequences from @AndyBurnhamGM cycle lanes.
No one wanted it. No one wants it.
No one uses it.
Vote for someone who is on your side. pic.twitter.com/6JxQaVC1pG

— Laura Evans 💙 (@LauraEvansTeam) March 28, 2024

[David9694]

How did any of them even get

How did any of them even get through Wales’s wall-to-wall 20 mph speed limits? 

Dramatic scenes as police tow cars causing parking mayhem at beauty spot

Police and tow trucks were called to the scene as dozens of drivers parked up illegally on the side of the road on the A5 in the Ogwen Valley and Pen-y-Pass

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/dramatic-scenes-police-tow-cars-28922324

[belugabob]

David9694 wrote:

David9694 wrote:

Tourists vow ‘never to set foot in Wales again’ over 20mph row

“I spent so much time checking my speedo I am sure I was a danger to pedestrians and errant drivers. My wife was glued to the satnav reminding me whenever I was approaching 20 and couldn’t appreciate the view.”

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/tourists-vow-never-set-foot-28886981

hwyl wedyn
 

Apparently it affects the locals more than the tourists, because “we get held up behind tourists” – presumably those tourists who are scared of getting a fine vs the locals, who aren’t?

[Hirsute]

“The period finish of local

“The period finish of local flint gives the conservation area a distinctive character”

“Picturesque Burnham Market, with its charming and characterful flint cottages, is often regarded as one of the prettiest villages in Norfolk”

Picturesque Burnham Market, with its charming and characterful flint cottages, is often regarded as one of the prettiest villages in Norfolk pic.twitter.com/FsgbIveIn5

— Leo Murray @crisortunity@urbanists.social (@crisortunity) April 2, 2024

[David9694]

Driver shouting now in its

Driver shouting now in its 110th year. Trader 1 says there is ample parking on the main drag, trader 2 says drivers seometimes park in the side streets (and by implication where is harm in that?). And of course, it’s the vindictive side road residents isn’t it. 

Business owners in Cheriton High Street fear for future if controlled parking zone is introduced

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/news/controlled-parking-zone-would-kill-my-business-i-would-10-304197/

[David9694]

Hirsute wrote:

Hirsute wrote:

What do the elderly do on the other 51 Sundays in the year ?

Maybe they try and figure out what the local parking regime is, and maybe they provide accurate information to reporters, who then check it? Or maybe this is it  http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/john_betjeman/poems/786

Anyway, I’ve taken the Google car for a spin around Clacton (which looked nicer than I imagined). The captioned photo in the article wasn’t taken in Church Road.  It was taken just along from my screen grab in Holland Road. Church Road is a mixture of unrestricted and double yellows around the side turnings, but I couldn’t find any parking signs anywhere – do double yellows have a default meaning?

I found a sign here in Holland Road – it’s a single yellow line either side of the sign.  Further along Holland Road, it turns into double yellows and a sign announces no parking 9 am – 6 pm “including Sundays”. I assume someone in authority has checked that a restriction of 9am-6pm falls within the meaning of single yellows. 

The Easter Day service was at 8.30 am, so my guess is that drivers to the left of the sign would have been OK until 12:30 pm (the church is behind us in this view.)

https://ourladyoflight.uk/newsletter/newsletter-31st-march-2024/

Google Maps has images back to 2009 – the larger sign allowing parking on this side wasn’t there in 2009 and appears in 2012, so it looks like a concession was made to churchgoers to park on both sides of the road on Sunday mornings. 

Callous indeed. 

[Hirsute]

What do the elderly do on the
What do the elderly do on the other 51 Sundays in the year ?

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