I read a funny story on this morning's news about a Mercedes car left in the middle of a cordoned-off area beside a train station in Scotland. Undeterred, the work crew dug up the area all around the parked blue car and left it on an island.
This instance points out two things.
· Some people think they can ignore barriers and park wherever they please.
· The workers got on with their job. I'll bet they were chuckling as they did so.
This instance points out two things.
· Some people think they can ignore barriers and park wherever they please.
· The workers got on with their job. I'll bet they were chuckling as they did so.
yourlocalweb.co.uk
On a larger scale, parking spaces are hard to find in the United Kingdom. Refugees and European workers arrive each day to fill England from shore to shore. I sometimes wonder how many more will be needed before the island sinks.
Where I live, roads are narrow and often curved. Elstree is a village in the borough of Hertfordshire, on the former A5 road, which followed the course of Watling Street, about 13 miles north of London.
Where I live, roads are narrow and often curved. Elstree is a village in the borough of Hertfordshire, on the former A5 road, which followed the course of Watling Street, about 13 miles north of London.
Old Elstree at the top of my hill. francisfrith.com
Outside our row of cottages, a constant stream of traffic drives up and down the hill—two lanes wide. Most of the cottages have converted their tiny front gardens into a parking area. Outside our area for the elderly and disabled, a parking bay fits three cars. Any time a car leaves, the spot is quickly filled.
One car occupies one space almost permanently—doesn't drive away. The owner lives in a cottage about six doors away. But two cars already sit in the garden, so he uses our spot to leave his car. The Highway Department says anyone who pays their road tax can use public parking. And so, people who live right beside the area have to find another perch.
Maybe the island will sink under the weight of all the cars.
One car occupies one space almost permanently—doesn't drive away. The owner lives in a cottage about six doors away. But two cars already sit in the garden, so he uses our spot to leave his car. The Highway Department says anyone who pays their road tax can use public parking. And so, people who live right beside the area have to find another perch.
Maybe the island will sink under the weight of all the cars.
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