Our Asda has remarked all the parking bays. Each bay has a double line around it. Park within the inner lines. The outer lines are to allow door opening, so the cars are all spaced a bit further apart. Some car parks are so tight that you can't get out of the car. Disabled spots have a wide berth round them to allow doors to open. Why can't all the spaces? The car I had before had more dings down the side from someone in the supermarket car park opening a door on to it.
They do that regularly at our local supermarket @KT53. It's quite astonishing how shocking the driving/parking is, but not surprising when you see the amount of self entitled people in this area. When waiting for my daughter, I watched one. He drew in, into the line behind me. Place was virtually empty. He got out, and I looked, because I could see how badly he was parking it, but I then thought something was wrong. Nope, he was clearly very happy with his manoeuvre, and was just admiring his handiwork and his over priced BMW. Arse of the car hanging out, over two spaces, and at an angle. Job done.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Just back from the farm shop ... small car park and busy on a Friday ... everyone moving over, making room, manoeuvring around each other carefully, making sure woman with child in a wheelchair had enough room for getting in and out ... a brand new jag, some huge 4x4s, some little hatchbacks etc ... everyone parking considerately and carefully ... going the extra mile ... a different breed of shopper?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We've been parking all round the country in the last two months and found the majority of carparks are very badly designed with far too small parking places. It mostly comes down to making a profit doesn't it, for every extra car they can squeeze in, there's more money to be made. The few carparks we found that had big enough spaces were much more easy to use and far less stressful. And don't even get me started on the cashless pay on your smartphone places! What a nightmare.
Many car parks were designed and built for Ford Anglias and Minis ... a Cortina Estate was a big car back then ............ it's tiny compared with the cars on the roads nowadays.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
B3's excepted, cars are generally getting bigger at an alarming rate. I guess some of it is safety standards but some of it is just silly.
Our village hall has a small car park which would be handy for shopping. Only the lady who took it upon herself to mark out the parking bays is not a driver, and I have no idea where she got the dimensions but she marked them out based on what she thinks is a reasonable size for a normal car. Exactly the size. Therefore, if it's full, you can't open the car doors. It also has low stone walls around it that you can't see when you're with a few feet so people either hit them or park well short of the space's ends. Net result is everyone just double parks in the High Street and the car park is generally ignored until the village is so busy you have no choice. She didn't do this to get more revenue - it's a free car park - she thought she was being helpful, allowing more people to get a space.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
BTW if you are really bothered to support animal rescues there's a very good lurcher and greyhound rescue charity run by a few amazing people around the UK. Their charity doesn't have a true base just really caring people up and down the country.
Greys and lurchers make wonderful pets with a bit of care and knowledge (like all dogs I suppose). It's a shame so many get PTS. There were a lot where I used to live. It seems there was a lady involved in rehoming locally and she was very successful at it.
In my life, my Mum had 5 cats and I've had (so far) 5 lurchers and 3 greyhounds. They were all rescues. I help a national rescue that works with 'death row' lurchers and have taken part in quite a few dog relays over the years. I don't believe that we are a nation of animal lovers. Spend any time with a rescue organisation and you come across really horrible stories of terrible things people do to cats and dogs, some malicious some simply negligent. It's all starfish on a beach. I hope he gets his staff and animals and himself to safety and that he does find a way to continue working in animal rescue, in the UK or anywhere else. A dog in India is no less in need of help than a dog in Somerset. I'd far rather the Afghan animals were found homes in Afghanistan, but our country's political choices have made that impossible.
I tried a few times to get involved with a greyhound and lurcher rescue relays in the past. My offers were never taken up because there were too many involved locally with free time throughout the day. It was such a good charity run by amazing people across the country. I found them through seeking advice on getting a dog. They had an excellent forum for the rescue of lurchers and greys.
There's a whole new set of issues with rescue in other countries I reckon. So much so I think it's better to help the local people do it for themselves. I know from people in places like Colombia that there's always something going on locally around the world. It might not be quite like we have though.
Licence for dogs? If only there was an existing licence scheme we could study to see if licencing stops the irresponsible and inconsiderate minority? Oh yes, driving licence! Can anyone with a driving licence honestly say they obey all laws, regulations and are always considerate drivers? If you can do that was it the licence that made you into the model of driving virtue?
There's inconsiderate people in all sorts of activities and walks of life. It's usually a minority except for a few areas like town centres on a drinking night where it's the majority IMHO who are the problem. Let's licence drinkers. If you're caught out and about drunk then you lose your drinking licence and can't n get served or supplied alcohol anywhere.
I was just reading about that sh1te who prevented his first wife and their eleven children from being evacuated. He only wanted his second wife and their children to be rescued Whatever country is unfortunate enough to get this 'prince '. Should ,as a priority, neuter him and then chuck him back. How could the ground staff let him away with it?
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Arse of the car hanging out, over two spaces, and at an angle. Job done.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The few carparks we found that had big enough spaces were much more easy to use and far less stressful.
And don't even get me started on the cashless pay on your smartphone places! What a nightmare.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Our village hall has a small car park which would be handy for shopping. Only the lady who took it upon herself to mark out the parking bays is not a driver, and I have no idea where she got the dimensions but she marked them out based on what she thinks is a reasonable size for a normal car. Exactly the size. Therefore, if it's full, you can't open the car doors. It also has low stone walls around it that you can't see when you're with a few feet so people either hit them or park well short of the space's ends. Net result is everyone just double parks in the High Street and the car park is generally ignored until the village is so busy you have no choice.
She didn't do this to get more revenue - it's a free car park - she thought she was being helpful, allowing more people to get a space.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
There's a whole new set of issues with rescue in other countries I reckon. So much so I think it's better to help the local people do it for themselves. I know from people in places like Colombia that there's always something going on locally around the world. It might not be quite like we have though.
There's inconsiderate people in all sorts of activities and walks of life. It's usually a minority except for a few areas like town centres on a drinking night where it's the majority IMHO who are the problem. Let's licence drinkers. If you're caught out and about drunk then you lose your drinking licence and can't n get served or supplied alcohol anywhere.
Whatever country is unfortunate enough to get this 'prince '. Should ,as a priority, neuter him and then chuck him back.
How could the ground staff let him away with it?