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But why should it be free if i take my car and thats a big if i would rather walk i dont mind paying, how about free parking and a set fee to see the doctor why is it that folk expect free parking to shop go to the hospital see the doc etc etc . On a recent visit to the Highlands i didn't once pay to park all the car parks are free the downside it took ages to find a space and i gave up in two car ...

13 Jul 2017

Lots of ideas have been thrown around in the past gift that part of the car park to the surgery the problem with that is if it was free folk would park there who just wanted long term free parking we pay for parking in hospitals and at the end of the day it is a car park its not specificaly for the surgery. I recently paid a visit to a friend in Barnstable who had a doctors appointment that day ...

13 Jul 2017

The problem is simple if there is free parking for those who have a appointment how would the enforcement officer know who has a appointment and who hasnt, second problem do you want 30 mins free or 1 hour, appointments overun and i have been in the surgery for 90 mins before now. You could have a ANPR system as in the CO OP car park but i would imagine the cost would rule that out, this has been ...

Anne Marie Morris
11 Jul 2017

Well said Fred

11 Jul 2017

I would give up Margaret we live in a society that is told how diverse and tolerant British Society is well they must live on another planet it's diverse and tolerant only because the law tells us what not to say but under the surface nothing has changed freedom of speech i dont think so folk have learn't to watch there words but now and then things slip.

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Anne Marie Morris
11 Jul 2017

And thats the point it's a slip of the tongue it happens every day in every walk of life wake up people thats life.

10 Jul 2017

A bit like blackboard or those fab pins from Robinsons' jam, i spent some time with some great folk from Northern Ireland last week when i asked what he wanted to be called he had a strange Irish name i couldn't remember his reply" just call me Paddy" strange or what.

10 Jul 2017

Folk have short memories was it not the bankers who landed us in this mess and all the cash borrowed to bail them out has to be repaid.  Anne Marie a slip of the tongue it was a everyday figure of speech 20 years ago and old habits die hard another figure of speech.

Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half the people are right more than half of the time.  Now i am gone have a long drive 820 miles with a stop at Tebay for a few hours kip good luck people and may the party of your choice win.