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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 ...
perhaps @flo can explain her side of the story? no just kidding, wish we all used our real and full names sometimes. i only know who maraget is now.
@The Observer -Sorry, not able to answer your question as I only have the one account.
In reply to leatash. Whatever time limit 1hr or 1/2hr, you would take a ticket from the machine and place it on your dash. If you over-run the time, you would expect to get a ticket, but I would expect that those who are visiting the surgery, to be able to get an over-run ticket from the surgery should that be the case. And, ANPR cameras are not allowed to be used in local authority car parks. ...
Flo and Lynne, how do you have time to write from two accounts?
Well look at this, someone who does not live in Dawlish, all of a sudden becomes the talk of the Town...again. This goes to prove we are to interested in the polictics and not what goes on in our sleepy town? You know what annoys me, and no one will ever be right, or agree with one another. But it's ok for once race to use a word but not us. We are not even allowed to use the word to describe the ...
Teignbridge own the land and the car park, no reason for them not to charge. I agree it would be lovely if the money from these carparks go towards the Health Centre and Hospital, but that won't happen.
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 ...
Just curious, but is the surgery freehold/lease and who owns it?
Let's give up on these Oxbridge plonkers. Perhaps we could persuade Miss Universe to be our MP.