Pricey

[poliphilo]

We've been eating out most days because of the state of the kitchen- and we're getting tired of it. Yesterday we bought a take away at a Chinese place in Norman's Bay and parked up by the roadside at Cooden Beach. We were congratulating ourselves on the cheapest meal of the week when a couple of very nice young people in uniform showed up to

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[rhodielady_47b]

90 POUNDS??? Ouch!

[poliphilo]

We joked afterwards that for £90 we could have had a really slap up meal at the posh hotel just down the road from where we were sitting in the car spilling gravy on ourselves....

[rhodielady_47b]

BTW---WAS THERE A SIGN SAYING "NO PARKING" WHERE YOU AND YOUR LADY WERE EATING IN THE CAR??? Or whatever the British equivalent of what we'd put out there would be?
I mean a NO PARKING ZONE should be clearly labelled, shouldn't it?
If it wasn't, if I were you, I'd take pictures and take it to appeals...
:^[

[poliphilo]

There were notices, but we didn't see them.

Parking used to be allowed along that stretch of road above Cooden Beach and we assumed it still was.....

[ambeziee]

These fines are often halved if you pay within 30 days. Any chance of that?

[poliphilo]

I don't think so.....