ONE Friday I drove from the Midlands to Lyme Regis.
I had researched car parks and parked in Woodmead, ready to pay for a week’s parking.
Unfortunately, I could get no signal on my mobile phone anywhere.
The ticket machine did not take notes so I had to go to the Post Office for coins, which I inserted one at a time, taking several seconds for each coin to register.
Having inserted £26, it told me I had paid until the following Tuesday – four days.
I retrieved my coins and tried another machine.
The results were the same.
Finally, after an hour, and filled with frustration and anger, I left Woodmead and drove to Holmbush Car Park.
There the machine worked perfectly and I paid a lot less to park for a week.
What a welcome to Lyme and what an appalling system. I have written to the town council.
LIN HASTINGS Old Station Rd, Solihull
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