I SYMPATHISE with the reader who has received a £100 parking fine at Queenswood. You published my letter when I had a similar experience last year. The CCTV recorded my arrival and departure times and Corporate Services claimed that I had overstayed my welcome.

Fortunately I had my parking ticket which proved that I had departed 15 minutes before my ticket expired. I did not return to Queenswood after that experience because I determined to avoid the shock and sinking feeling when I opened the letter from Corporate Services with bold black lettering: £100 fine; a charge completely out of proportion to my small income from pensions.

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However, the government has recently announced that we may meet another person to walk and talk and my friend contacted me to meet her at Queenswood. You can imagine my trepidation. I arrived at the parking machine, ensured that I entered my number plate correctly (you will receive a fine if you don’t), photographed my car in the middle of a legal space with the parking ticket correctly displayed.

I also paid £4 for a whole day, even though we walked for less than two hours, in order to avoid the CCTV making another “mistake”!

I enjoyed the walk, but will not be returning to Queenswood any time soon.

Janette Ward

Tarrington

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