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Parking change needed

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Where do you find six pound coins to pay for parking?

This is the standard charge to leave a car for a day in the Lake District. So where do you find this much change in the middle of nowhere?

Even in Ambleside, where there are dozens of shops, there are signs that warn, No change given for the car park.” So dear Ambleside trader, how am I supposed to park to become a customer in your shop?

Bridge House, Ambleside

I bought sandwiches – offered a £10 note and asked for pound coins for the Pay and Display machine. “Sorry sir, we need our change.”

What’s the matter with you people. Go to the bank. Get a stash of change. Smile. Write a new sign – Change given here for the Car Park.  Offer a service and watch the footfall increase. More footfall – more sales. It’s not rocket science. And anyway I only want to park a car – not a rocket.

The Small Boy and the Iron Horse

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Alexander John

My young grandson has gone home with him mum and dad today. He is such an inquisitive boy – there’s something he wants to explore at every turn. I felt it my grandfatherly duty to introduce him to the National Railway Museum whilst he was here in York.

The Flying Scotsman

Surely every small boy has a right to be shown the giant iron machines that used to haul our trains around the country in the days of steam. One day he may become a Friend of the National Railway Museum like his grandad!

Homeward

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I am drinking coffee at Peterborough Services. I was rejected at the
Pizza Hut concession because my bill was less than a fiver. A rule
invented by the manager for card paying customers. So I crossed to Le
Petit Four Francais. My card was fine for their food.
I can be petty minded for England if it suits me, but not at the
expense of profits. What’s wrong with a card?