In article , James Wilkinson Sword
wrote:
On Thu, 15 Feb 2018 20:30:05 -0000, Tim Ward wrote:

On 15/02/2018 19:32, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:

The nearest commercial place would have taken me half an hour to find,
£10 to park in, then a 3 mile walk each way while carrying something
heavy. The town of Edinburgh is royally ****ed up. No wonder their
tourism is falling.

I wouldn't dream of driving in Edinburgh, but as a tourist there's no
need to. There are several public transport routes to get you in from
the airport, and then everything is in walking distance, or if you're
not able or inclined to walk there are buses and taxis (I reserve
judgement on the trams not having used one). Oh, and it's even possible
to arrive in Edinburgh by train rather than air, and then you're in the
centre to begin with.

Public transport? No thanks, this is the twenty first century.

And if you're delivering something heavy then it's maybe the "loading
and unloading" rules you need to worry about, not the "parking" ones.
Try a double yellow line next time (provided it doesn't also have any
loading restrictions of course).

I'm allowed to unload on a double yellow?! That's news to me. For how
long? I actually avoided doing so because I thought I'd get a ticket. I
thought single yellow was half an hour and double yellow was never?

Read the Highway Code - p116.

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