In article , James Wilkinson Sword
wrote:
On Thu, 15 Feb 2018 21:01:36 -0000, charles
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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.

You're going to have to make a better reference than that:

that page defines Highway markings.

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