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Nottingham city council has responded:

Thank you for writing to us.

 We have carefully considered what you say but you have not provided enough evidence
 for us to cancel your Penalty Charge Notice. Please see below for what you must do next.
 You have these choices:- We will reconsider your case if you send us documentary evidence of loading or
 unloading e.g. a delivery note, a receipt/invoice for goods or a job sheet (we need
 this because the civil enforcement officer watched your vehicle and saw no loading
 or unloading taking place). You need to do this within 14 days of the date of this
 letter. Please send a photocopy (not the original) and quote your Penalty Charge
 Notice number (see above).
 OR- You can pay the discount charge of £35.00 if your payment reaches us within 14 days of
 the date of this letter.- You can pay £70.00 within 28 days of the date your Penalty Charge Notice was issued.- You can make a representation against your Penalty Charge Notice by using a Notice to
 Owner form. The vehicle's owner will automatically receive the form if the Penalty Charge
 Notice has not been paid within 28 days of being issued. The form offers you the chance to
 make a representation against your Penalty Charge Notice or pay the full £70.00

I do not have a delivery note, receipt or job sheet. Only a phone call to the acquaintance. 

I said they wouldn't accept loading.

Your challenge was reasonable and left the door open to discretion without going overboard on loading.

Can you get a purchase receipt from your acquaintance for the goods? Plus maybe evidence of infirmity?

Or a witness statement

Just checking for any more advice before I ask her to write the statement and send her receipt.

Well done !!
Nottingham CC have form as a particularly venal and rapacious council.