Hi All,
I parked on a council provided off-street car park. Since it was Saturday 12:20 hours, I haven't even checked if we need a ticket because I remembered this car park is free on weekends.
Basically I relied on my memory. I cannot confirm whether I remember this correctly and it was indeed free on both weekend days - or - there was always soem period of time on Saturday that is charged. Nevertheless that's what happened.
When I came back to the car I found a PCN on my front window. This pissed me off immensely and I walked down to check the sign to see if I made a mistake and what the hell is going on.
What I have found is a sign that probably has been replaced recently, as it had a new white background rather than a yellow one and overall it was in a great state.
However the sign was obscured by vegetation. See attached photo.
The car park has mutiple identical signs but I only ever looked at this one. We use this car park for years, one relies on habits, so I wasn't even aware there are other sign there.
The other signs are not obscured.
Long story short, had this sign been not obscured, I would probably notice Saturdays are partialy paid (either as new policy or my memory failing me) and would gladly pay 1-2 pounds as I have been doing on other days in the past.
See PCN:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/WMinCxoWEG23QJ8P6Obscured sign:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/HWQXxMWqMqfurFNJ7Car park gelocation:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/A2YnouRM2uwGEoms5 Is there a chance and is there any point in challenging this one?
Thank you all in advance.
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