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That should have been 'second time'. It would be more accurate to say that my mind wanders, and thus honest mistakes are made.

I had a tweet from Haringey's @contactharingey account, suggesting that I could'check if your appeal has been received and the status of the PCN:', here:

https://haringey.gov.uk/parking/pcns-parking-traffic/challenge-make-representations-a-parking-pcn

I registered with their site, and logged in, but I couldn't see anyway to do either of those things, and told them. I've seen nothing since.

Last week, my son asked me if I'd paid the fine yet, and I told him, no, I was still waiting on the appeal. He said I'd have to pay the £160, then, and seems to think I'm being silly. My sister agrees, and she works with another council, but I'm going to keep waiting to hear about any new charges. It wouldn't be the first, or even second or third time, that I've been hassled for a penalty that turned out to be baseless.

<OK, so this is my draught. It may not fit in the box provided, with my southpaw scrawl but the hard work is done, and an 'additional sheet' is easy by comparison>

A few days ago. I received in the post a penalty charge notice, citing a 'failure to comply with a prohibition on certain types of vehicle'.Initially, I thought it involved a parking permit my daughter took (or failed to take?) out for a visit by my son and myself on Xmas Day. It turns out that I had actually failed to notice a sign forbidding exit from my daughter's road, when we left on Boxing Day. This was largely because I have come to rely on satnav, especially in London, and assumed that it was taking a moment to determine my car's orientation, when in fact, it was probably directing me towards a legal route. As the sign was on a flowerbox, and quite close to the ground, it must not have grabbed my attention, in hindsight and having observed the sign on Google Maps (while I am a safe driver where ordinary road signage is concerned, I have had little experience with the stricter rules of inner London, and they are a challenge to my concentration, when combined with a long drive from Gloucester and cramped sleeping arrangements, evidently).

I am asking, therefore, that you overturn this charge, as it is unlikely I will ever make the same mistake again, now that I am aware of the situation, and alert to it, should I return, most likely, in the summer.

Sincerely, XXX XXXXX

Oh, and you'll probably know that I've got 28 days from 'date of notice', which seems like plenty of time, or it would if I could talk to Haringey about it with anything quicker than post. It seems easier to pay the £80, but I'm sure that's what a lot of people are resigned to.