It is often difficult to determine who has parked badly or illegally, but if the culprits might be hotel guests then perhaps it’s time for the Town Council to produce a parking flyer that hoteliers can hand out to guests on check-in.
Yesterday evening (Wednesday September 13) we arrived back in Rye at about 6pm to find a large saloon parked on Mermaid Street outside the Mermaid Inn. It was a squeeze to get the car past it, even by driving well up onto the opposite pavement. No emergency vehicle would have made it. Accordingly I reported the car to the police (note- the 101 line has a queue of 10 minutes or more) but the following morning it was still there. It may have been a coincidence, as I have no idea whether the owner was a Mermaid Inn guest, but within half an hour of my asking at reception it had been moved.
Residents are reasonably good at avoiding obstructive if not illegal parking, but obstructing the only easy access for a fire engine is frankly unforgivable.
Photo: Andrew Bamji
