Fed up with being forced into the path of traffic by poorly parked vehicles, or having to avoid being mown down by cars and vans mounting the pavements, locals and visitors had their revenge at the jazz festival last weekend.
Many free events took place at the Butter Market, outside the town hall. For the most popular events, the organisers put out chairs across the road, effectively blocking it. Though a “road ahead closed” sign was put up, it was placed immediately in front of the hundred odd occupied seats, rendering it rather redundant.
Unsuspecting drivers turned up East Street, perhaps looking for a parking space (ha!) only to find their way down Market Street very definitively blocked. Reversing down East Street and back into the High Street proved too much of a challenge for many, who slipped down Pump Street in desperation, only to find themselves negotiating the cobbles of Church Square, accidentally finding themselves dead ended at the bottom of Watchbell Street, before finding their freedom through West Street.
Oh well, it makes a nice change having cars and vans inconvenienced by pedestrians rather than the other way around.
Photos: Seana Lanigan
