Overnighters

The small car parking area near Stony Ridge was never an official car park though it's on council owned land. At times, on busy bank holidays and weekends it can be full, even more likely now that the Highways Department has closed the Piper House space. Nobody seems to be taking any responsibility for thinking how to resolve this problem. People do like to come up to Blacka for an hour or half hour and would like to be able to park their cars. There is now a further complication: many official car parking spaces have signs saying 'No Overnight Stays' or words to that effect. Any that don't are getting increasingly used by camper vans and others meaning the casual visitor can't get in. Sometimes these vehicles are here for much of the day. The scene above was typical of the bank holiday weekend at 7.15 in the morning.