At the beginning of the week, a well-attended funeral was held at the village church. Fortunately, the committee had been forewarned of the event, so we were able to suspend parking fees for our car park for a short time, especially as a number of attendees had travelled a long way. This is something we can do on only a few occasions because of the contract we have with our parking partner, Parking Eye.
As a charity, we help events in the village when we can. We could have left the car park fee in place, but some drivers have objected to the small amount charged and have therefore parked elsewhere, often creating obstructions on our narrow village roads. It’s a shame, as the money helps maintain the facility we provide for the use of all villagers. On this occasion it was felt necessary to prevent the many visiting cars clogging the village streets.
We’d also like to thank Matt Jones for organising the cars within the limited space, and Lydbrook Athletic Football Club, as overflow cars also parked on the marked-out football field on this occasion.
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