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Kammer K
Kammer Jun 23, 2003 12:24:28
Replying to betsanboots

Hi there,

Welcome to the forum betsanboots (glad you took the plunge).

;-)#

Did anyone else see this sort of stuff happening? Sounds to me like the Police and the NT are in cahoots on this one. They can't cordon off the village, so they're trying to limit the number of people with this restricted parking idea. I'm really interested in the bus service that the NT Web site was suggesting as an alternative.

The stupid thing is that most people are unlikely to check the NT Web site before visiting Avebury. It's not the kind of place that is usually controlled like this, so you'd expect it to be no problem parking there.

This year we went to Stanton Drew and avoided the crowds. It was tricky parking, but that was because there's never much parking in Stanton Drew, and I suspect that the Druids got the best places.

:-)#

Kammer x

R rocket
rocket Jun 23, 2003 12:36:33
Replying to Kammer

Kammer,

You are 100% that the traffic wardens were wrong to do this. Unless they give prior warning on the roads and carparks that this is whats going to happen, they will have many people appealing about their cars getting tickets.

I used to live in Avebury and the solstice used to attact a few people, but not nearly the huge number of crowds that it did this weekend. If Avebury is going to generate so much interest at this time of year, then the organisers, or whoever, should take tips from the patrols at Stonehenge and manage the traffic and crowds in an organised manner, rather than be mini hitlers.