SURELY Idmiston Parish Council could have found a more suitable location for their family fun day [on Saturday] than the little children's play park in Porton? With no room for on-site parking, visitors were directed to leave their vehicles on nearby roadsides with many drivers showing complete disregard for local householders and through traffic.

A disabled resident was forced into the road, to run the gauntlet of vehicles trying to pass lines of cars left nose to tail, simply because a selfish motorist parked with two wheels on the pavement outside her home, leaving no room for wheelchair access. This irresponsible behaviour was repeated throughout nearby streets by visitors attending the event, along with vehicles parked on grass verges and thoughtlessly blocking driveways.

Perhaps the parish council could negotiate with one of the many local friendly farmers and hold any future events of this kind on a more appropriate site where adequate parking provision is available.

Idmiston Parish Resident

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