PERRANUTHNOE is a small village on the South Coast of Cornwall, just East of Marazion, there is a Car Park and sloping access to a safe sandy beach and the beachside Cabin Cafe. It has The Victoria Inn a superb multi award winning pub, which serves super food both lunchtimes & evenings, - a Church dating back as far as 1160. The Lynfield Centre which houses The Cowhouse Gallery, The Peppercorn Cafe and a hairdressers.

Wednesday 1 August 2012

A morning in Penzance

After a very wet and windy start to the day it really improved - here is the Harbour in Penzance with an incomming tide
A sign of things to come - I'm sure that this kind of Car Park ticket machine has been around for ages "up country" but this is the first one I've seen - you have to put your registration number in using that tiny keypad - to stop you passing the ticket on to someone else when you're leaving - I know it was cheating, but it was only a little cheat !    There seems to be only one of them at the moment - but I'm sure that as they need to replace them more will appear ! I'll have to take my reading glasses  just to get a ticket  !  Thankyou Cornwall Council !
Posted by Perranlady at 21:35

10 comments:

  1. Anonymous1 August 2012 at 21:52

    Come on Sue someone has got to pay for the top management after all they are the ones that have cut the wages of the real workers, I will put my soap box away now
    Keith

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    1. Perranlady2 August 2012 at 00:04

      Must admit Keith I did feel like standing there and shouting a bit - parking in Pz is so strange - I parked at the top of Causewayhead - 50p for 2 hours yet down at the Harbour it a lot more - fleece the tourists time ! Sue

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  2. Anonymous2 August 2012 at 08:40

    "I parked at the top of Causewayhead - 50p for 2 hours"

    but not for a long time - it costs MUCH more than that now

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    1. Perranlady2 August 2012 at 08:55

      It's recent;y gone down to that - when the rest went up ! Sue

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  3. photographic allsorts2 August 2012 at 15:47

    How sad to see this machine in Penzance.Was so refreshing to come down to Cornwall with its distinct lack of them ! Lots of them in Wales. Most irritating is they dont give change, so most folk end up overpaying. Nice little earner for the councils ! Glad we come down in the winter months when we usually get roadside parking in Pz. Jane.

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    1. Perranlady2 August 2012 at 20:34

      I gather that it is only for the 30 minute area - I assume more might follow ! I also gather that Cornwall Council are eyeing over lots of places where people can park without paying and trying to work out how to make em pay !
      Sue

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  4. Susan2 August 2012 at 19:35

    Sue,

    This is the very machine we were telling you about when we were down.

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    1. Perranlady2 August 2012 at 20:32

      Sorry didn't realise it was a new one that you were talking about - I gather it is only there for the 30minutes area - I was just shocked to see it - don't get out much at the moment ! Sue

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  5. susan3 August 2012 at 21:19

    Sue,

    It was in the long stay bit for sure. It costs less to park outside work all day 15 minutes from Edinburgh City centre than a couple of hours in the car park at Penzance - and we don't need to give our registration number!

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  6. Anonymous25 August 2012 at 17:10

    Well when I saw the picture of this ticket machine it made me chuckle... My sister and I tried to purchase a ticket from it twice before going to the fish shop, and twice it took our money without issuing a ticket! we eventually left a note on the windscreen explaining.
    I kept most of my car park tickets throughout our 2 week stay in beautiful Cornwall, I could have bought a ticket machine!

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