Showing posts with label Summerhill Road. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Summerhill Road. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

THINK BIKE - DO CAR

Something is not right. The council are trying to brainwash our faithful Bristol driving masses. "THINK BIKE" messages on electronic boards on our commuter route from our country residences to our city waged jobs. Not local neighbourhoods that we are passing through. This is definitely first and foremost our commuter route.

 

So it's good to see Summerhill Motors sticking up for us, the intrepid commuters, and fighting the walking and cycling message that the City Council are trying so hard to push on us.

They've gone to the trouble to park not one, but two cars, successfully totally blocking the pavement and another third car in the bus / cycle lane. A double score! Giving a strong message to not only pedestrians that walking is just not acceptable, but also to those trying to use public transport or cycle too that their behaviour will not be tolerated.

To make it even better this is on the "Wesley Way" route that the council have created to encourage people by telling them that this is a safe walking and cycling route! It is also close to a local school, hopefully showing those that choose to walk or cycle to that school that such behaviour is just not right. They should be driving the school run, preferably in a car bought from Summerhill Motors.


It's good to see the local businesses sticking up for us, the not local people and helping us to remember to "Think Bike" but then to "Do Car".

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

VergeParker of the Week! S891NSA

Yes, VergeParking. It's a bit like PaveParking, but you must be a bit posher in order to have both pedestrian footway and greensward separating your stately drive from the public throroughfare. This offers a whole huge variety of parking options for your lovely variety of cars.

Up on Aberdeen's stately Summerhill Road, where the high-status leafyness is surpassed only by the size of the mortgages, we noted this lovely car parked fetchingly on the greensward inboard of the pedestrian footway.



Yes, Mercedes Benz CLK Coupé 230K Elegance (oooooh!) reg. S891NSA cuts quite a dash on the turf, with front wheels jaunting excitingly outwards like that. But what's that in the windscreen?




Ah, yes, the owner of this lovely Aberdeen Car has put it up for sale. And for only £2300. What a bargain!

We can only speculate why the owner of this prestigious Aberdeen Car would want shot of it. Perhaps they've run out of room on their stately drive?