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sorry it was a bit vague
I have parked my motorhome in a gravel layby that belongs to the local parish council.
It is on the route of the Tour de France.
I suspect they are going to ask me to move it, if it was causing an obstruction then fair enough.
I want to know can the police remove it if I dig my heals in.
This sort of thing really annoys me as I am sure they will make some rubbish up about it being health and safety.
I have parked my motorhome in a gravel layby that belongs to the local parish council.
It is on the route of the Tour de France.
I suspect they are going to ask me to move it, if it was causing an obstruction then fair enough.
I want to know can the police remove it if I dig my heals in.
This sort of thing really annoys me as I am sure they will make some rubbish up about it being health and safety.
All the roads on the TdF route are expected to be clear. That includes property owners who live on the route and normally park on the road. Even some of the roads leading to the route have no parking allowed both leading up to the race and for a few hours afterwards. The council have been planning this for a long time, applying for all of the necessary permissions to allow this to go ahead. I suspect that you will have to move? HTH
its chaos in Harrogate, any cars parked on the route will be towed, any cars parked on the grass areas will be towed, a thousand signs warning of this, no camping, roads shut from 4am - 9pm for the next three days, so utter chaos getting to work.
then the following week its the great Yorkshire show, so repeat...............
then the following week its the great Yorkshire show, so repeat...............
guru_1071 said:
its chaos in Harrogate, any cars parked on the route will be towed, any cars parked on the grass areas will be towed, a thousand signs warning of this, no camping, roads shut from 4am - 9pm for the next three days, so utter chaos getting to work.
then the following week its the great Yorkshire show, so repeat...............
My Grandma lives just outside the centre and has no cars in the driveway. Slip me a £100 and you can park a couple of cars there for the weekend! then the following week its the great Yorkshire show, so repeat...............
Given the TdF stuff then I think you would be best to move on if asked.
In my experience the police are generally not interested in taking action over vehicles on parish council land (and I have a fair bit of experience from the PC side) I think that this week you'll find them rather keener on taking action.
I don't know if there are traffic orders or whatever, but there are plenty of posters around with dire warnings.
The worst case would be that you get moved on in the early hours of Friday morning and then cant find another spot.
All the farmers around us seem to be offering parking (presumably at extortionate cost) as are pubs, garden centres etc.
In my experience the police are generally not interested in taking action over vehicles on parish council land (and I have a fair bit of experience from the PC side) I think that this week you'll find them rather keener on taking action.
I don't know if there are traffic orders or whatever, but there are plenty of posters around with dire warnings.
The worst case would be that you get moved on in the early hours of Friday morning and then cant find another spot.
All the farmers around us seem to be offering parking (presumably at extortionate cost) as are pubs, garden centres etc.
sykes111s said:
I have parked my motorhome in a gravel layby that belongs to the local parish council.
It is on the route of the Tour de France.
A-ha it was you!!!!It is on the route of the Tour de France.
I drove the TdF loop earlier today and saw several campervans.
I saw one that was fully levelled with levelling blocks precisely set under each wheel. That is on the road above Bucken / Cray.
The area where every village has offers for motorhomes to park in their fields, for reasonable rates, with nice pubs nearby serving fine Yorkshire beer.
Given the massive number of signs saying the route will be cleared, if I were you, I would move it, regardless of who owns it on paper. Those lay-bys are for people to stop for a a picnic, walk, etc, not stay for a week!
I wanted to stop and do a quick 5 mins of photos by the waterfall walk above Cray but every gravel lay-by had a motorhome in...
Stop being miserly, park up in somewhere like Kettlewell (some nice pubs) or Bucken for £5 a night and walk up on the morning of the tour, the roads will be closed...
Edit: I was driving past 40 mins before you posted this...
Edited by Vaud on Wednesday 2nd July 22:13
On the flip side, we have had a family of DAYLs on our village green for a fortnight. They are illegally camped, they are driving vehicles along a footpath to reach the site, and the parish, borough and county council claim to have banged their heads against various walls unsuccessfully for 2 weeks trying to get them moved, despite reports of local residents being harassed, human excrement under the trees on the green, actual damage being witnessed, etc. BiB seem to have forgotten what an S.59 is for. Apparently they may be moved by the weekend although I suspect they will be consulting the Little DAYL Book of Stay-Put Excuses between now and then.
So, get yerself a dag, a brassy missus and a litter of uneducated runts, and practice Brad's dodgy accent and you'll be good until well after the tour passes.
So, get yerself a dag, a brassy missus and a litter of uneducated runts, and practice Brad's dodgy accent and you'll be good until well after the tour passes.
In fairness, that's no different to what you see on the rest of the route.
Maybe the other countries through which it passes are more relaxed than here.
Or, maybe they want to make sure you're not setting yourself up with a changing room en route for devil, mankini or all in one lucrative suits.
Maybe the other countries through which it passes are more relaxed than here.
Or, maybe they want to make sure you're not setting yourself up with a changing room en route for devil, mankini or all in one lucrative suits.
Exhibit 1 for the prosecution. The OP's pic! 
I think the whole spirit of the tour has been sucked out of it.
In this country when we get a big event all people think about is how to extract the max amount of money out of the general public.
In France the farmers open there fields up and let people park for free, for the benefit of the race and charge a few euro for camping.
There is a farmer offering motorhome camping at £30 a night but for that you get nothing. No water, waste , bins or toilets just a space in a field.
Where I am parked is causing no obstruction to anyone, in fact there is no one up there apart from a few motorhomes.
I live at Starbotton(few miles down the road) so pass this place often, and have never seen anyone park in this particular layby.
I have resigned myself to the fact that I will get moved on Sat morning.
In this country when we get a big event all people think about is how to extract the max amount of money out of the general public.
In France the farmers open there fields up and let people park for free, for the benefit of the race and charge a few euro for camping.
There is a farmer offering motorhome camping at £30 a night but for that you get nothing. No water, waste , bins or toilets just a space in a field.
Where I am parked is causing no obstruction to anyone, in fact there is no one up there apart from a few motorhomes.
I live at Starbotton(few miles down the road) so pass this place often, and have never seen anyone park in this particular layby.
I have resigned myself to the fact that I will get moved on Sat morning.
Quite clearly the UK organizers have failed to grasp the essence of the Tour, in France a road like that would probably be lined by campers and vans 24 hours before all parting and having fun, but the killjoy attitude and ripoff Britain mentality has kicked in. £98 to see the team roll out today, it's always been free and next year the TV rights are up for grabs, can guess where they will go! Just hope the Devil isn't in the UK he'll probably be arrested.
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