elmo wrote:My young child is currently in Salisbury hospital. They charge £6.30 for a day. Car parking charges in Bath near the railway station was £10 and that was a couple of years ago. Luckily I was only passing when I saw the parking fee signs.
On another note about the Salisbury hospital, when I cycle there I have to secure my bike to an open to the elements bike rack then walk past a lavish covered smoking point!!!!
Interesting, that, and really ought to be a basis for complaint. At our local, brand-new B&Q store, they provided quite adequate cycle parking: covered sheffield stands (yes! people do sometimes visit their DIY by bike!). But they originally had
the staff smoking area right next to the cycle racks. I sent off an E-mail to the manager, complaining, justifiably I thought, that I didn't see why I should be breathing in tobacco smoke whilst I was locking or unlocking my bike. And lo and behold! The smoking area was moved elsewhere. Sorted! Thank you Mr B and Mr Q!
As for hospitals: well the cycle parking at our local A&E hospital - Princess Royal in Haywards Heath - is pathetic. A row of a few 'butterfly' racks under a flimsy shelter, usually chock-full of bikes already (shows that quite a lot of the hospital staff must be cycling to work) and nowhere to put a bike elsewhere. Another hospital which I visited frequently, about 13 years ago, when my late mother was a patient: East Surrey at Redhill, had at the time
no cycle parking provision whatsoever. When I went by train/bike, I had to find a drainpipe to chain my bike to. I don't know if things have improved since then.
So what is it with hospitals? They're not just for seriously ill people. Many patients are quite capable of cycling there and back.
Oh, and best wishes to your child for a speedy recovery!
for people using the train into work.
