This morning I drove to Abercanaid to celebrate the Eucharist. When I returned, we went to the Riverside Market. It was very crowded, as the sun shone brightly. Many cars, including our own parked on double yellow lines as all the marked bays were full. It's often like this a peak period on a Sunday morning and rarely are any traffic wardens to be seen. Just as we returned to the car one was booking transgressors. We sprinted past him and escaped as he still had two cars in front of ours to book.
It's rare for parking enforcement to occur on a Sunday morning, and no doubt this will generate much ill-will from market users. Given the market precedes imposition of the present parking regulations, you'd think some Sunday trading exception would have been written in to the traffic order, but nobody in Cardiff Council does that kind of joined up thinking that understands the social and economic value of properly allowing traders and customers to enhance the value of a city centre visit, and not penalise those who come and go quickly by car. Why not send a traffic warden to facilitate this safely rather than punish users?
Owain came over for lunch and afterwards we drove up the Garth to take a walk in the sunshine, a brisk walk as it turned out as there was a strong icy wind up there. It was quite challenging holding a camera steady while being buffeted by the breeze. Nevertheless, we both appreciated the exercise.
Here's the view over the Taff Gorge towards Cardiff. The turrets of Castell Coch are just visible, left of the centre.
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