Photo Friday:  Author’s choice – Prohibition (What can’t you do in your own home town?)

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Preparing for this post shocked me. I had no idea there was so much PROHIBITION in Sidmouth. When I took a 4 minute stroll from my house down to the seafront in Sidmouth  the following prohibitions signs were in place:

 

 Let’s zoom in on the small print:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Let’s Zoom in to be sure you know what NOT to do:

 Phew … I’m struggling to remember all these don’ts now … but there’s more!

 

 When I walked back through Connaught Gardens … there were even more rules and regulations:

 

 

I’ll  zoom in just in case you didn’t get the message:

 

 

Let’s zoom in, just in case you didn’t get the message:

 

 

 

 Summary:

There’s a lot to remember: I Must not:

• Cycle along the Esplanade
• Skateboard along the Esplanade
• Leave doog poop anywhere (specifically on the footways, footpaths, verges, roads, gutters or carriage way)
• Let a dog off it’s lead
• Take a dog on the beach at specified times
• Remove shingle from the beach
• Remove sand from the beach
• Feed the seagulls
• Consume alcohol on the Esplanade
• Play loud music
• Play a loud musical instrument
• Mess with life saving equipment
• Smoke in the shelter
• Depost business waste in the wrong bin
• Park incorrectly at the seafront
• Climb on the rock islands
• Swim between the rock islands
• Swim near the rock islands
• Swim between the groynes
• Play ball games
• Walk along the footpath in heavy storms and sea conditions
• Take unauthorised vehicles on the beach
• Camp overnight on the beach
• Sleep on the beach
• Park coaches where I shouldn’t
• Park a vehicle in the wrong place
• Display an invalid parking ticket
• Fail to display a parking permit when necessary
• Place the parking ticket anywhere else except the front windscreen
• Fail to park wholly withing the parking lines
• Take a lorry into the car park
• Take a trailer into the car park
• Take a caravan into the car park
• Enter the car park the wrong way
• Exit the car park the wrong way
• Park in the car park where it says I shouldn’t park
• Leave a coach/bus with it’s engine running in the car park
• Sleep in the car park
• Park in a private road
• Deposit garden refuse in the wrong place
• Deposit household refuse in the wrong place

What can I do then? Oh yes, enjoy myself (as long as I can remember the rules I’ll be OK!)

Seriously, I know most of these rules and regulations are deemed necessary, but isn’t Devon County Council being a  tad excessive! These were ALL within 4 minutes walk of my home!

Advance Diary

 Friday 19th June:  Author’s choice -  The Colours of Summer

Friday 26th June: Author’s choice – Looking Down (from a great height perferably – or from an upper window)

Friday 3rd July:   Let me know what topic you’d like by leaving a message in the comments!