A farmer in Cornwall charges people £10 to park ‘like a wally’ and people actually pay
Farmer who charges people £10 to park ‘like a wally’ rather than ‘neat and tight’ on his land says he is surprised so many people are paying
A landowner has revealed that he charges people extra money to park “like a wally” on this land.
Ian Flindall, from Cornwall, put up a sign on his farm in Portheras Cove telling tourists they can pay £3 to park ‘nice and tight’ or £10 to ‘park like a wally’.
His land is next to a public footpath that leads to a local beauty spot, meaning many holidaymakers are looking for a place to leave their car.
But after getting frustrated with the way people leave their cars, he decided to charge extra for bad parking. Land was shocked that many people are actually willing to pay.
Ian Flindall, from Cornwall, put up a sign on his farm in Portheras Cove telling tourists they can pay £3 to park ‘nice and tight’ or £10 to ‘park like a wally’.
‘All we ask is that drivers park close together so that more and more people can come and enjoy the beautiful Cornish coast.
“But I’m still amazed at how many £10 notes are put in the honesty box because they don’t bother to park close to another car,” said the 69-year-old. The sun.
Farmer Ian and his family have owned the land since the 1960s and have left a small piece as a car park.
His mother-in-law came to the farm as a country army girl during World War II and put up a sign for visitors to park for six pence.
His land is next to a public footpath leading to a local beauty spot, meaning many holidaymakers are looking for a place to leave their car
The fee was 5 pence in 2003, but has gradually increased over the past 20 years as the spot has become more popular.
Ian had the ‘wally’ part of the sign added during the pandemic as more visitors came to the area.
‘I went to the local sign maker and asked if he could do it and he was only too happy to help. I think it was the first time he was asked to use the word ‘wally’ on a sign,” he explained.
Without the sign, he says, people would be parked all over the street, taking up “four parking spaces.”