More futility with our money
I came back from The Moor last night; it’s surreal!
There I found two park wardens on motor bikes in LCC livery (see attached image) by the most popular BBQ patch accepting complaints from an Ice Cream van that other vans were trespassing on his patch! When I asked them whether he was illegal in driving round the park in his van they said no- he pays LCC a rent to do so! Can you believe it! When I pointed out that some students were BBQ’ing in front of them in direct violation of the byelaws they said they had instructions not to do anything; there were hundreds of byelaws and it was nothing to do with them! They had a TV unit on one bike and they said they took pictures of all that was happening and their manager would decide whether to take any action; the assumption is that he would not. When I pointed out the litter one group were leaving they said staff would clear this up in the morning; they would not intervene. Think what all this costs; two bikes two riders at 8.30pm one TV unit, staff to clear the mess and still no-one puts a stop or does anything to intervene or even say what the byelaws are!
Have I gone mad! Even the riders admitted their presence was completely futile.
Richard Hellawell