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There's a CF parked in my drive

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bubblesforbreakfast · 05/05/2024 13:20

Village fete day. Parking's a nightmare. Come back from my food shop to find some CF has parked on my drive. So I parked across my drive (dropped kerb but no double yellows or white driveway signs) to put my shopping away. Nearest proper parking is going to be a 5-10 min walk away I reckon - it's heaving! No specific AIBU but I know you lot love a parking drama.
Can I leave my car infront of the driveway and head out to the fete? It would block the car in ... but there's no note, no blue badge etc ... can I get a parking fine?
My DH thinks we should park properly and walk back in but tbh im enraged someone parked on my drive!!!

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Butchyrestingface · 05/05/2024 18:12

bubblesforbreakfast · 05/05/2024 15:08

A brief update (no conclusion yet sorry)

  1. We left the car as per diagram. Took plenty of photos of both cars.
  2. I am settled in at the fete, in a slightly damp gazebo drinking slightly warm white wine with friends. We are reading through all these comments and having a massive giggle. Everyone loves a drama.
  3. We didn't leave a note as my DD quite craftily pointed out - they don't know it's our car, they probably think we're a fellow CF (I've paraphrased, but genuinely proud of her deviousness)
I will post again later x

I think you should put a two week package deal somewhere, leaving tonight.

ClaudiaWinklepanda · 05/05/2024 18:11

I wonder if the OP has got embroiled in Guess The Weight Of The Sheep or some other country fete activity and has lost track of time. Either that or she’s got off her tits on cider and has crushed the CF’s car with a handy combine harvester whilst singing The Wurzels.

KnitnNatterAuntie · 05/05/2024 18:10

Can anyone enlighten me as to what happens at village fetes and whether it might carry on into the evening?. . . our local church fete runs from 2.00 to 5.00 and, to be quite honest, it's more of an outdoor jumble sale!!!!

brandonflowersmushtash · 05/05/2024 18:06

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MrsWhites · 05/05/2024 18:05

Blatant place mark from me too - off to read the penguin bollard thread whilst I wait!

Seriously though, who in their right mind thinks it’s ok to park on someone else’s property. I mean you wouldn’t walk in someone’s house and sleep in their beds or use their toilets would you so why would you use their drive!

littlebopeepp234 · 05/05/2024 18:05

StoneHenge85 · 05/05/2024 17:54

Well. Against the grain here and probably too late anyway but I’d give them the benefit of the doubt and park close by. It could be friends or family finding you not in have parked up and gone to look for you at the fair? As mentioned before that perhaps someone who knows you have said it wouldn’t be an issue etc etc. if your not careful you could end up with egg on face 😄!

If so then the friend / family member would presumably have the op’s number to either let them know they have parked there or to contact op if they come back to get their car and nobody is home. Even so, unless it was my actual parent’s house who would know that it’s my car, I still wouldn’t have the cheek to park on op’s drive regardless of them being friends/ family.
If they don’t have op’s number then they probably aren’t that much of close friends/family members anyway and so would still be being CF’s in my opinion.

dapsnotplimsolls · 05/05/2024 18:05

She's probably tucking into a hog roast 😁

lucylulululu · 05/05/2024 18:05

Dying for an update 😂😂😂

Brats4kid · 05/05/2024 18:03

Oo, I'm invested! I need an update! 🤣

NearlyHeadlessNick · 05/05/2024 18:02

So invested...

KnitnNatterAuntie · 05/05/2024 18:02

Victoriasponge12 · 05/05/2024 18:00

You’d be surprised. My parents live nearby a local attraction, several years ago they caved in and put a lockable gate on their drive, due to the sheer amount of CFs who parked on their drive over the years.

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Yes, totally agree. I live about a mile away from a football stadium and it's amazing where supporters dump their cars . . . .

Victoriasponge12 · 05/05/2024 18:00

Pocketfullofdogtreats · 05/05/2024 17:48

I thought the same thing. Who actually parks on the private drive of some random house? I'd put money on teen friend or Aunt Bertha calling for a visit.

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You’d be surprised. My parents live nearby a local attraction, several years ago they caved in and put a lockable gate on their drive, due to the sheer amount of CFs who parked on their drive over the years.

rainydogday · 05/05/2024 18:00

Oh waiting for an update! Grin

unsync · 05/05/2024 18:00

LakeTiticaca · 05/05/2024 17:53

I'm desperate for OP to come home!! Must be a long fete 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Not as desperate as the CF will be. I do hope there's a live band tonight and OP stays out dancing, it would be rude not to.

Angrywife · 05/05/2024 17:58

Love a live one 😆 hope you've gone out for dinner!

Fundays12 · 05/05/2024 17:57

Lol looking forward to the update OP. Enjoy your wine

LightsCameraBitchSmile · 05/05/2024 17:57

Would infuriate me. You’ve definitely done the right thing!

CoolShoeshine · 05/05/2024 17:57

Hanging on for an update op!! 👋

thenightsky · 05/05/2024 17:57

OutOfTheHouse · 05/05/2024 17:21

The penguin bollard thread for your amusement while we wait for the return of the op.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/1956527-To-buy-this-land-and-risk-upsetting-the-tenants-next-door

My God... that is over 10 years old and I can remember it like yesterday.

Sunshineclouds11 · 05/05/2024 17:57

Place marking for OPs update

summerhouseathetop · 05/05/2024 17:57

I think OP is currently at the fete enjoying herself..I will be interested to see how this pans out.

Nothing surprises me nowadays with how cheeky people can be.

A year ago I had an elderly lady park her car right across our drive, meaning I wouldn't have been able to get out of my drive. (She happened to be visiting her son 6 doors up, who happened to have loads of room outside his house). I went out and asked her why she had parked there, blocking my driveway so I couldn't leave my drive. Her answer was "people block my driveway all the time where I live". 😦

I explained that it was the wrong thing to do, that it didn't make it right. She moved in the end....

FleurdeSel · 05/05/2024 17:55

KnitnNatterAuntie · 05/05/2024 17:33

Yes, it's a fete accompli . . . .

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Well done 🥂

Scottishskifun · 05/05/2024 17:55

What is it about fetes which brings these people out?!

Enjoy the warm wine OP!

WingsofRain · 05/05/2024 17:55

Many years ago a family parked in my driveway, got out a picnic and sat there eating. It wasn’t a big driveway either, just a normal one a bit more than the length of a car.

When I went out and asked what they were doing they said they had brought the kids to look at my dogs who were out in the garden.

I should have charged them a zoo entry fee!

Im looking forward to the next update on this exciting standoff. 😊

Pocketfullofdogtreats · 05/05/2024 17:54

LakeTiticaca · 05/05/2024 17:53

I'm desperate for OP to come home!! Must be a long fete 🤣🤣🤣🤣

She's drunk and sleeping it off in the hedge 😆

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