Don't park on wall

The ‘Mysterious yellow line painter of Milford on Sea’ has been in action on the seafront. On a nightly stroll with my wife we spotted some new yellow lines on the sea wall behind The White House. (& along Milford on Sea beach) I suspect the local council had become concerned by the growing number of cars, mobile homes & mobility scooters which regularly jumped the barrier to park on the edge of the sea wall.

As yet no yellow lines have been painted on the rocks, I suspect that this is mainly due to drivers who have attempted to park there finding that it is impossible to get off.

Beach hut owners are a bit concerned that the introduction of the yellow lines could simply mean that drivers will now choose to park on their roofs instead. Perhaps a 'Do not park here' sign on each beach hut roof could resolve that potential issue.

Fortunately we are blessed with significant signage near the beach & on Hurst Spit. Some of my favourites signs are 'Dangerous Water', 'Rocks can be dangerous' and the delightful eight foot red signs telling us that there is no lifeguard.

We are also fortunate to have 32 new signs on the back of the beach huts instructing us to 'Mind the gap' and ''Not to climb on roofs'. It is great to have a sign every twenty feet or so, as if they were more spread out and we had only 24 of them, people might not see the danger and then all hell could break lose.

I suspect that there must be many like me, who when out walking often get the urge to leap on the roofs, or to jump down gaps, what a godsend health & safety is, as thanks to these signs I am now able to keep myself under control. 

Thanks to the diligent work of the 'Daft Sign Department', the hazardous walk along the seafront is now a safer activity for us all.