Hi gordies, Well - like a twit I chucked out the main part of the notice as I was just going to pay and be done with it. But i recall it did include two photos of my carat the top of the page - arriving (around 8.40am) and leaving (around 9am) apparently. Couldn't see who was driving. It said that the car park is clearly marked for Lidl customers only and that 10 minutes free parking is allowed but as I was there for 23 minutes I had incurred a charge of £90. £45 if paid by 14 Aug. Then there was a load of 'official looking' stuff. Lidl parking is free for Lidl customers for 1.5hours - that was marked too. Then the cut out slip at the bottom for the payment which i did keep. The car park was pretty much empty! Can you offer any advice? Do I need to go rummage in my bin for the whole letter??

Hi there - another question about these fine notices I'm afraid. I received one last Friday for parking in Lidl car park last Monday. I was there for 23 minutes while I took my son to the dentist next door. He has Autism and this is an extremely traumatic thing for him so I decided to park as close as possible (i.e. Lidl car park!!). I had intended to go into Lidl after and buy something small but he wasn't in the right state to do that so we left. Now I have until next Weds before the fine goes up to £90. I've been in two minds over whether to just pay it and be done with it as we have enough stress in our lives as it is. But I don't think I can let myself do this - I'd be very annoyed with myself!!! So - do you think I should write to them and be honest about the situation (but that would mean admitting that I was the driver) and attempt to appeal to their 'human' side? I can send them various Dr letters if absolutely necessary. Or should I send one of the template letters saying that I don't admit to being the driver on that day? I just don't really want to start receiving a barrage of threatening letters to get stressed about nor can we afford to go to court if it comes to that! Many thanks for any advice, K