Originally Posted by
Zlod
Check this out for a total scam / con....
I parked on a bit of hardstanding in the Changegate car park in Haworth during the race. There were no parking bays in the bit of hardstanding I was on. I paid my £4 to park in the car park and displayed the ticket on my car.
After the race, I come back to the car to find a wheel clamp on my car. A man comes up to me and demands £75 to release the wheelclamp. He'd clamped my car because I wasn't in a parked bay. He then points to the back of my car where there is a freshly painted white line on the flags going from the back of my car, but not underneath it. You don't need to be a brain surgeon to work out that a freshly painted white line that doesn't go underneath a car was painted after the car was parked (there was no white line when I parked the car).
Despite the police being present and seeing the evidence, the clampers had the gall to claim that the freshly painted white line (that you could rub off with your foot) had been painted the afternoon before.
So I had to hand over £75 to people for this con and there was nothing I could do about it.
It's a shame when you run in a nice event like the Wuthering Hike and have that happen to you. You get to see good and evil in close proximity.
I enjoyed the race. The community centre was a top place for post-race relaxation and labrish.
I think I did a bit better than last year, but there is some way to go to get near Matt. Thanks for the event Brett.
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