| Day Two: 6 October |
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DATE / TIME: 6 October 2007 / 13.27
VEHICLE: Mini Cooper
LOCATION: Market Square
REASON FOR AWARD: For driving to Penrith all the way from London to see the Pink Wardens - well done for finding us!
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DATE / TIME: 6 October 2007 / 13.21
VEHICLE: Human smokers
LOCATION: Devonshire St
REASON FOR AWARD: Creative Arse Parking
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DATE / TIME: 6 October 2007 / 13.17
VEHICLE: Red van
LOCATION: Devonshire St
REASON FOR AWARD: For working on strike
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DATE / TIME: 6 October 2007 / 13.11
VEHICLE: Smart car / black
LOCATION: Main St
REASON FOR AWARD: Superb example of another funky pink interior
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DATE / TIME: 6 October 2007 / 12.55
VEHICLE: Scottish man
LOCATION: Outside flower shop
REASON FOR AWARD: Occupying a single line for too long.
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DATE / TIME: 6 October 2007 / 12.52
VEHICLE: White flower van
LOCATION: Outside owners flower shop
REASON FOR AWARD: For being fined £500 for parking in a legitimate parking bay directly outside the shop and having an application for a parking permit turned down - awarded 3 lollies.
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DATE / TIME: 6 October 2007 / 12.49
VEHICLE: Mobility Scooter
LOCATION: Sandgate
REASON FOR AWARD: Parking on pavement in doorway to shop - award for being the closet to the front door as physically possible.
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DATE / TIME: 6 October 2007 / 12.43
VEHICLE: Vauxhall Astra
LOCATION: Little Dockray
REASON FOR AWARD: For parking in a pedestrian zone and causing onlookers much amusement
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DATE / TIME: 6 October 2007 / 12.36
VEHICLE: 2 x cool bikes
LOCATION: Southend Road car park - outside Fryer Tuck chippie
REASON FOR AWARD: For having very funky bikes but also attempting to get away with parking them in a small place to eat chips
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DATE / TIME: 6 October 2007 / 12.35
VEHICLE: Nissan Micra / red
LOCATION: Southend Road car park - verge
REASON FOR AWARD: For having a very funky pink interior
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DATE / TIME: 6 October 2007 / 12.30
VEHICLE: Blue Landrover
LOCATION: Southend Road car park - verge
REASON FOR AWARD: For still being on the same verge since last week's Ministry Award and avoiding parking fees by parking on the world's smallest verge.
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| Day One: 29 September |
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DATE / TIME: 29 September 2007 / 13.54 and 13.57
VEHICLE: Brown Toyota and White BMW
LOCATION: Rough ground behind Woollies
REASON FOR AWARD: Flying in the face of wheel clamping! Having the guts to park in a wheel clamping area and getting away with it. Three more cars parked in this area within minutes of booking the first.
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DATE / TIME: 29 September 2007 / 13.47
VEHICLE: Vauxhall
LOCATION: Rough ground behind Woollies
REASON FOR AWARD: Flying in the face of wheel clamping! Having the guts to park in a wheel clamping area and getting away with it.
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DATE / TIME: 29 September 2007 / 13.43
VEHICLE: Nissan pick up
LOCATION: Little Dockray
REASON FOR AWARD: Parked pretty in Pink
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DATE / TIME: 29 September 2007 / 13.38
VEHICLE: Renault Cleo
LOCATION: Princes Lane
REASON FOR AWARD: Selective Parking Blindness (parking in front of a No Parking notice) and sheer guts.
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DATE / TIME: 29 September 2007 / 13.31
VEHICLE: Wheelie bin
LOCATION: Princes St Short Stay car park
REASON FOR AWARD: Parking in a Motorcycle Only bay and not being a motorcycle. And for looking lonely and like it needed cheering up.
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DATE / TIME: 29 September 2007 / 12.56
VEHICLE: Cherrypicker
LOCATION: Penrith Churchyard
REASON FOR AWARD: Abandoned vehicle cleverly positioned behind church.
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DATE / TIME: 29 September 2007 / 12.40
VEHICLE: Sunrise mobility scooter
LOCATION: Penrith Churchyard
REASON FOR AWARD: For creative use of stickers covering scooter, and for being extremely sociable and liking Pink.
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DATE / TIME: 29 September 2007 / 12.32
VEHICLE: Suzuki jeep
LOCATION: Sandgate
REASON FOR AWARD: Parking on double yellows AND half on the pavement - nice style. Spanish Parking - using hazards. Actually these people were visiting a shop that has been oppen for 100 years, which apparently is going to close down BECAUSE people can't park.
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DATE / TIME: 29 September 2007 / 12.29
VEHICLE: Another Ford Focus, white
LOCATION: Market Court
REASON FOR AWARD: Creative use of double yellows disguised as extended parking bays. Owners returned naturally hostile thinking they had been booked, but relieved and happy to receive lollipop instead.
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DATE / TIME: 29 September 2007 / 12.27
VEHICLE: New Mini (v. nice)
LOCATION: Outside the Woolpack pub
REASON FOR AWARD: Discovering a small space that only a Mini could sneak into and remaining unnoticed.
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DATE / TIME: 29 September 2007 / 12.16
VEHICLE: Mercedes
LOCATION: Market Square, outside Graham's
REASON FOR AWARD: Parking in Market Square on a Saturday - very daring - and using hazard lights as if 'loading', when actually buying newspapers. Classic case of 'Spanish Parking'.
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DATE / TIME: 29 September 2007 / 12.11
VEHICLE: Ford Focus
LOCATION: Angel Square
REASON FOR AWARD: A daring back wheel position parked over double yellows.
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DATE / TIME: 29 September 2007 / 12.06
VEHICLE: Landrover, blue
LOCATION: near South End Road car park
REASON FOR AWARD: For managing to park on the periphery of South End Road car park, in a semi-rural location on the verge - no ticket neede, well done!
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DATE / TIME: 29 September 2007 / 10.45
VEHICLE: Mercedes van, white
LOCATION: Dockray
REASON FOR AWARD: Smiley driver already penalised with several parking tickets this year.
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DATE / TIME: 9 June 2007
VEHICLE: Red Golf convertible
LOCATION: Spotted in a village 8m outside Penrith
REASON FOR AWARD: Driving with blown up, helium-filled Marigold gloves
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