An unpleasant discovery

Sir, - My wife and I decided to take our eight- year-old granddaughter from Dublin (who had come to Scotland for a holiday with us) to visit Discovery and the science museum.

I drove to Dundee thinking it would be more convenient than by bus, which, for us would have been free.

I arrived at the Discovery car park after negotiating the roadworks after the Tay Bridge and I parked at the very far end of Discovery car park near an eating establishment.

I noted it was pay-anddisplay, so, I paid my £1 and stuck the ticket on my windscreen.

Imagine my dismay when I returned to my car to find a fixed-penalty notice place on the windscreen.

I had foolishly parked alongside a large sign which I now read fully, only to discover I had taken a ticket from the wrong machine.

There were no visible boundaries separating the two car parks which to the visitor appeared to be one and the same.

I completed an appeal form that day and submitted it to the council and followed that with an email. I have been driving for 53 years without a blemish, not even a parking ticket.

Surely Dundee could have put more machines at strategic points in their car park?

My appeal, which included dealing with an excited grandchild, was rejected.

I admit my error but greater efforts should be made to supply more machines and clear dividing lines should be drawn between those two parking areas.

Insult was added to injury when I totalled the cost of the visits for two pensioners and a child to the Discovery and the science museum.

Dundee is not a city that I visit often but it will be a long time before I return by car. Mr A B Jasinski. 4 Morven Park, Glenrothes.