Saturday Parking in Kingston Upon Thames
 

In message , Ian F.
writes
"Paul Corfield" wrote in message
.. .

Bus and train services are perfectly adequate and have the advantage of
not costing anything like £15 for parking.

But not much good unless you don't mind schlepping all your shopping home
by hand.

Make a deal with her. You carry everything for you, she carries
everything for her... If nothing else, she'll not be talking to you by
the time you get home, and you can relax in peace... ;-)
--
Kenny

Saturday Parking in Kingston Upon Thames
 

tim(yet another new home) wrote:
"Ian F." wrote in message
...
"Paul Corfield" wrote in message
...

Bus and train services are perfectly adequate and have the advantage of
not costing anything like £15 for parking.

But not much good unless you don't mind schlepping all your shopping home
by hand.

As the OP is schlepping their shopping around for 11 (yes, eleven)
hours, going home on the train seems the easy part.

Don't think of the car as transport, think of it as a place to store
the shopping.

Saturday Parking in Kingston Upon Thames
 

Londoncityslicker wrote:
I have been going shopping in Kingston Upon Thames for many years.

We tend to park mostly in the Bentall or John Lewis car parks.

However their charges over the years have got higher and higher.

SWMBO like to spend the whole day (8-7) shopping so it leaves me with a
huge bill for the parking.

Does anyone know of anywhere in Kingston which has parking all day on a
Saturday for a reasonable rate? (Reasonable being less than the £15+
paid at Bentall/John Lewis and other car parks in Kingston)


Haven't been shopping in Kingston for ages, but Kingston College (tower
block on Kingston Hall Road - not the University) used to open its car
parking at weekends. think it was quite cheap too

Saturday Parking in Kingston Upon Thames
 

Marc Brett wrote:
There's lots of free bicycle parking there. Public transport is cheap.
Internet shopping incurs no parking charges.

Internet shopping requires
1) Working from home
2) Postage charges

Saturday Parking in Kingston Upon Thames
 

Stuart wrote:
Londoncityslicker wrote:
I have been going shopping in Kingston Upon Thames for many years.

We tend to park mostly in the Bentall or John Lewis car parks.

However their charges over the years have got higher and higher.

SWMBO like to spend the whole day (8-7) shopping so it leaves me with a
huge bill for the parking.

Does anyone know of anywhere in Kingston which has parking all day on a
Saturday for a reasonable rate? (Reasonable being less than the £15+
paid at Bentall/John Lewis and other car parks in Kingston)


Haven't been shopping in Kingston for ages, but Kingston College (tower
block on Kingston Hall Road - not the University) used to open its car
parking at weekends. think it was quite cheap too


I think the college still has parking, though it might be wise to
check. However attempting to drive into Kingston, especially on a
weekend, during the next few weeks might not be the best idea. The UK
consumer's lust for purchases around this time will ensure roads are
jammed, holding up buses as well.

Neill

Saturday Parking in Kingston Upon Thames
 

"Neillw001" wrote in message
oups.com...

consumer's lust for purchases around this time will ensure roads are
jammed, holding up buses as well.

Yes, and we wouldn't want to hold up Ken's adored buses, would we, with
their precious cargo of chavvy schoolkids eating Big Macs, the unwaged and
unwashed? ;-)

Ian

Saturday Parking in Kingston Upon Thames
 

Ian F. wrote:
"Neillw001" wrote in message
oups.com...

consumer's lust for purchases around this time will ensure roads are
jammed, holding up buses as well.

Yes, and we wouldn't want to hold up Ken's adored buses, would we, with
their precious cargo of chavvy schoolkids eating Big Macs, the unwaged and
unwashed? ;-)

Ian


Well, I eventually parked in the new Seven Kings car park. (the one
behind the Bentall/John Lewis car parks. A slightly further walk but a
bit cheaper.

SWMBO didn't leave home till a little later. So it wasn't the maraton
shopping expedition I had dreaded. But we still stayed until closing
time (7pm in Waitrose). Seven Kings only charge up to 6pm which means
your last hour (6-7pm) is free which is a nice bonus.

Still like to know if there is all day parking somewhere in Kingston
which isn't too expensive.
I'm on the wrong side for the park and ride and public transport is
just ineffective for where I come from and useless if you have a fair
amount of shopping.

A.

Saturday Parking in Kingston Upon Thames
 

tim(yet another new home) wrote:

"Ian F." wrote in message
...
"Paul Corfield" wrote in message
...

Bus and train services are perfectly adequate and have the advantage of
not costing anything like £15 for parking.

But not much good unless you don't mind schlepping all your shopping home
by hand.

As the OP is schlepping their shopping around for 11 (yes, eleven)
hours, going home on the train seems the easy part.

Who said anything about "schlepping their shopping around for 11"
hours? Presumably, they keep going back to the car and storing it in
the boot whenever it gets too much to carry. Then off to buy some more.
That *is* the normal way of shopping. How else are you going to buy two
or three times the amount you can carry in one day?

Saturday Parking in Kingston Upon Thames
 

In message . com,
" writes
Who said anything about "schlepping their shopping around for 11"
hours? Presumably, they keep going back to the car and storing it in
the boot whenever it gets too much to carry. Then off to buy some more.
That *is* the normal way of shopping. How else are you going to buy two
or three times the amount you can carry in one day?

It's the 11 hour shopping marathon I'm having trouble with- I tend to
get fed up to the back teeth after 3 or 4 hours wandering around shops.
As to leaving stuff in the car, I'd rather buy less than have to return
to the car once or twice- I don't like leaving anything in the car that
the thieving scrotes could get their hands on...
--
Kenny

Saturday Parking in Kingston Upon Thames
 

Kenny ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying
:

It's the 11 hour shopping marathon I'm having trouble with- I tend to
get fed up to the back teeth after 3 or 4 hours wandering around shops.

You last that long?

I'm quite surprised that nobody's yet suggested that the OP's other half
gets the bus/train/whatever to the shops in the morning, then the OP
collects her by car (assuming she has too large a haul to make PT feasible)
at the end of the day.