Changes are being brought in across the Dorset Council area to make car parking charges more consistent.
From early next year, drivers using any Dorset Council car park will be charged for parking 8am to 8pm, Monday to Sunday. This extends the chargeable period by two hours in most areas and introduces paying to park on...
Having spent every other day for the last four weeks in the gym I assumed that I would be ready for a hike up the highest mountain in England & Wales. Imagine then my dismay as I was passed by people cycling up the steep slopes and others at least...
There is a big note in my journal which says the following: NEVER EVER EVER IGNORE A NOTICE ON A WEBSITE THAT RECOMMENDS SEAT RESERVATION ON A TRAIN. I got the 10.45 train from Berlin to Prague, EC175, and it was packed. The train was long but it seemed like...
Long train journeys can cause the mind to suggest the strangest of boredom avoidance activities; returning from the Edinburgh Fringe I brainstormed my way through a number of bad punning titles for this reportage. The worst I came up with is the one you see. On the way up...
To avoid being ripped off by another taxi driver, I got the tram to the station and for some reason or another I didn’t have to pay on a Sunday. I must say that Budapest Keleti station is impressive, sorry for the wonky perspective. The train journey on...
Dorset Council to use Vivacity Labs sensors across the county as part of Department of Transport’s Transforming Cities Fund
Transport technology scaleup Vivacity Labs has announced its partnership with Dorset Council, as part of a major sustainable infrastructure development in the county.
Fifteen Vivacity Labs traffic sensors will be installed across the county in Dorchester, Ferndown,...
Back in the early winter Holly submitted a plea for support on Dorset Eye to help fund her visit to Ghana. The project was to help to renovate a primary school. Well she made it and here is some detail of her time there. What I learnt and achieved and expectations and...
To help shoppers return to high streets across Dorset for their Christmas shopping, Dorset Council is offering three days of free parking this December.
Town centre car parks across the Dorset Council area will be free on Saturdays 5, 12 and 19 December 2020. This also includes Small Business Saturday.
Cllr Ray...
I've grown up with America... I guess we all have. I remember Super Hero comics fresh from the indoor market stall in my birth town of Glossop, or from a local newsagent during our regular holidays in Blackpool. That sweet 'bubble gum' smell... I always loved the mysterious adverts...
A young lad sat next to me and promptly fell asleep, I’m envious of people who can do that! He got woken by a guard who wanted to check his ticket and I noticed that he also had a global pass. There were many other people in the carriage who also...
