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That's the problem: Nobody wants to park there. Human nature dictates that people park their cars on the street outside their houses. This causes congestion and hazard.

Not quite true Sandy. Some of us don't have a choice but to park our cars on the road outside our houses.

Yes Richard, but most folk do have a choice. Its just as I said - human nature to want the car near at hand. But it creates problems as in Quobanks Crescent. In the evening cars coming down have to mount the pavement to pass oncoming vehicles.
The pavements in this area are bad enough without that.

Several people have asked me have the gypsies moved in.

Personnaly I cant see the problem with people parking caravans or trailers in the space, it keeps them of the road. There is still plenty of car parking spacees available. But the other corespondents are correct when they say that people wont walk further than they have to. Take a look at the cars abandonded all around the streets adjacent to the council offices to see what I mean.

No problem Alistair except the lack of cars. But it has been pointed out to me that parking or storing one's car at some distance from one's house can lead to increased insurance premiums. That, along with the inconvenience, must be a great disincentive. Some official passing places in Quoybanks would be a help, but what brave official is going to say outside which house to put the double yellow lines?

An interesting snippet in this week's "Orcadian" shows that people's reluctance to walk is nothing new. In 1958 the Town Council was to lobby the Postmaster General asking that, if the new Post Office was to be built in Junction Road, there should be a sub-office in the main street, preferably in the Victoria Street area.

Where do they go over the winter?
Why can’t they stay there all the time rather than cluttering the car parks.