Thanks Jamberson and Green_and _mean, that's pretty conclusive. Guess I'll write to Lambeth and ask for a bit of leniency, can't hurt to ask.

But that wasn't what I was saying, was it? Still at least you tried, eh?

Hi folks, A spot of advice needed, if anyone can help. I parked my motorcycle on the pavement outside my girlfriend's flat in Lambeth (wide pavement, right up against the railings and between the dustbins) and covered it over with the usual waterproof cover. I left it for 4 days, and uncovered it at the weekend to find two parking tickets, one dated 18/11 at 14.55, and the second dated 19/11 at 09.36. Both were for the same offence, 622 - one of more wheels over the footpath etc etc. Both tickets were issued by the same warden, no. LH1273. I can't really argue that I was parked on the pavement, but it's an old bike, almost 40 years old, and parking is scarce in the road concerned, and the bike had already been knocked over once, so I was reluctant to leave it on the roadway. However, I have a couple of issues that I would like advice on. The bike was securely covered with a vinyl Oxford cover, covering the whole bike. The warden would have had to unclip the cover to read the number plate, and then to affix the PCN to the fuel tank. He then replaced the cover without securing it. It was flapping about a lot. He then returned the following morning to issue another PCN, sticking it on top of the existing one and covering the bike up again. So; 1) Is it legal or permissible for a warden to disturb the bike in this manner, by removing and replacing the cover? 2) The bike was covered, and I did not see the PCN's until I uncovered the bike 4 days after the issue of the first PCN. If I had seen the first PCN I would have moved the bike immediately, seeing as the bike was directly outside the flat. Hiding the PCN under the cover meant I had no chance to act upon it, hence the second PCN. 3) Is it permissible to issue two PCN's for the same offence? In theory he could have returned every day (or few hours? Is there a time period?) until I lifted the cover up. 4) He stuck the PCN's on the fuel tank. The bike is fairly old and unrestored, and the fuel tank is patchy and a bit rusty - I like it that way, it gives it character. But when I pulled the PCN's off it took some of the paint off the tank, damaging it further. Do I have grounds to make a claim for damage? Also, I looked up the council's site to have a look at the picture of the offences, and neither were available, despite them supposed to be. I was hoping to see if the warden had removed the cover to take the photo. Any advice would be gratefully received - as a skint full-time student, two fines of £55 would make a big dent in my finances, made all the more galling because I only left the bike there as I was too sick to ride it to Uni in the cold weather we were having at the time, and I took the train instead. Many thanks in advance. Ian