http://www.sparksnet.org/rssblog.asp The SPARKS Network Blog An invitation to speak to the BPA's south west region meeting yesterday was a good opportunity to discover what the key issues in parking enforcement are in one of the UK's gentler regions. Headin http://www.extramilescotland.co.uk/blog.asp?blogid=7 http://www.extramilescotland.co.uk/blog.asp?blogid=7 Tuesday was a long day trip out to the transport working group of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions but I've no complaints. The meeting was in Paris, which meant a return trip on Euro http://www.extramilescotland.co.uk/blog.asp?blogid=6 http://www.extramilescotland.co.uk/blog.asp?blogid=6 Some trips away from the office are more memorable than others, my trip to the Northeast this week will certainly be one I remember. Not for the best reasons unfortunately, as the train journeys up an http://www.extramilescotland.co.uk/blog.asp?blogid=5 http://www.extramilescotland.co.uk/blog.asp?blogid=5 On the hottest day of the year so far I headed this week to Lancashire. The British Parking Association North West region had invited me to speak to a group of parking managers representing some of En http://www.extramilescotland.co.uk/blog.asp?blogid=4 http://www.extramilescotland.co.uk/blog.asp?blogid=4 Last week I took the train to Ipswich, a town in Suffolk I haven't been to since my BT days (BT is a major employer in Ipswich as its research laboratories are based there). For those who don't know i http://www.extramilescotland.co.uk/blog.asp?blogid=3 http://www.extramilescotland.co.uk/blog.asp?blogid=3 I’ve just returned from a week’s holiday in the sunshine of Malta, the little island in the Mediterranean that has been ruled by many foreigners including the Arabs, the French, and the Br http://www.extramilescotland.co.uk/blog.asp?blogid=2 http://www.extramilescotland.co.uk/blog.asp?blogid=2 Last week I spent two days at the combined PARKEX/TRAFFEX exhibition in Birmingham, this seems an appropriate topic for my first SPARKS blog. PARKEX is a massive exhibition devoted to parking related http://www.extramilescotland.co.uk/blog.asp?blogid=1 http://www.extramilescotland.co.uk/blog.asp?blogid=1