A food truck owner says he is losing days of work because of Bristol Airport holidaymakers' cars being left parked in a lay-by on the A38, in the same spot where he has been running his business from for more than 20 years. Chris Timothy told Bristol Live that he pays around £500 a quarter for a licence to trade in the lay-by, but the parking situation has cost him the last three bank holidays worth of business.
He said: "I pay North Somerset Council £500 a quarter to be there and the amount of times I've had to turn around and come home because I can't get in. But I have no rights in the lay-by. I pay a fee to trade in the lay-by but what annoys me is that these (parking) companies are trading from the lay-by but they're not paying.
"They're charging people to park their cars there. Some days when I arrive in the morning there are too many cars to get in - on one occasion this week I counted 14, so I haven't been able to trade there and instead I've simply got to check how many cars are there to see if I can get in the next day.
