A self-confessed 'dull' man has produced a bizarre calendar for 2023 - celebrating Britain's best car parks.
Kevin Beresford spent several months travelling the length of the entire country reviewing the parking offerings from Land's End to John o' Groats. The 70-year-old then compiled his 12 favourites into a contender for the most boring calendar of 2023 - devoted entirely to the best car parks in Britain.
Kevin, who admits he could be 'Britain's dullest man', decided to embark on the 603 mile journey in search of the nation's prime parking spot. Four Scottish car parks are among the dozen to have made the final print run.
A car park at Culloden, often touted as Britain's most haunted parking location, features in March. Hundreds of people were killed in the battle near Inverness in 1746, which became Britain's last pitched battle and spelt the end of the Jacobite uprising.
Edinburgh Airport's multi-storey, with its 'helter skelter' style ramps, is the first car park in the calendar, while Waterloo Street car park in Glasgow features in June, with its striking wooden beams. Duncansby Head car park in the Highlands, north of John o' Groats, was chosen because it has the best views.
However, Kevin admits that his favourite car park is south of the border, in Birmingham. The Trinity Street car park in the city's creative quarter Digbeth boasts a cocktail bar along one of it sides, has walls made from crushed cars and is adorned with street art.
When judging what makes a good car park, Kevin takes into consideration factors including lighting, price and aesthetics of the spaces. Kevin, who is also president of the Car Park Association Society, said: "I think first and foremost if I had to design a car park myself it would have to be brightly lit.
"That is so important and something that is often overlooked. A dark car park is scary especially at night.
"Also a lot of the car parks were designed years ago for small cars. Now you have big 4x4s, so a lot of the small parking spaces are not adequate really anymore.
"It's also got to be reasonably priced to entice people into an area. But for me as well, it's the aesthetic of the car park and that is what drew me to the Trinity Street one in Birmingham, which is just amazing."
Single Kevin, of Redditch, Worcestershire, came up with his latest idea after flogging previous mundane calendars featuring roundabouts, benches and postboxes. He says he prides himself on showcasing the parts of British society that more conventional calendars never do in order to stand out from the crowd.
He added: "I focus on slices of English life that nobody else does. I suppose like artists such as Andy Warhol and Van Gogh [and] I focus on the mundane.
"I don't create your normal conventional calendars; I make the ones nobody else is selling. I think that is another reason people buy my calendars because they are unique.
"I've been called the dullest man in Britain but, I am proud about this title. It's sexy being dull."
Kevin's 2023 car park calendar costs £12.50 and can be bought online.
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