I'M writing in reply to the letter addressed wrong to park in it'.

Can I just say, what gives disabled people the right to park in spaces allocated for parents and toddlers?

I have lost count on the times I've shopped at my local supermarket on Withymoor, to find that most of the spaces allocated for parents are taken up with disabled people and people of a more mature age, the same goes for Merry Hill.

These spaces are for parents not for someone holding a blue badge. Although I have never moaned about a disabled person using the spaces designed for us parents, your attitude towards this woman is appalling, as far as I'm concerned its all about give and take, and a thoughtful nature something you clearly lack.

Back in the day when your children were young, and you had to park the same as everyone else there was probably less traffic on the road, and parking with kiddies was so much easier.

These days a normal parking space DOES NOT give you ample room in which you can safely transfer your children to and fro from the car. Instead if you're on your own with your children, and I myself have two children one of three years and one of 15 months, you have to try and put them out of harm's way whilst you reverse your car from the space, to give yourself enough room to get them in, without banging or scratching the cars parked on either side of you.

This is totally unacceptable and puts my children in danger every time I have to do this, because some thoughtless person has parked in a parent and toddler space.

So before you condemn this woman any further, spare a thought (if you can) that her children's safety come first and foremost, and by parking where she did (and I do it myself, when I have no other choice) she was putting her children first, and shows just how much she does care.

Maybe if you have young grandchildren you could tag along and get your child to park in a normal' space and see how much they'd struggle with their children, especially if the cars parked on either side haven't parked properly. Best of luck, although I dare say you'll have an answer for that one too.

One last remark before I leave it for you to chew on, the woman you so fondly condemn is a mother who didn't park where she did to annoy people like yourself, or because she was too lazy to park elsewhere, she parked where she did because of her children.

If it where just about some Joe Bloggs who had parked their expensive 4x4 or some other ridiculously priced vehicle there then fine, have a go, but this is about a mother simply looking after her children's well being.

Spare a thought then next time you have to park in a parent and toddler space, as all the disabled spaces are taken up by thoughtless lazy people, with not a child in sight.

Tracey Selbie

Withymoor Village