“One positive answer might be to encourage more schools to profit by opening up their playgrounds as temporary, weekend, car parks. They already do this at Twickenham and the PTA's make a fortune.”

“Arrggghhh!! Malcolm, why do you have to moan about at this? I live in Bath and yes it is a bit frustrating with the traffic at this time of year but it adds to a fantastic atmosphere in the city. I don't expect the pubs, restaurants, shops you were going to use will really miss your business as the whole article is about how busy the city is going to be, so I'm sure 4 less people will make no difference. I too will be going to see the match but will be exercising my legs and using the local pubs and restaurants arfter. Lighten up Malcolm and try and enjoy this time of the year with the yes very busy but fantastic atmosphere the city of Bath offers.”

“Just imagine what it would be like if there were 5000 more people wanting to park if the new Stadium was built .”

“Malcolm. The article is pretty clear that today¿s situation is a peak of traffic for the game and for Christmas shopping. Of course, I¿m sure you could ask BANES to build endless acres of car parking around the city, most of which would be empty most of the year, just so you can avoid having to get a bus from somewhere near where you live for one day a year. I think one or two regular contributors to the Chronicle might have a word to say about that.

As for being turned away at the city limits, maybe we can leave the hysteria to the blogosphere rather than the web pages of our local esteemed organ.

Anyway more to the point I can¿t get to the game either; I¿m in India at the moment and the missus is going instead. Come on Bath!”

“They can't turn you away; Bath is a through route plus they don't know if you live in bath or not!”

“We live seven miles outside the city in an area very poorly served by public transport. We are season ticket holders for the rugby and we are hosting two friends from London this weekend who are London Irish supporters. They will arrive with us at about noon and we will then be coming into Bath for lunch, Christmas shopping, watching the rugby and then having dinner at a restaurant after the match. At least that is the plan. We have clearly now reached a point where so many parking spaces have been removed from Bath that the city is no longer able to cope with demand. Are we really going to be turned away from the city tomorrow? What contingency are we going to be offered? If we are turned away, aside from having paid £500 each for two season tickets and £30 each for two further match tickets to the club, the restaurants and pubs we intend to utilise will miss out and the shops won't get our business, all at a time when this is desperately needed. Why does the council not now go the whole hog and put up permanent signs on every approach road into the city that say "Welcome to Bath, now clear off, we don't want you here"?”