I walked to the recycling centre in Minehead in the boiling hot sun on Friday 29th May, to get rid of 2 x foldable laundry baskets. By the time I got there, I had heat exhaustion and was greeted by the words, "no pedestrians", so I asked if the man on the gate could he take the items but I was told that they were not accepting plastics. I said that I couldn’t carry them back and that I may have to dump them, to which he just shrugged. I wouldn’t have dumped them but was just infuriated.

Why are pedestrians not allowed in but cars are? Not only are we being encouraged to walk more and not use our cars but surely once the cars have parked the occupiers become pedestrians once they leave the car. Pedestrians have rights also. Not everyone has a car, as it proved today, as I was not the only one turned away. If I am not entitled to enter the recycling centre, then I request a rebate on my council tax. This is against my civil rights.

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