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My first child spent the first 3 days in hospital (with mother), cost me a fortune in petrol and parking -- possibly as high as £20

Second child was in and out in 16 hours, and it was overnight, parking was free at that hospital, so only cost the petrol, about £1?

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Don't know whether to laugh or cry that 20 pounds is considered a fortune for parking and gas. Depending on the area, you could easily blow through that in an afternoon over here. T_T

Current parking charges at Bolton are £4 for 24 hours (they were lower in 2012). 4 trips about 15 mile round trip was about £2 each at that time.

There's a lot of complaining about the fact it costs as much as a cup of coffee to go and visit people in hospital. Those with chronic conditions tend to get free parking (at least where I live now in Cheshire).

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