Bored supermarket shopper parks in all 211 spaces of parking lot over 6 years.
Made a list, checked it 211 times
The following written content by Oliver Kemp
A bored shopper went on a six-year quest to park in all 211 bays of his local supermarket car park – using a map and spreadsheet to track his progress.
Gareth Wild began his project, which started in 2015, as a way of making the weekly shop more interesting.
Now the dad-of-two has left his car in every single space in the car park at Sainsbury’s in the center of Bromley, southeast London.
He took to Twitter to reveal the completion of his unusual mission – including diagrams of the superstore car park and advice for fellow parking enthusiasts in the area who want to emulate his feat.
On his Twitter thread, which has been liked more than 50,000 times and retweeted by over 10,000 accounts, the production director explained his method and shared his spreadsheet to his thousands of perplexed and delighted followers.
Mr. Wild added that disabled and motorbike spaces could not be counted as he is not a blue badge holder and does not own a motorbike.
But he does have children, so included the parent and baby spaces that made up the total 211 spaces for him to conquer.
Mr. Wild said: “I do the weekly shop in our family and I’ve been going to the same Sainsbury’s for the last 16 years.
“And it was only six years ago when I said to myself, ‘wow I could probably park in every single one of these spaces given enough time’, and time is on your side when you’re doing the weekly shop.
“It’s a long time to do anything, let alone something as trivial as this. I’ve been through three different cars in that time. I find enjoyment in the little banal things in life.” Read more from Fox.
