An angry disabled man is appealing against a council fine for parking his car in an Uxbridge road with one of its wheels on a footway.

Father-of-two Mike Enever, 53, who has osteomyalitis ,, a painful bone disorder which has restricted his movement since he was nine, parked in a space marked out by a single yellow line ,, which allows parking for the the disabled ,, in Windsor Street on March 31.

But he later discovered he had been given a parking ticket by Hillingdon Council because his left front wheel was outside the yellow line ,, on a section of the road set aside for pedestrians.

'There was no indication that the land my wheel was on was a footway or pavement,' said Mr Enever.

'I'm completely lost for words as to why anybody would issue a disabled person a ticket for having one wheel outside a yellow line.'

A spokeswoman for Hillingdon Council said pedestrian areas had different paving stones to distinguish them from roads and parking on them was a London-wide offence.

But everyone is entitled to appeal fines and each case is listened to, she added. Mr Enever, who had come to Uxbridge from his Hampshire home to help a friend sell a house in Belmont Road, said he intended to pay the £30 fine.

But would then appeal because he feared if he waited he would have to pay £60 charge if it is not paid within 14 days.