Matt P, are you not confusing the sign for a single yellow near buy? As normally a single yellow will follow on from a double area.

I always thought double yellows are a 24hr no go area

where as the single yellow you are not allowed to park on between 8am and 6pm, as the sign states.

think you are in the wrong unfortiantly. there must be a web sight to find the exact rules, i suppose all you could do is challenge the ticket with reason that the sign is misrepresentive and sighted in the wrong place?

though their arguenemt could be if you dont know the rules of the road you shouldnt be driving!