parking eye charge but didn't leave car

A question about : parking eye charge but didn't leave car

so i've come in today to find a letter with a Ј100 fine enclosed. firstly let me confirm that i have gone through the threads regarding appeals and will be taking this up however i'm not sure if my circumstances are different or if the appeal wording will still apply.

the photos on entry and exit are for a total of 25minutes how ever during this time i never actually parked in a parking bay, left the car or even turned the engine off (i had a child asleep in the car and was using the car park to drive around rather than do it in the town centre).

obviously therefore i wouldn't have read any of the parking notices or been able to enter my regitration in the required machines that are located within the main complex. should i follow the appeals templates and process located in the forums or does anyone actually feel that a simple complaint letter explaining the above would get me anywhere

thanks in advance

Best answers:

• Name of company that issued the PCN?
  Arguments about mitigating circumstances never work. Use the usual legal arguments as stated on the newbies thread. These are poor signage (therefore no contract), no gpeol, etc.
  Write a draft and post it on this thread for comments before you send it.
• No circumstances are "different" !
  There is one circumstance, you have a parking charge notice to fend off.
  Nothing else is relevant, circumstances cloud and make things worse.
  This is the formulae to follow
  Bog standard appeal to PE = rejection + POPLA code = POPA Appeal as advised from here = no parking charge.
  Put anything else in the pot and it boils over.
• You used someone else's private land for your own purposes. You failed to comply with their reasonable T&Cs. You must now jump to PE's tune, (or some of it).