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Either Sainsbury's are trialing sheltered car parking spots, or there's been a bit of a blunder at its Pinhoe branch.

David Rose, who spotted the mistake, joked that he was: "not sure how practical they will be, but it is innovation at its best!"

He shared a photograph of a disabled parking space which had been combined with a shopping trolley shelter.

A spokesperson for Sainsbury's has been quick to thank David for pointing out the error.

Explaining themselves to Devon Live, the supermarket giant said that the layout of the car park has been recently updated, moving the locations of some of the trolley bays.

(Image: David Rose)

And it looks like the markings haven't caught up.

The spokesperson also confirmed that they will promptly remove the markings.

Another branch of Sainsbury's in the region was recently mocked for unusual aspects of its car park layout.

Last month TripAdvisor had to actively suspend joke reviews of a bonkers plastic car park tunnel at its Bude branch.

(Image: TripAdvisor/samgunn87)

The walkway, dubbed Bude tunnel, has seen scores of people take and post selfies in it, and even a divorce.

The undercover walkway at Bude’s Sainsbury 's supermarket car park has had more than 600 reviews with comments including, ‘a tunnel like no other’, ‘a perfect winter’s walk’, and ‘a true engineering wonder of the world’. It has averaged a 4.5 score out of 5 from its reviews before reviews were halted but remains top of the pile in terms of attraction in the north coast town.

Not only is it currently rated as the best attraction in the town on Trip Advisor, the tunnel has its own Facebook page.

(Image: Google Street View)

Now, the travel review website has prevented any further comments, saying that recent publicity resulted in a number of not entirely truthful comments.

The message from TripAdvisor said: “Due to a recent event that has attracted media attention and has caused an influx of review submissions that do not describe a first-hand experience, we have temporarily suspended publishing new reviews for this listing.

“If you’ve had a firsthand experience at this property, please check back soon - we’re looking forward to receiving your review!”