I note from the front of one of the local rags today that Hoylake is likely to get The Open again, in 2014.
I was immediately struck by a couple of thoughts. Firstly, well done Hoylake, it’s a nice place and will no doubt benefit further from an influx of golfing cash. And then it struck me … buy shares in Merseyrail’s owners before the tournament.
If they use the same policy as they did at Aintree, they could easily charge the punters a fiver for a £3.65 ticket, on the grounds of it being ‘easier’. I’m sure we would all think it was much easier. I do so hate having all that change hanging around.
I had a final thought too … if I’m still living in Hoylake and traveling to Liverpool by then, I’m going on holiday for those couple of weeks. I still have fond memories of being dumped at Birkenhead North last year because Merseyrail couldn’t cope with the Tall Ships Race visitors, so they helpfully cancelled all the West Kirby Trains. Much easier. And I wasn’t the only one …
IN ALL the coverage of the Tall Ships’ race and the numbers of people attending, there seemed to be no reference to the fact that Merseyside’s infrastructure once again collapsed.
Merseyrail’s Wirral line descended into utter chaos when this event must have clearly been planned for a very long time.
There were a number of cancellations at peak time, resulting in everyone for Wirral being asked to pile on to a New Brighton train. I changed at Birkenhead North where there were hordes of passengers waiting for West Kirby trains as three whizzed by for New Brighton.
Staff, as usual, had no answers, although one Merseyrail person offered the following:
“It’s not like the London underground, you know. We can’t cope with big crowds, we’re provincial”.
Pathetic.
Harry Miller jnr, Moreton
There. Much easier.
