The MerseyTart
For a light hearted, and pretty interesting, take on the Merseyrail network, visit the Mersey Tarts blog
Who he?
The diary of a man who wants to make the Merseyrail map his own. Simple: visit every Merseyrail Station – Northern, Wirral and even the City lines – and take a picture of myself in front of the station sign. Plus any Attractive Local Feature (ALF) boards. I am the MerseyTart!
Different, certainly.
The Merseytart is pleased to have been sent a package from the good folk at Merseyrail, including a pair of the bright yellow flip flops that they so generously handed out to racegoers earlier in the year …
Frankly this little parcel is the best gift I’ve received all year, and certainly better than any of the crap I got for my birthday and most appreciated. It’s so nice when a corporate behemoth turns out to be human and, more importantly, so human it gives me stuff. It’s really made me smile.
It’s good to know that Bart and the boys can make someone smile. I don’t suspect it happens too often.
If I ever get any, I suspect they’ll come tied to a brick, through my front window.
P.S. I hope he notices that I titled this post “Miseryrail Flip Flops”, and not “Merseyrail Flip Flops” … I don’t want to knock him off top spot on Google 
as he seems like a decent chap and deserves the honour, especially if he’s prepared to actually wear the things in public!
Over on the MerseyTarts blog, he’s not happy at some of the reaction from those “on the Peninsula side”. I agree with most of what he says. The railway does need to be maintained, and this will inevitably cause some inconvenience, to some people, some of the time.
My problem with the current situation is that the people of The Wirral get the inconvenience, and Merseyrail get the compensation. (more…)
