Met with Pete Myers (Northern Rail) and Ian Arkle (News Post Leader) to judge the schools competition. What a tough job. Then afterwards, a short time with Pete to follow on from earlier meeting we had (see 13th June 2014) to discuss facilities at Morpeth Station.
It’s always embarrassing for a senior manager from a railway company to be late for a meeting because the train was let. Let it be known these things happen to the best of us, but much less frequently than snarl-ups on the A1. Pete actually came all the way from Hull for this meeting and his commitment to supporting SENRUG with the Schools competition is appreciated. And at least Pete could say it wasn’t the Northern Rail train that caused the problem.
There were still problems on the ECML later that afternoon when our daughter’s friend arrived from London, so she missed her connection at Newcastle, but was fortunate in being able to get the CrossCountry train arriving in Morpeth at 14:50, so only 15 minutes delay overall. So, no “Delay Repay” claim to East Coast. If only we could have a 30 minute service to Morpeth throughout the day.
