Regulars to this blog and the station will know of the saga of the closing council toilets at Orton Mere, if you now need the loo you need to use either a cork or an elastic band and walk a mile to the next nearest toilet.

This has provoked so many moans from passers by and customers that I was forced to put up a message saying the toilets were nothing to do with the railway and not to moan at the staff.

Well a miracle has happened!!! No the toilets have not opened again, instead we have a new subject to moan, whoops sorry talk about and that’s the locked off car park.

People have come into the station today and moaned about the car park being closed off by a locked barrier and for once they are not blaming the railway. Even cyclists are commenting about it and they can now ride round the empty car park to their hearts content!

I have to speak to the park office tomorrow to see about getting a key, and it will be interesting to actually find out the reasoning behind the move. But it’s nice not to be talking about locked toilets for a change!!!

Watch this space as they say for updates.