fredtosser Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 10 hours ago, Amadeus said: The new traffic setup in Castletown is a disaster. Spoke to a few local businesses and trade is down up to 40%. I don’t know what they were thinking doing this but it needs changing ASAP. Have you spoken to businesses in the towns and villages too then. Almost everyone seems to be down but the Angry Butcher and his cronies are so busy wallowing in self pity that they can’t look beyond a few parking spaces. How do your residents and visitors to Douglas reach the strand street shops ? The cafe on the Square shuts early most of think there is an event on and probably has more covers out on the highway than they do inside and the gift shop next door hates visitors. hardly a recipe for success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 On a pedantic note but what tense is - “some would inevitably had to have been cancelled.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hedgehog Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 10 hours ago, Amadeus said: The new traffic setup in Castletown is a disaster. Spoke to a few local businesses and trade is down up to 40%. I don’t know what they were thinking doing this but it needs changing ASAP. Just flip the one way system so it favours people going into the centre of Castletown rather than out of it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Johnson Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 40 minutes ago, offshoremanxman said: This waffle from Rob Callister says that basically (whilst blaming covid for everything) the cruise visits were cancelled as they didn’t have enough bus drivers. At any time in the process did anyone say - alternatively there is a private hire business that could do the work we’ll give them a ring and see if they could supply vehicles and drivers. This is really embarrassing and really starting to piss me off. They’d rather fight petty fights and turn away visitors our shops and cafes desperately need than do things that will help us re-built our economy. The whole press release is an exercise in writing sh**e. Monkey Pox??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsdesk Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 5 minutes ago, Dave Hedgehog said: Just flip the one way system so it favours people going into the centre of Castletown rather than out of it. Easy isn’t it? They call the bypass the bypass for a reason. Now you have to use the bypass so as not to bypass Castletown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 (edited) 16 minutes ago, fredtosser said: Have you spoken to businesses in the towns and villages too then. Almost everyone seems to be down but the Angry Butcher and his cronies are so busy wallowing in self pity that they can’t look beyond a few parking spaces. How do your residents and visitors to Douglas reach the strand street shops ? The cafe on the Square shuts early most of think there is an event on and probably has more covers out on the highway than they do inside and the gift shop next door hates visitors. hardly a recipe for success. I have certainly stopped going to Castletown of a Saturday afternoon or breaking a journey from Douglas to PE there in the last year. The absence of cars compared to PE used to make it a better place to go shopping Partly that’s a bit of bloody mindednesses- if Castletown are disrupting my bus journey with protracted roadworks and pointless motorcycle races why spend money there? But the bus timetable changes make my habit of going PE to PSM then PSM to CTown and CTown To PE return harder. But the reality is if the retail proposition was better I’d overlook that. But the cafe’s out of food at 1:30, the butcher shuts at midday, it’s uncomfortable to browse in one of the gift shops. Edited July 2, 2022 by Declan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
english zloty Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Seven Seas Voyager was parked up in Liverpool yesterday and people were getting on and off without issue. I smell more BS. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsdesk Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 3 hours ago, offshoremanxman said: This waffle from Rob Callister says that basically (whilst blaming covid for everything) the cruise visits were cancelled as they didn’t have enough bus drivers. At any time in the process did anyone say - alternatively there is a private hire business that could do the work we’ll give them a ring and see if they could supply vehicles and drivers. This is really embarrassing and really starting to piss me off. They’d rather fight petty fights and turn away visitors our shops and cafes desperately need than do things that will help us re-built our economy. The whole press release is an exercise in writing sh**e. We all have a role in making the economy work for everyone post pandemic. It’s painful to see civil servants actively turning down opportunities for people to come here and spend money in shops. As noted above the liner went on to Liverpool where people have got off and have probably all spent a few quid in Liverpool One rather than here. That press release is just lies. Callister should be embarrassed to have put his name to it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Newsdesk said: That press release is just lies. Callister should be embarrassed to have put his name to it. Our politicians put their names to packs of lies on a regular basis, it's certainly not a new phenomenon. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevster Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 16 hours ago, Amadeus said: The new traffic setup in Castletown is a disaster. Spoke to a few local businesses and trade is down up to 40%. I don’t know what they were thinking doing this but it needs changing ASAP. I live in Douglas but work in C'town on the Parade - it only adds a few minutes to the drive down in the morning. I don't see what the big problem is 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, offshoremanxman said: Well I wonder if all the buses were working today to ferry the great and the good to the Tynwald Garden Party? It’s quiet on here today but maybe when some the quests come back online to slag off the people they were mixing with tomorrow we’ll find out if there were any logistics issues. Well they didn't update there facebook on services etc today so maybe even the office staff were off to the garden party too . Wouldn't have minded going tbh as Royal Marines Band Scotland are over. RM bands are the best in the world without doubt . Edited July 3, 2022 by Numbnuts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptar Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 There was shiny Bus Vannin Merc double decker in Castletown on Saturday with the digital signs reading 'Wedding Bus' and a lovely image of a church on the digital screen on the back. They really will have a blast at anything and everything going apart from running it all properly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted July 4, 2022 Author Share Posted July 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, reptar said: he digital signs reading 'Wedding Bus' and a lovely image of a church on the digital screen on the back. Good to see the crayonistas turning their hand to digital art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevster Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, reptar said: There was shiny Bus Vannin Merc double decker in Castletown on Saturday with the digital signs reading 'Wedding Bus' and a lovely image of a church on the digital screen on the back. They really will have a blast at anything and everything going apart from running it all properly. That was probably booked many months ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 1 hour ago, kevster said: That was probably booked many months ago as opposed to the regular bus services that were also arranged many months ago? Go to tours if you want a wedding bus and leave the regular buses to look after the general public 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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