DOZENS OF POT PLANTS HAVE PERISHED AT POPULAR HUMBERSTON HOLIDAY PARK

                                                                   

Beautifully mown grass, but the shrubs have been forsaken

"WE  can't  wait to welcome guests and start the summer!"

That's the understandably exultant message from Thorpe Park holiday park in Humberston as it prepares to reopen on Monday July 6.

A statement from its owners, Haven Holidays, reads thus: "We have been busy over the last few months, making sure our parks are safe and secure for everyone when we open. 

"Our Clean and Safe Charter has been designed both to ensure we are protecting our guests and to give reassurance that all public areas and private caravans will be scrupulously clean.

"Social distancing guidelines will be adopted in all public areas."

However, when they return to Thorpe Park, the delight for some caravan owners will be tinged.

Dozens of their cherished pot shrubs and other plants have withered and died through lack of watering.

Although the grounds have been maintained to excellent standards by the Thorpe  Park ground staff, the privately-owned plants have been neglected.

                                          

All they needed was a drop of water

The Grimsby News says: Great news that Thorpe Park is set to re-open, but disappointing that so many privately-owned plants  have perished. Couldn't a couple of staff - or even volunteers - have gone round with a watering can once a week? Good businesses in the hospitality sector take pride and satisfaction in doing that little bit extra for their customers. On this occasion, Haven Holidays has failed to live up to its customary high standards.