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18th July 2008, 05:21 PM

"Tony Polson" <docnews2011@> wrote in message
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> D7666 <d7666@m> wrote:
>
>> On Jul 16, 10:56 pm, Tony Polson <docnews2...@> wrote:
>>
>>> Resurrecting the Hertfordshire Rail Tours brand with John Farrow at
>>> the top would be very good for the railtour market, and for John
>>> Farrow personally.
>>
>> But not for his retirement.
>
>
> If he can revive the brand over the next couple of years, and sell it
> on to someone who actually pays their bills, rather than going bust
> and paying almost nothing, it should help fund his retirement. I
> believe that was always his intention.

He's already announced that he's selling his large Welwyn house and
downsizing to the west country, which certainly sounds like retirement
to me. So, even if he stays involved with UKRT, I don't suppose it'll
be the same hands-on approach that made HRT successful. Also, Stobart's
failure probably makes it harder to sell on a successful John Farrow
railtours company sans John Farrow.

18th July 2008, 05:21 PM	#17 (permalink)
Recliner Guest Posts: n/a Classified Rating: % ()	More Stobart cancellations "Tony Polson" <docnews2011@> wrote in message news:g7v18418rusb7hgl7u9t28k5cctp7vss74@ > D7666 <d7666@m> wrote: > >> On Jul 16, 10:56 pm, Tony Polson <docnews2...@> wrote: >> >>> Resurrecting the Hertfordshire Rail Tours brand with John Farrow at >>> the top would be very good for the railtour market, and for John >>> Farrow personally. >> >> But not for his retirement. > > > If he can revive the brand over the next couple of years, and sell it > on to someone who actually pays their bills, rather than going bust > and paying almost nothing, it should help fund his retirement. I > believe that was always his intention. He's already announced that he's selling his large Welwyn house and downsizing to the west country, which certainly sounds like retirement to me. So, even if he stays involved with UKRT, I don't suppose it'll be the same hands-on approach that made HRT successful. Also, Stobart's failure probably makes it harder to sell on a successful John Farrow railtours company sans John Farrow.