Anyone shopping at Ormskirk's Simply Food in this weekend's dreadful weather might have wondered where its special Covid shelters were.
Evidently, they were less use than ornament with staff having difficulty keeping them on the ground, despite using sandbags and assorted weights, hence their non appearance this weekend.
To add insult to injury they arrived six weeks later than planned with their original delivery scheduled for early October, not just in time for Christmas shopping...