A year or so ago one of my choirs arranged to sing a weekend of services at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, over 14/15 April this year, the Low Sunday weekend. In the lull after Christmas, some of the choir started to make their accommodation arrangements and found that with over three months to go, there is scarcely a bed to be had in the whole city that weekend, unless you are happy not to have much change out of £500 for two nights in Liverpool. Same goes for the Wirral, though a few beds are to be found in Chester.
The cause is a conjunction of the Grand National and a home fixture of Liverpool FC v Fulham. (Why do Fulham fill hotels? I suppose it is far enough away for the fans to want to stay overnight afterwards, and they are wealthy enough to be able to do so. I wonder also whether there is very much hotel space in Liverpool to start with.)
So our own fixture is in danger of being cancelled. I did think of some music for the situation: Stanford in Gee-Gee and Lo, the Fulham, Final Sacrifice.
[It survived, thanks to being able to book a student hall of residence out of term.]