It's Been A Quiet Week...

No, really, I think it has. Sure we've filled a few firkins, washed many more, and (by Friday), done two brews. Plus delivering, empty collecting, getting guest beers arranged, employed someone, looked long & hard at future plans, read the recent Licensing Act throughout, deep cleaned some of the more hidden corners of the brewery, sorted through the foreign (ie not ours) cask pile that is locked away elsewhere on site, and hosted 2 large brewery visits. But apart from that, it has been a quiet week.

Why? Well, we could have delivered, indeed just sold, a lot more beer. But we didn't have it, because we are scratching around for casks to put it in. Still. But good news cometh. Well, a load of new, albeit French-made, casks cometh early next week, and just to help out, a local wandering landlord, well know to many as Steve Nye (soon to be settled down though, courtesy of local boys McMullens), has kindly allowed us use of his cask fleet, bought in the days he was brewing beer under the 'Millennium Brewery tag. So things should get a bit more hectic again in a week or so. "Never Mind", folk say, "Think of all the money you must be making". Oh dear. Trouble is, we could throw it all into our pockets, but growth needs money, and it becomes a vicious circle. One that no doubt is familiar to any that have started their own business, and got into their third year of trading. But not familiar to those that haven't been here, which is often those you see daily. Busy does not mean rich. But then why be rich if you are too busy to enjoy it?

But it has been a good week. We've had the Royston Chamber Of Commerce round for tea. Well, round for beer, and a barbecue courtesy of the local Italian Restaurant, Palazzo (01763 226225), with some food donated by the local Tesco store, all added to the spread freshly crafted by hand for the evening. I tell you what, with food like that for tea, we'll invite them all back next week. It's a shame it rained on the night, but then it is Wimbledon week. And then today I have had the pleasure of a ride on the Reedham Ferry, in the dray, at the behest of the SatNav (which even showed a picture of a boat, just to inform me that I was floating across a river - aren't these things just so clever...?). The sun was out, the local warblers were active, and it almost felt like summer.

Next week though, I think it is back to normal. Whatever that is.