Saturday 11th October 2014

Friday.

Friday morning rolls round so soon after going to bed, apparently. But it being all wet and windy there is no point in heading to Ramsgate as there would be no desk for me to work at, and so I settle down for a day working from home Or as Fridays are now wall to wall meetings, I will attend meetings whilst at home, from half eight until half twelve. Each meeting mirroring the previous in problems and issues.

I battle to empty the inbox before it is time to call it a day and call me a taxi, and Friday is beer festival day at The Berry.

It must have been three weeks since I was last at the Berry, and the occasion for this was the annual green hop festival, where the first brews using this year's hops would be available for sampling, drinking and wassailing. It is just a short ride into Walmer, he drops me off at the door and I go in, collecting my glass and beer tokes before heading downstairs to the room where the barrels had been tapped and were now providing pints of foamy ale for our consumption.

I took my first pint up to the beer garden, taking a seat in the warm afternoon sunshine, I made the first one disappear before retreating for another, and then another. Well, you know. I just had the four, but that is more than enough for this lightweight, and I was thankful that Jools was coming to collect me at five, which meant I had just 90 minutes in which to drink and socialise with other drinkers. It was all rather nice, but I had had enough by five, and there was a good chance I would snooze on the sofa soon after arriving home.

Jools made dinner, which I ate like a starving man, and then I felt the need to lay down some.

But hey, its the weekend, and lets just enjoy it!