I have taken criticism from two close quarters yesterday for my decision to provide Takeaways over the first 3 days since the Government’s decision to close Cafes etc. yet allow us to provide Takeaways. Quite frankly I totally disagree with such criticism which in my humble opinion is both very wide of the mark & made without enough logical assessment at what we as a society are facing. That said tomorrow is my Birthday so

With more & more questions needing to be asked & no chance of asking them officially until probably Monday the below is clarification of our current status:- Café is open to serve Takeaways only, this means our Toilets are closed which we believe is the correct interpretation of the Governments Decision. Saturday 21st March – Takeaways served 7:30 – 18:00 Sunday 22nd March – Takeaways served 7:30 – 18:00 Monday 23rd March – Takeaways served

As I drove into the Café this morning with the aim of Mothballing the Café after the Governments decision yesterday I had time to further reflect on the massive impact this would have on everybody, no eating out for weeks or months ahead, supermarkets with limited choice of food, people without human contact, the list of damaging effects went on & on, how should we react? Thankfully en-route we stopped to pick up a newspaper

Despite the seemingly constant rain which has affected us but thankfully not as devastatingly as it has to many, time seems to be flying by & the potential for ‘good’ blogs have come & gone simply washed away by other ‘priorities’ or lack effort. I’ll try to make amends here by briefly highlighting a few things from recent weeks as best as my memory can, apologies for the many things I’ll inevitably miss out. By

Firstly a quick reminder that we have our regular Open MIC Night this coming Saturday (29th Feb.), details are on our Events page. Within the last week we have also put together initial plans for 3 more evening presentations so hot on the heels of the success of Jim Langley & Paul Gannon’s excellent presentation last Saturday here are some new dates for your diaries:- 2nd May 2020 – Mike Raine talks about his newly