A splendid birthday weekend at Parkhead Canal festival

I'm only a mere ten days late posting about the sunny smiles that lit up our souls at the Parkhead Festival, on the last weekend of September ... Birthday celebrations I have to admit to feeling a little disappointed when we'd booked into the event, knowing it was my birthday weekend. But I sucked it … Continue reading A splendid birthday weekend at Parkhead Canal festival

The Home Brew Boat makes national news!

A few weeks ago Barry received an email from a journalist writing for a national newspaper. He forwarded it to his marketing manager - me! "The Observer newspaper is preparing an article about new technology in homebrewing, to be published in the September issue of our science and technology supplement. The piece will entail asking … Continue reading The Home Brew Boat makes national news!

Bright and bustling in the Black Country

There's certainly nothing dark and smoggy about The Black Country this weekend. What wonderful, down-to-earth and friendly folks we've had the pleasure of meeting so far. Barry had an endless stream of visitors to The Home Brew Boat - not all were buying, but they took business cards away with a lot more knowledge of … Continue reading Bright and bustling in the Black Country