OK - It's been a while but now we have moved a little bit on the Festival.

I like the name Bacchanalia - from the Roman god Bacchus - meaning wild and raucous party. It has an appropriate ring to it!

The date is looking like the 25th April - although a number of people have already expressed reservations. We should have a confirmed date soon.

The tankards have been selected and I have found a company that will do a small batch and keep the price down to around £6 a glass - this will leave about £4 each for food and prizes for the winning beers.

Andrew B has done some fantastic design sketches for us - we have agreed on a more modern design - the barmaid design looked a bit more Carry On than we wanted and the shield design was a bit old fashioned. All we need now is the final design.

More later....