This weekend will be the third since lockdown was lifted on the bars in Brigg.
Things were quiet in some hostelries last Saturday evening. So will trade pick up this weekend (July 18 and 19)?
We must ask Andy Noon, who runs the Black Bull with wife Tracey, whether he speaks French - the reason being that mine host has now taken on the additional role of maitre d' when customers arrive at the Wrawby Street entrance, showing them to available tables and seating and supervising some of the drinks orders.
The couple have now completed their first year in charge.
We took the above picture in July 2019 during a particularly warm spell of weather.
Note the Spanish-style cabanas (wooden shelters for customers) and the palm trees beyond. Brigg's answer to the French Riviera or perhaps the Marmaris resort in Turkey?
The trees were added during Dexter's ownership a few years ago, while the cabanas have been repainted in colourful shades during lockdown.
The Dying Gladiator, Yarborough Hunt and Exchange have still to reopen, having served their last pints in late March before the government instructed all UK licensed premises to cease trading because of the Coronavirus emergency.
Back with us already are the Britannia, Black Bull, Brigg Servicemen's, Brigg Town FC's Hawthorns, Lord Nelson, Woolpack and Wetherspoon's White Horse,
While on the subject of Brigg pubs, our recent post about the history of Albert Street wondered where exactly the Railway Inn was located from about 1850. Comments received suggest it was within the terrace of properties between No 7 and Clarence House (No 11/11A). Someone has also pointed out that Tennyson Gardens, at the end of Albert Street, is now known as Tennyson Close.