Ok. I'm now in the unfortunate state where I'm not entirely sure if we are going to the beer festival anymore.

As I (and the other 2 members of my guild) were invited to attend the beer festival, we (incorrectly, as it transpires) assumed that the person doing the inviting would be sorting out the transport.

I got asked last week if we should go by public transport, or taxi, to which I replied 'taxi'. What I didn't realise is that this was really someone telling me that we needed to organise said mode of transport.

Now, as it's the day before the event, this lead to a couple of issues, namely the shortage of time. However, I managed to turn in a favour and got Pb Senior to provide transport to and from the event. I let everyone know this, and to be honest, I was slightly expecting a rousing cheer of "good work, Brando saves the day",ect. What I didn't expect however was for the organiser to basically inform me that they don't want to go now, because of the mood they are in.

From what I am aware, things seem to have developed like this.

I and 2 other mates were asked if we wanted to go, we said yes, and the chap asking said he'd sort out the tickets. The week before, he then mailed all 3 of us asking for us to go out on the saturday to 'sort out what we are doing'.

Now, for me, the 'sorting out' is entirely minimal - it's in the next town 8 miles away, and there are many local companies doing minibuses that would get us all there. I couldn't really see that much that needed 'sorting out' - I've organised holidays abroad without having 'sorting out' sessions, so I'm sure we could muddle through a night out in a nearby town. Besides, I couldn't go out as I'd already made commitments to someone else, and as it transpires, the other 2 also said they weren't going out either.

I couldn't go out rest of the week, due to work commitments (early start and being on call) so when I was asked (via txt) what are we doing about transport, bus or taxi? I replied that I preferred taxi.

What appears is that the person organising the tickets doesn't want to organise the transport, as they've allready sorted the tickets out. I always seem to end up sorting these things out, but anyway, seeing as it looked largely like I sort it out or it doesn't happen, I arranged the transport, and informed everyone. That's when I was told of the orginisers feelings that he 'doesn't want to go' now.

Now, we are supposed to be meeting other people in a bar in Northwich, so all I think I can do at this point is take the guys along and see what happens. Understand, I'm not annoyed with anyone (although I'd have liked someone to just come out and told me to book the transport) although I'm somewhat concerned by use of the phrase 'in a mood'. I certainly hope this person isn't in a mood with me. Anyway, I don't have the time, energy or inclination to be in a mood back at him, so he'll just have to go through this alone.

So, we'll turn up at the bar. If someone with tickets shows up, we'll go. If he turns up, we'll go with him, if he doesn't, we'll go alone. If no one turns up with any tickets, I'll buy the guys cocktails and make a night of it anyway.

Peace out.
Pb