Why are the baguettes not ready when you open?

Many reasons for this. The main one is because the bakery is in a dwelling area, it is not allowed to operate between 11pm and 6am. Possibly the only bakery in Edinburgh subjected to this constraint by the Council, but hey. So no baking before that. And then, we use slow fermentations (mostly overnight) with very little yeast to make better bread, so, it all takes time…And it is only around 11h30 that the baguettes are ready.