Here are the preliminary details about the national weekend scheduled for 23-25th September.

It will be based around the Lewes (East Sussex) area. Although accommodation seems to be quite limited in Lewes itself, Eastbourne & Brighton are very accessible and not too far away.

On Friday visit the Bluebell Railway Beer Festival. There are also 3 further additional venues that are under consideration for a visit: ‘360 Degrees Brewery’ at Sheffield Park, ‘Heathen Brewery Tap’ in Haywards Heath and ‘The Hairy Dog Brewers’ in Wivelsfield.

On Saturday a tour of pubs in Lewes and a visit to the ‘Beak’ brewery & Tap’ in Lewes.

On Sunday travel to Eastbourne and visit various watering holes. We are looking at the possibility of visiting the ‘Long Man’ brewery. If this is possible we may switch the Sunday arrangements to Saturday and do Lewes on the Sunday.

If you are planning to attend please contact Emma Bamborough (National Events Co-Ordinator) at ‘pintfromthewood@gmail.com’ and let her know.

The Calderdale Beer and Cider Festival has served beers in the wood for many years, but has recently increased the number served. The 2022 Calderdale Beer and Cider Festival will take place at The Viaduct Theatre, D Mill, Dean Clough, Halifax HX3 5AX from the 22nd – 24th September (inclusive) and we will be serving 14 beers in the wood in larger casks (a 55 litre American, 11 gallon casks and 9 gallon casks) and 6 beers from pins and half anchors. In addition there will be an additional 40 beers and at least 12 ciders and perries.

Below is a link to the website where additional information is available on the beers ordered.

https://hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk/beer-ordering-progress/

Cheers

John Hartley

Festival Organiser – Calderdale Beer and Cider Festival SPBW member – West Riding Branch Committee Member – Halifax and Calderdale CAMRA

Southport & West Lancs CAMRA. Branch Social to Ormskirk by bus. Saturday 16th July.

Catch the 11:08 375 from Lord St (Travelodge) arriving 11:51. Return buses at; 17:54, 18:54, 19:15, 19:40, 20:05, 21:25 & 22:25. The last bus arrives in Southport for 10:59 (Eastbank St) for onward connections if required. There is a late bus at 23:25 arriving Southport 23:59.

1.          Cricketers, 24 Chapel Street, Ormskirk. L39 4QF. Situated close to Ormskirk town centre the pub prides itself on both quality food and cask ales.

2.               Greyhound Inn, 100 Aughton Street, Ormskirk. L39 3BS. A community pub just a short distance from the train and bus route.

3.          Golden Lion,41 Moor Street, Ormskirk. L39 2AA. The three hand-pulls serve varying national beers.

4.          Queens Head, 30 Moor Street, Ormskirk. L39 2AQ.  Recently re-opened under new management and now serving 3 cask beers,

5.         Tap Room No 12, 12 Burscough Street, Ormskirk. L39 2ER. A shop conversion to a single room bar featuring 4 cask ales.

6.          Court Leet, 4, Wheatsheaf Walk, Ormskirk. L39 2XA. Wetherspoon pub is situated in the centre of Ormskirk in a small courtyard area.

7.          Market Cross, (formerly Disraeli’s), 26 Church Street, Ormskirk. L39 3AN. A warm welcoming pub with excellent food,

8.          Hayfield, 22 County Road, Ormskirk. L39 1NN.  Just outside the main town centre,  this lovely old building has a large beer garden.

9.          Yew Tree, Grimshaw Lane, Ormskirk. L39 1PD. A long established local community pub on the outskirts of Ormskirk.

10.                       Railway, 17 Derby Street, Ormskirk. L39 2BJ. Single-roomed friendly pub, close to bus and rail stations.

More details available on whatpub  (https://whatpub.com).  Ten pubs in total, you don’t have to visit them all! If large numbers support this trip it is suggested to split into small groups to avoid wasting drinking time queueing at the bar.

Further to the notice about the 2nd FDEB and that the Alton, Hampshire ‘Bus and Pub Running Day’ no longer existed. It has recently come to my notice that it has been ‘reborn’ following a couple of years’ rest following the Pandemic.

This is great news, especially since Bill particularly loved this event. So instead of doing the route 297 in September mentioned in the last notice, we will do the Alton trip on Sunday 17th July.

The plan is to meet at Clapham Junction again. ‘Piggies’ cafe at 113 Falcon Road (which we used last time) may not be open on a Sunday but, there is a newish Wetherspoons on the corner of Falcon Road. The trains to Alton leave Clapham Junction at 15 minutes past the hour so a more leisurely departure time of 10.15 for a Sunday, arriving at Alton at 11.31 seems appropriate. So meet in the ‘Spoons’ between 8.30 and 9.00 AM.

The routes and timetable for the free buses running from Alton station to the surrounding villages are not available as yet. Check the event on their website. http://www.altonbusrally.org.uk.

Trains return to London at 15 and 45 minutes past the hour (eg. 19.15 arriving London 20.23 etc).

Please email me at ‘pchutter.spbw@yahoo.com‘ if you plan to come along.

‘Hail To The Ale’

Peter Chutter

Dated: 3rd July 2022

It is provisonally planned to hold the 2nd Bill English memorial event on
Saturday 10th September 2022. SO PLEASE PUT THIS DATE IN YOUR
DIARIES.

Bill loved the annual Alton, Hampshire ‘Bus and Pub Running Day’ and the
first FDEB was held in July 2019. Alas, this event no longer exists.
So keeping to the theme of buses and pubs a planned trip from Tunbridge
Wells to Tenterden using the route 297 bus is provisionally planned.
A reccy of the route is planned within the next few Saturdays to check out
the feasibility for train and bus timings and pub selection. There are a
number of stopping off villages along the route (Pembury, Matfield,
Brenchley, Horsmonden, Goudhurst, Iden Green, Cranbrook, Bendenden,
Rolvenden and Tenterden) with various pubs in each.
The plan is to get a train to Tunbridge Wells (about 3/4 hour) from Waterloo
East at about 9.45 AM after having the first breakfast around Waterloo East
station area from about 8.30-8.45. (The train starts from Charing Cross but
getting a breakfast around there may be difficult). Then a 2nd breakfast (or
snack) in Tunbridge Wells. The total time on the bus from Tunbridge Wells to
Tenterden is about 100 minutes. Then to finish get a 2 or 2A bus from
Tenterden to Ashford, Kent station which takes about 40 minutes and then
back to London.
This will be a very full day, but should be great fun!
Further update with venues, timings and bus & train prices will follow the
reccy.
‘Hail to The Ale’
Peter Chutter

The annual SPBW Pre CAMRA GBBF buffet will resume post-pandemic at
‘Ye Olde Mitre’, Ely Court, Hatton Garden, EC1N 0SJ on Monday 1st August
at 7 PM.

The cost of the buffet will be £7.00 per person.

Hopefully, there will be ‘BfTW’ available.

So ‘Ye Olde Mitre’ have a rough idea of how many to cater for please advise us of your intention to attend using the below email address.

treasurer@spbw.beer

Also a reminder that the once a year weekend opening of ‘Ye Olde Mitre’ will  be on Saturday and Sunday 6th and 7th August.