Well isn't it? ;)
Manchester? Derby? Leeds? Sheffield?
Any thoughts?
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Well isn't it? ;)
Manchester? Derby? Leeds? Sheffield?
Any thoughts?
Leicester Derby Sheffield, all on megatrain route from London :)
I shall be in Derby eve of 16Nov, for beerfest at Uttoxeter races next day...
Don't forget you already have Andy's b/c tour in the calendar...
As it's now September and the subject hasn't been raised until now, I just assumed that Andy's Black Country trip had become this year's meet up by default? I suspect a lot of people will be hard pushed to squeeze another one in before Christmas.
I would be happy to have another meet-up apart from the BC crawl :drinkup::nishelypished:, if we go by previous meets it would be the second Friday in November which is the 9th this year , i could make this but might struggle with other dates .
Now then, is this going to happen in 2012 or shall we have it as our spring time 2013 jaunt instead?
I still have loads of annual leave to use up so any excuse to get out of work and into the pub carries serious consideration on my part!
How about Corby for the PUG meet up 16 pubs 1 review and no photos :D you never know there might be some hidden jems in this quaint old Northamptonshire town :rolleyes:
My football team have a fixture in Corby next week, I doubt I'll be wasting a Saturday trip on that one, prefer to save them for a more alluring trip!
Now that the dust has settled on The Black Country Tour ,I thought I would bump this threat to see if there are other takers for a meet up this side of Christmas.
There seemed to be some agreement on Derby or Leicester,although the venue seems less important than finding a date that suits a reasonable numbers of PuGers.From past experience Fridays seem to be popular.
Therefore I could make Nov 9th like Oggy
Nov 16th also fine,could trainman be persuaded to pitch up to Derby early for this before his Uttoxeter fest the next day?
Nov 23 rd also OK with me
The rest of the Fridays up to Christmas are more tricky,with some work related outings already in the diary.
Any other takers....... or are we looking into 2013 ?
Nov 9 or 23 fine with us, and Derby or Leicester fine too.
Nov 16th we are in Chertsey for the Egham beer festival so couldn't make it then.
Gill
I lived in Derby for 5 years. There is expectional pubs such as Brunswick, Alexandra Hotel, Olde Dolphin, Flowerpot and few others. Very pretty walkable to do the all. Leaving Brunswick as last port of call as it is only stones throw from train station.
Next year might be better from two or three points of view. For those of us whose livers are still in recovery mode following the very enjoyable Black Country jaunt last Friday, November might come a little too soon. And with Derby being on the East Midlands line from London, it might be a bit tricky getting reasonably cheap train fares at such short notice. Also people have already made plans that will affect attendance if November is the choice.
Perhaps next February/March might attract more people? We did Liverpool on Friday 2nd March this year, what about a similar date for Derby next year?
Yeah, Feb/March is best for all I think as Xmas is coming up and most of us won't be able to find a mutually acceptable date at short notice.
Currently I can do any Friday Feb-Mar but would rather avoid the 8th.
Right guys and gals.. Personally Derby has far superior pubs than Leicester (I may be biased but it is truth :))
I fancy making this trip for PuG meet up and I have inside knowledge of Derby pubs so I might draw up route if you all don't mind. Don't need to bring your A to Z map or whatever. Will know if I am going when the date has been made. Hope this helps.
Hoppy
February/March 2013 would now seem sensible and give people time to take full advantage of advanced rail deals.
All Friday's in February are fine with me apart from 22nd.
Could make any Friday in March apart from 29th.
Is that both Fridays the 8th?:D
I'm free in Feb/March except for the 1st March.
Leicester has 9 GBG pubs in LE1 including a Slug & Lettuce ( :eek: but it is listed as selling Oakham Inferno) and certainly I don't mind another trip round Derby (12 GBG pubs in DE1). Anywhere with nice pubs and a main line station would probably do me.
What about Friday, March 1st? And have we settled on Derby?
Froday March 1st works for me.
And I am happy with Derby or Leicester. I have done Derby most recently so I vote for Leicester if we need to tot up for and against.
Apologies OB. I seem to have missed your earlier post when scrolling through to see who couldn't do which dates. :o:o
1st February hasn't been objected to yet. I'm on holiday 8th Feb, and Quinno also objected to that (or was it the 8th March?). BF can't do 22nd Feb or 29th Mar, so that leaves 1st or 15th Feb and 15th or 22nd Mar with no objections so far. This is harder than it looked at first glance.
We will probably be staying in Leicester at some time in March as Leicester beer festival will be on. Just waiting for them to sort dates out as they are likely to change venue to the Rugby ground and will have to fit in with fixtures. Aside from that, any date in March should be ok for us.
15th and 22nd are the only ones free in Feb. Don't mind either Derby or Leicester. Will go with the flow on that as we can get to both easily, although I personally prefer Leicester as the Salmon is fantastic.
1st Feb is a definate no for me. 15th Feb is a ????. Both March dates (15th & 22nd) are fine at the moment. Don't mind where we go to be honest!
Using a modicum of logic,which is unusual for me it looks like we have narrowed the date down to either 15th or 22nd March with the most likely venue Leicester.
Are there any problems with either date or venue ?
Would prefer the 22nd to the 15th but problem with 15th not unsurmountable if necessary! Leicester fine for me.
OK let's try and keep track of this :)
Below are list of people who have OK'd the date and said something about the venue:
Quinno - erring towards Leicester. Happy with 22nd
Roger - Leicester. Happy with 22nd
Gill & Ray - Leicester. No objection to 22nd.
Trainman - erring towards Leicester
Sheffieldhatter - Happy with 22nd
OB - Unfussy. Happy with 22nd.
Bucking Fastard - Happy with 22nd
Hoppy - Derby.
Rob - Leicester, with caveats. No objection to 22nd.
Strongers - Leicester. No objection to 22nd.
PSM - Leicester. Happy with 22nd
A&H - Leicester. Happy with 22nd
Oggy - Leicester. No objection to 22nd.
Gann/SN21 - Leicester. No objection to 22nd
So it looks like Leicester is the choice unless there's a late swing.
The 22nd also looking good. If others post their preferences and availability I'll keep this updated.
I've never been to Leicester apart from Filbert Street (the old ground) on several occasions.
So it would be virgin territory for pubs for me, which would be good.
The only problem is that it's a bit of a sod to get to for me as it's 3 trains and a tram and 4.5+ hours to get there.
If we're going to go for Leicester I'd probably have to stay over somewhere.
Leicester sounds good to me. I have no preference on thed ate as I have no idea what I’ll be doing in March next year. Hopefully the beer gods will look favourably on me and I’ll be able to make it.
March 22nd looks good to me, although as usual this will depend on whether I'm able to get he day off work.
I like the sound of Leicester, if only so we can witness Quinno's return to The Last Plantagenet (JD Wetherspoon) :)
Looking forward to my 'Spoons brekky already!
Leicester on the 22nd sounds fine by me.
It really will be a trip down memory lane, as I haven't been there since the early 1980s, when a good mate was at medical school. All I can remember about the place is drinking vast amounts of Everard's Tiger in the Old Horse, trying my very first doner kebab and eating a Chicken Phal so purging, it nearly took my lungs and bottom teeth with it!...Happy days.