Another Black Country crawl SAT 17th NOV all welcome

Bit short notice, but if anyone wants to come along PM me. Any "Bristolian" types who want to come along it's 1000 from Temple Meads, change at New Street, needs to be booked soon for £20.50. I will arrange a £5 ticket back, I'll be finishing at Stourbridge, 6 pubs is enough........ :drinkup:
The eleventh November Black Country Crawl

Saturday 17^th November 2012

The 2012 bash will, for the third year running, see us usinga preserved bus and as last year a double decker will hopefully be provided.The vehicle being used (subject to availability) lives near Bridgnorth and wehave the use of it from Oldbury until we arrive at Dudley at 20:30. From there,we make our own way home via public transport.

Meeting point and time this year will be 12:00 in:

Ø The Waggon & Horses, Oldbury (Brains Free House open12:00 – 23:00)

It is an 8 minute walk from Sandwell & Dudley station.Turn right out the station and walk up the hill. Follow the road as it bearsright and pass the Wetherspoons. The W & H is virtually next door

Depart Oldbury 13:00
Arrive Halesowen (Somers Sports & Social) 13:30

Ø Somers Sports & Social Club, Halesowen (guest beers open12:00 – 23:00)

Depart Halesowen (Somers Sports & Social) 14:45
Arrive Lye (Crossroads) 14:55

Ø The Windsor Castle, Stourbridge Road (Sadlers ales open12:00 – 23:00)

Depart Lye (Crossroads) 15:40
Arrive Stourbridge 15:50

Ø Option 1: The Duke William, Stourbridge Road (Craddocks plusguests open 12:00 – 23:00)
Ø Option 2: Royal Exchange, Enville Street (Bathams open 12:00– 23:00)
Ø Option 3: The Plough & Harrow, Worcester Street (FreeHouse/Craddocks open 12:00 – 23:00)

Depart Stourbridge 17:45
Arrive Wordsley 18:00

Ø Option 1: New Inn, High Street (Bathams open 12:00 – 23:00)
Ø Option 2: Queens Head, High Street (Enville open 12:00 –00:00)

Depart Wordsley 19:20
Arrive Wall Heath 19:30

Ø Wall Heath Tavern, High Street (Enville+ 5 guests opens TBC)

Depart Wall Heath 20:15
Arrive Dudley 20:30

Ø Option1: Courthouse, New Street (Black Country Ales plusguests open 12:00 – 23:00)
Ø Option 2: Fellows, Broadway/Castle Hill (Holdens open 11:00– 23:00)

From here, we say farewell to our bus and we rely on publictransport to get back to Wolverhampton. Route 1 (the old 558) departs from DudleyBus Station towards Wolverhampton at xx:15, xx:35 and xx:55 past the hour

For those of you interested in the vehicle, it is hoped tobe:

JOV 738P: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dh73/2800112794/

See you there!

After my first visit to the Black Country on the PG meet up in October, I envy you guys on your trip tomorrow. Will definitely have to make a note of this for next year :cheers:

There are a couple of places listed there, The Plough and Harrow, The Queen's Head and the Wall Heath Tavern (which I coincidentally drove past today), that are on my to-do list.

I like the Duke William in Stourbridge. I only stayed for one pint but I could have comfortably stayed longer if it wasn't for Richard turning up in his minibus to take us off on a crawl.

Let us know how you get on and I'll look forward to reading your reviews.

An excellent day,I expired after 10 pints in 5 hours (!) and got a train back to Worcester but here's what someone else managed............


Waggon & Horses, Oldbury – 3 pints of Salopian Shropshire Gold
Windsor Castle, Lye – 3 very hop filled pints of Sadlers JPA
Somers Sports & Social, Halesowen – 1 pint of Holdens Bitter and 1 pint of Bathams Mild
Duke William, Stourbridge – 1 pint of Craddocks Saxon Gold (perhaps the worst pint of the day but by no means bad – if just had some tough competition!)
Royal Exchange, Stourbridge – 1 pint of Bathams Mild
New Inn, Wordsley – 2 pints of Bathams Mild (best mild of the day)
Queens Head, Wordsley – 1 pint of Enville Ginger
Wall Heath Tavern – 1 pint of Enville Ginger (I think)
Courthouse, Dudley – 2 pints of something nice n hoppy but I don’t recall what it was!

And a quick pint of Three Tuns XXX Pale back home!And a quick pint of Three Tuns XXX Pale back home!

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Originally Posted by an_ecumenical_matter

An excellent day,I expired after 10 pints in 5 hours (!) and got a train back to Worcester but here's what someone else managed............


Waggon & Horses, Oldbury – 3 pints of Salopian Shropshire Gold
Windsor Castle, Lye – 3 very hop filled pints of Sadlers JPA
Somers Sports & Social, Halesowen – 1 pint of Holdens Bitter and 1 pint of Bathams Mild
Duke William, Stourbridge – 1 pint of Craddocks Saxon Gold (perhaps the worst pint of the day but by no means bad – if just had some tough competition!)
Royal Exchange, Stourbridge – 1 pint of Bathams Mild
New Inn, Wordsley – 2 pints of Bathams Mild (best mild of the day)
Queens Head, Wordsley – 1 pint of Enville Ginger
Wall Heath Tavern – 1 pint of Enville Ginger (I think)
Courthouse, Dudley – 2 pints of something nice n hoppy but I don’t recall what it was!

And a quick pint of Three Tuns XXX Pale back home!And a quick pint of Three Tuns XXX Pale back home!

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After all that lot,no surprise about the double talk