PuG crawl to Norwich - Friday 14th April 2023

[Bucking Fastard]

Thought it worthwhile kicking off the discussion about the next crawl given that advanced fares are already on sale for March.

Major cities that have never been blessed with a PuG tour seem to include Cardiff,Norwich,Lincoln,Durham and Newcastle .

The North/Midland/South rotation is a good idea ,and there were some pleas to avoid the South in June/July due to the temperatures experienced in the past in Oxford,Reading and Winchester.That still leaves a free hand as far as this spring is concerned .

On dates I note that Easter is April 7th - 10th so thats best avoided ,outside that apart from the odd Saturday footie match I'm pretty free.

We can conduct polls to get to a democratic decision ,but any initial thoughts ?

[rpadam]

The Camra AGM & Conference / Members’ Weekend is in Sheffield from 21 to 23 April 2023, so several people might rather avoid that?

[Mobyduck]

Thought it worthwhile kicking off the discussion about the next crawl given that advanced fares are already on sale for March.

Major cities that have never been blessed with a PuG tour seem to include Cardiff,Norwich,Lincoln,Durham and Newcastle .

The North/Midland/South rotation is a good idea ,and there were some pleas to avoid the South in June/July due to the temperatures experienced in the past in Oxford,Reading and Winchester.That still leaves a free hand as far as this spring is concerned .

On dates I note that Easter is April 7th - 10th so thats best avoided ,outside that apart from the odd Saturday footie match I'm pretty free.

We can conduct polls to get to a democratic decision ,but any initial thoughts ?

Norwich was 2012. before my parcipitation in events so no problem with the option.

[rpadam]

Norwich was 2012

I think only four of us went on that one...

[Mobyduck]

I think only four of us went on that one...

Ah yes, as summarised by Roger Button on post#48 on this page, other participants being Richard himself, Paul Of Horsham and some Hatter bloke .

[sheffield hatter]

Ah yes, as summarised by Roger Button on post#48 on this page, other participants being Richard himself, Paul Of Horsham and some Hatter bloke .

Not me! According to Roger's write up there were only three of them on this trip: himself, Richard and Paul. (I commented at the time that Roger's report was almost like being there, but in reality I wasn't!)

I think it's scandalous that we haven't done an "official" trip to Norwich, one of the very top beer and pub cities in England. It's about time we put this right

I propose a visit to Norwich in Spring 2023.

[Mobyduck]

Not me! According to Roger's write up there were only three of them on this trip: himself, Richard and Paul. (I commented at the time that Roger's report was almost like being there, but in reality I wasn't!)

I think it's scandalous that we haven't done an "official" trip to Norwich, one of the very top beer and pub cities in England. It's about time we put this right

I propose a visit to Norwich in Spring 2023.

Don't know where I got that Idea from, you must be lurking in my sub-conscious somewhere!
Norwich is not a bad shout though I gave it a good bash the summer before last albeit with covid restrictions, I think Quinno went a month or so after me and wasn't overley impressed with the beer quality in general, I found both good and not so good.

[Gann]

More than happy with a trip to Norwich as long as we can avoid the weekend of the 28th April as that’s Cheltenham Jazz festival for me.
Used to do Norwich a lot in the early 80’s when I had a couple of mates at UEA. Haven’t really been back since those days.
Would be nice to go back to the Murderers and not get in a ruck, as the landlord in those days was a right wing NF supporter and his like minded locals didn’t much like students, especially if they were a bit off colour….

[Tris39]

Thought it worthwhile kicking off the discussion about the next crawl given that advanced fares are already on sale for March.

Major cities that have never been blessed with a PuG tour seem to include Cardiff,Norwich,Lincoln,Durham and Newcastle .

The North/Midland/South rotation is a good idea ,and there were some pleas to avoid the South in June/July due to the temperatures experienced in the past in Oxford,Reading and Winchester.That still leaves a free hand as far as this spring is concerned .

On dates I note that Easter is April 7th - 10th so thats best avoided ,outside that apart from the odd Saturday footie match I'm pretty free.

We can conduct polls to get to a democratic decision ,but any initial thoughts ?

Can we try and avoid holding a southern crawl in the summer? We've had at least two occasions (Oxford, Winchester) when the weather was sweltering.

[Quinno]

Some observations;

1. Summer crawls should no longer take place in South, we've regularly melted and had some ropey beer as well as a consequence of the heat/poor day time turnover. Plus there's the concern that someone could take a funny turn if they overdo it in the heat without realising (it's happened to me before and I'm young(ish) and can take a few pints!).

2. As I'll be into my contracting work I'm highly unlikely to make a Friday. Regular bookable leave isn't really a thing in this game.

3. Norwich has plenty of good pubs over a surprisingly large footprint, but I found the beer quality a bit hit-and-miss when I went. No reason not to go, but it isn't the utopia that perhaps it maybe was 15-20 years ago. Pick carefully or just concentrate on the immediate centre via the Fat Cat.