I'll go along with a northern venue for Spring as long as it doesn't mean a southern venue in Summer. Lincoln is far enough north for me to accept it as the North but I struggle a bit to enthuse about it although I really don't know it that well. I've been there 3 times over the years although the third time was just to go to the JDWs. Surely the venue should be confirmed before the date?Originally Posted by rpadam
I don't mind Lincoln (in fact I was planning a trip there anyway) but would be equally happy with somewhere more properly oop North. First Friday in April doesn't work for me however.
On leaving the bar, I felt a strong blow to the back of my head. Turning round, I discovered it was the pavement
It looks like the CAMRA event will rule it out.
Chorley is good and its also compact. A bit of pain train wise though. Or has this already been done?
But with the Autumn crawl reserved for the 10 year anniversary in Birmingham,then the choice of the North in Spring implies that the Southern venue will be in June/early July as we tend to avoid peak Summer holiday dates for these crawls.
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I'm happy to miss out the South!
I can see why SH has gone for Lincoln this time for similar reasons to the above. Given that it's in the North Eastern sector of the Midlands, if it doesn't get chosen this Spring or Summer then because of Brum it wll get kicked into the long grass of 2021 or beyond. Given that Durham & Newcastle are deemed too far away for a day out (and they are unless you live within easy reach of KX!), it makes sense to spread the North South a bit if you catch my drift.
BTW, the other remaining JDW is a Lloyds disaster. One of the disadvantages of Lincoln is that the main area around the Cathedral is a trek up a hill from the station but I'm sure there must be buses that can save the day. My two visits other than the JDW one bring back memories of Bateman pubs but I'm sure it must have improved.
There is, this one https://lincolnbus.co.uk/special-services/walk-and-ride
Some of my more infirm friends used it last time we went to Lincoln. A plan is to get the bus up to the top then walk back down via the pubs.
Just a reminder of the last poll: http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showt...tumn-PuG-Crawl
Last edited by oldboots; 08-12-2019 at 11:37.
That definitely was a poll for the Midlands (sorry Norwich) and not the North!
Had Lincoln in it, that was the only point not a veiled attempt at geographygalore.
Come to Yorkshire if you want the North, but obviously not South Yorkshire as its the north Midlands or the north by a half east Midlands or is it northeast by north Midlands?
Getting back to the point, any other suggestions apart from Lincoln and Macclesfield?
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