Entries in the 'Social' category
Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2013
The Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival is fast approaching on the 11th-13th January – and the North Herts Branch annual social to this great event would be the held on the 12th (Saturday).
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Update for the annual Branch trip to the Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2013 and then GBG pubs in Ely, Cambridgeshire.
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Festival Worker’s Party Trip to “XT”
XT Brewing Company’s bright delivery van. The reward for our hard working Letchworth Beer Festival volunteers this year was a branch–sponsored trip to a new but extremely interesting brewery — XT. Twenty–two merry souls set off by coach on October 20 to the darkest remotest part of the vale of Aylesbury. Located on a [...Read on]
Richard’s London Beer Ramble – May 19th
London Beer Ramble May 2012One of our members – Richard Merritt – has devised a London Beer Ramble route and we have scheduled a branch social outing on Saturday May 19th to follow it. We’d love to see our members, and prospective members too, come along and enjoy some London pints with us. The invitation is extended [...Read on]
2012 Whittlesea Straw Bear and Branch Social
Whittlesea Straw Bear 2012 When I saw the words “Straw Bear Festival” I must admit that I first thought it was a typo – too much ‘beer’ finding it’s way in my thinking perhaps? Actually, the North Herts Branch has been going to Whittlesea for many years – this year the Branch outing will be on [...Read on]
Minibus Ramble: South of Royston
This year summer seems to be rather hit or miss, so July’s minibus ramble couldn’t of turned out much better than a gloriously sunny (and dry) evening visiting pubs south of Royston. Ray, our minibus driver, picked up six eager CAMRA members from the Half Moon in Hitchin who were joined by another two members [...Read on]
Minibus Ramble: South of Hitchin
Another month past, another North Herts Saturday evening “minibus ramble” – which this time took the attendees through the lovely countryside settings of Gosmore, Chapelfoot, St Paul’s Walden and Preston to the south of Hitchin. Evenings like these are our attempt to get out to remote pubs in our branch area that may otherwise have [...Read on]
Hitchin’s Half Moon is our Pub of the Year!
For the 3rd year running The Half Moon in Hitchin is the North Hertfordshire CAMRA branch Pub of the Year! The branch will be presenting Howard and Wendy with the 2011 Pub-of-the-Year award on Saturday April 30th at 9pm. Please come along (a bit earlier than 9pm of course) and join with us in congratulating them [...Read on]
Minibus Ramble: East of Stevenage
Once each month North Hertfordshire CAMRA runs a “minibus ramble” – a Saturday evening trip around a selection of less accessible village and countryside pubs in our region. While the main aim is to have a fun evening out visiting pubs you wouldn’t normally get to, there is another important reason we run these minibus [...Read on]
Sat 15th minibus trip and Cider award
The minibus trip for Saurday 15th has been cancelled due to lack of interest. However, this does not affect the presentation of the Hitchin Beer & Cider Festival’s Cider Of The Festival award to the Apple Cottage cider producers, that will take place at 1pm in the Medieval Food Hall (Baldock Community Centre) during the Baldock Medieval[...Read on]
Diary
I’ve just extended the Diary to include social events for June, July and early August. I hope to see as many of you as possible at one or other of the events.
