Craven Arms, Appletreewick. Beer Festival 17th - 19th Oct 2014

That looks like a good line-up. No Black Sheep, Timothy Taylor or Copper Dragon unfortunately, but we've enough to be going on with. I think we'll turn up with an empty fridge for this one!

no john smiths for me im afraid ,not keen on it ,im happy with the list.proper beer!!

Not long to go until this event - so far we've got 4 or 5 attendees:

Absinthe
Lilyvdub
Skooby
Alderley
Sunny (maybe)

Does anyone else fancy it? - we had a great time last year - Craven Arms Beer Festival 2013

How's the van Sunny? Are you going to be able to join us for some Northern hospitality?

This time next week we'll be enjoying some excellent ales in God's Own County and I'll be another year older!

Bring it on...

Looking forward to it,lets hope weather holds.age is just a number martin,and you don't act your age !!!! in a nice way.

Cheers Tony! 59 is quite a big number though...

nah!!! lifes too short to worry about age,just enjoy .

AbsintheKombi wrote:

How's the van Sunny? Are you going to be able to join us for some Northern hospitality?

Sorry for the quietness over the past week or so. Been (stuck?!) in Wales with no phone or internet. It really is the boonies there (sorry Daz ) but very pretty. However in the week I was away Sunny has had the benefit of a new gearbox and also new petrol tank breather, so hopefully no more slipped gears or petrol bubbling into the cabin.

Yes it is my intention to he's up for this. Just a few things to sort out first though. I should be able to finalise decision early next week.

Excellent. Hope you can make it.

So it was the petrol tank breather, is that the tank type thingy behind the grill at the back? Did they say what was wrong with it?

Apparently they replaced a pipe though I've not had a chance to speak to Matt to find out exactly what's been done. They delivered Sunny for me while I was away in Wales. I'll ring next week to get a better idea.

hmmm "Boonies" !!!!!!!

Dennis wrote:

hmmm "Boonies"  !!!!!!!

Sorry, should I have used boondocks?

It was a great spot in Pembrokeshire but with a mile long track before I even reached a tarmac road, when lightening struck the house and knocked out power (and so water, which was pumped) it really did feel back of beyond. But stunning scenery.

Which part of Pembs. Tim

Down past St David's

Should have come to Pandy.

Dennis wrote:

Should have come to Pandy.

Didn't have my hang glider

Looks like there's entertainment on Friday and Saturday:

Looks interesting.

There were Samba drummers at Vdub Island, they sounded great (and they were) to start with but there's only so much hi tempo drumming you can take before you want them to 'beat it'.

At least they'll be Brazilian beats, I guess. Or a Yorkshire version from the Copa Cleckheaton.

Any plans for the weekend? We'll probably get there about lunchtime on Friday. We're assuming that we will be mainly relying on the pub for food and drink, but also wondering whether we should pack barbecue, food etc. Weather forecast is looking a bit warmer, but probably rainy as well.

we will be taking a few bits to eat at the van ,we allways have something in to eat!!..as the pub does get busy ,might be a good idea to go up around lunch to see if we can book a table,we are also hoping to be late am Friday.
how many will be there for Friday night??
look forward to seeing you all again.

lilyvdub wrote:

we will be taking a few bits to eat at the van ,we allways have something in to eat!!..as the pub does get busy ,might be a good idea to go up around lunch to see if we can book a table,we are also hoping to be late am Friday.
how many will be there for Friday night??
look forward to seeing you all again.

Apart from us I think it's the Bellamys and Simon, not sure about Sunny. The weather forecast seems to be picking up, so hopefully a walk along the river will be in order. Failing that there's plenty of beer to sample and only a weekend to do it in!

alderley wrote:

not sure about Sunny

Afraid it's now a no from me, I'm sorry to say. Events didn't go as expected. Not sure about Halloween either now.