Peak Park Preserved Bus Gathering

16 June 2013

This took place at Rowsley South station at Peak Rail.

I travelled there on GNU568N from Nottingham.

We stopped for breakfast in a lay by on the A6 somewhere outside of Matlock. Three buses stopped there!

Some photos taken at Rowsley South Station

And a train at Rowsley South station

In the afternoon 421 ran a couple of free services. The first one was to Chatsworth House.

The second was to the Peak Rail station at Darley Dale.

A low flying RAF Hercules crept into one of my photos

And finally 421 back at its temporary home in Nottingham. Its got some good company.

Back to Liverpool 2013

4-8 June 2013

On Wednesday 5th June I was a delegate to my trade union conference at the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool. I arrived Tuesday afternoon, and stayed there overnight.

After the conference was over on Wednesday evening, I moved to another hotel and travelled home on Saturday 8th June.

Many pubs had been visited on my previous visit. See my blog at liverpool-and-nw-england-holiday for more info.

A list of all the pubs visited and beers drunk is at the end of this entry.

Some photos from Tuesday

One pub i visited was called the Caledonia, which had recently been saved from demolition.

Friday morning I went to the docks and took some photos

And finally the pub and beer list

Tuesday 4^th June

All pubs are in Liverpool unless otherwise stated.

Augustus John: Welbeck Abbey - Elis 3.8
The Font: Redscar - Rocks 4.0
Caledonia: Liverpool Craft- Brew #125 4.5, Liverpool Organic - Stella Gold 4.8
Blackburne Arms: Liverpool Organic- Iron Men 4.0
Belvedere: Brimstage - Rhode Island Red 4.0
Ye Cracke: Blakemere - Summit Special 5.0
Pilgrim: Ministry of Beer - Fools Gold 3.8
Roscoe Head: 4T's - Welsh Wire 5.0

Inn Beer Emporium - Liverpool Craft IPA and American Red both 5.0
Dispensary: Rat - White Rat 4.0
Ship & Mitre : Allgates - Waimea 4.2

Wednesday 5^th June

Baltic Fleet: Wapping 3.6, Liverpool Lou 4.0, Summer Ale 4.2, Smoked Porter 5.0
Hub: Liverpool Organic – Styrian 4.2
Bridewell: Liverpool Organic - 24 Carat Gold 4.2
Kazimier Garden: Liverpool Craft – Organo 4.2 (house beer)
White Star: Liverpool Organic - Bier Head 4.1
Ye Hole in Wall: Donnington - Gold 4.0
Thom Rigbys: Okells – Olaf 3.9
Ship & Mitre: Conwy - Beachcomber Blonde

Thursday 6^th June

Richard Blackler : Moorhouses - Vanilla Cream Ale 3.9

St Helens:

Glass House: Greenfield – Terry’s Mild 3.8

Olde England: Facers – This Splendid Ale 4.3

Richmond: Burscough - Priory Gold 3.8
Victoria Cross: Southport - Dark Night 3.9
Vernon Arms: Cross Bay - Eclipse 3.5, Old School - Detention 4.1
Lady of Mann: Beer festival here:
Wilson Potter - Tandle Hill 3.9, In The Black 4.2
Wapping - The Lady Of Man 4.1, Apache 6.2
Clove Hitch: Liverpool Craft - Hop beast 4.0
Philharmonic: Nethergate- Nicholsons Limehouse Cut 4.5

Roscoe Head: Crouch Vale – Brewers Gold 4.0
Dispensary: Riverhead - Top Catch 5.0
Dr Duncans: Dunscar Bridge - Best Bitter 4.1
Ship & Mitre : Wentworth - Plum Stout 4.7
White Star: Brains - Touch Paws Engage 4.0, Liverpool Organic - Liverpool Pale 4.0
Welkin: Peerless - Paxtons Peculiar 4.1, Dunscar Bridge - Rialto 47 3.9

Friday 7^th June

Welkin: Moorhouses – Witches Cauldron 4.2

Lion: George Wright – Lion Returns 3.9

Thomas Rigbys: Green Mill – Stellar 4.0

Lady of Mann: Green Mill – Gold 3.6, Wilson Potter – Natural Progression 4.8

Warrington:

Albion: Irwell Works – Lightweights & Gentlemen 3.2, Foxfield – Dark Mild 3.7, 4Ts – Wise 4.0,                         Tigertops – Palate Wrecker 4.4

Tavern: - Rat – Desert Rat 4.0, Evan Evans – Archers Gold 4.0

Porters: Dunham Massey – Big Tree Bitter 3.9, Robinsons – The Trooper 4.8

Looking Glass: Howard town – Blakelow 3.8

Lower Angel: Tipsy Angel – Angelic Pale 4.6 and Dark Side of the Angel 7.8

Ship & Mitre: Ossett – Sizzler 4.0, Salamander – Brute Driver 4.2

White Star: Liverpool organic – Bier Head 4.1