North Norfolk Railway and Bus Weekend

13th to 15th April.

On friday 13th April I got the train to Sheringham (first class from Liverpool St - Norwich)

Upon  arrival at Sheringham, I booked into my hotel and then got a train to Cromer.

View from my bedroom window

Another view

A walk along the sea front took me to my pub of choice in Cromer, the Red Lion Hotel. 4 beers were drunk in here.

Spotted near Cromer station

Cromer pier

Cromer

Red Lion Hotel in Cromer

4 beers I had

Then back to Sheringham for dinner and more beer.

LEV1 at Sheringham

Railway number, bus panels

Wonderful sunset on Sheringham beach

beer at Windam Arms in Sheringham

more beer

3 bus cranks

Saturday 14th April:

The main day. Train rides on the Railway and and some Leyland National bus rides as well.

Railbus at Sheringham

Weybourne signal box

J15 at Holt

Weybourne

DMU att Weybourne

Weybourne

31 arrives at Weybourne

J15 arrives at Weybourne

Class 25 replaced class 31 atWeybourne for rest of day

Class 25 at Sheringham

United Counties Mk2 at Sheingham

1707 at Sheringham

1707 at Cromer bus station

Volvo engined National at Sheringham

SNB

SNB

Great advertising seen in Sheringham

Sunday 15th April:

Some views of Sheringham near my hotel and the buses at Sheringham station.

The obligitory Routemaster

Below is summary of my bus and train journeys plus other info including vehicle information

Friday 13^th April:

Arrived Sheringham station at 1543, booked in at hotel, back to station for 1649 train to Cromer. Walk along sea front, Beers in Red Lion Hotel. 1838 train back to Sheringham. Fish & Chips dinner, Crown pub, then Windham Arms for more beer.

Saturday 14^th April:

0902 train Sheringham – Holt (DRB)

0930 train Holt – Sheringham (J15)

1002 train Sheringham – Weybourne (DMU)

1039 train Weybourne – Sheringham (25)

1125 bus Sheringham – Cromer circular route 36 (1707)

Lunch

1302 train Sheringham – Weybourne (DRB)

1314 train Weybourne – Sheringham (DMU)

1400 bus Sheringham – Cley (SNB)

1430 bus Cley – Sheringham (SNB)

1515 bus Sheringham – Holt station (SNB)

1600 bus Holt station – Holt town (SNB)

1610 bus Holt town – Holt station (SNB)

1630 train Holt – Sheringham (25)

1702 train Sheringham – Holt (DRB)

1735 train Holt – Sheringham (J15)

Dinner at Dunstable Arms in Sheringham

Sunday 15^th April:

Look around Sheringham station car park buses on display.

1142 train from Sheringham

Vehicle descriptions:

J15 –  LNER 0-6-0 tender steam loco number 7564 built in Stratford in 1912

DRB – BR Diesel Railbus number 79960 built in 1958 for BR by Waggon und Masshienenbau in Germany

DMU – BR Class 101 2 car unit number 101681 built by Metropolitan-Cammell in Birmingham

25 – BR Class 25 diesel loco number 25057 (D5207) built in 1963 at Derby

1707 – WNO556L Eastern National Leyland National

SNB – LPB218P Ex London Country SNB218, now in Southend Transport colours with fleet number 713 Leyland National

11th Egham Beer Festival 5th - 8th April 2011 - The Photos

Blackboard part 1

Blackboard part 2

Spotted by a friend on South West Trains

Stand up if you're a scooper

Bob and Richard discuss tactics prior to opening

Wise advice

Happy drinkers (Steve and Rudolph) pose for a photo

A view from behind the bar

As requested by TMJ!

 Some photos taken wednesday 11th April.

Empty casks

Not a lot left here

or here

the blackboard tells the story of another successful festival

Let's Go To London

Thanks to the Fact Compiler at www.railwayeye.blogspot.co.uk for spotting this wonderful video.

Reading Pubs

Saturday 30th April:

A wander round some pubs in Reading. Photos and comprehensive list of beers available.

Three Guineas:
Moles-Paddy's Tarmac Ale 4.5, Landlords Choice 4.5, Rucking Mole 4.5, Naylors - Northern Gold 5.0 & Aire Valley Bitter 3.8, Elgoods - Snake Slayer 4.5, Otley - Oxymoron 5.5, GK IPA

Part of the station buildings

No excuse for missing your train

Retreat:
Loddons - Ferrymans Gold 4.4, Sharps - Cornish Coaster 3.6, Doombar 4.0, Hook Norton - Hooky Bitter 3.6, Sherfield Village - Solo Nelson Sauvin 4.3, Pioneer Stout 5.0

Back street community pub

Front bar

Back bar

Nags Head:
Brecon- Genesis 1:11 5.6, Six Beacons 4.1, Ascot - Anastasias Stout 5.0, Butts - Organic Le Butts 5.0, Goddards - Fuggle Dee Dum 4.8, West Berkshire - Full Circle 4.5, Sherfield Village - Solo Hoppy Harrington 4.7, Art Brew- - Hip Hop Nugget 4.3, Franklins - 1066 3.9, Potton - Shannon IPA 3.6, Downton - Apple Blossom 4.3, Triple fff - Pressed Rat & Warthog 3.8

Another back street pub

Seems like a good reason to visit

large spacious one bar pub

another view

Hobgoblin (now closed until Tuesday 3rd April 5pm when it reopens as The Alehouse):
West Berkshire - Pig & Tea 4.3, Dr Hexters Wedding Ale 4.1, Dr Hexters Healer 5.0, Art Brew - Oraange IPA 6.4, Liverpool Organic - Kitty Wilkinson 4.5, Arbor - Mild West 3.6, Glastonbury - Love Monkey 4.2, Sherfield Village - Pacific Jade 4.3

11th Egham Beer Festival 5th - 8th April 2011 - Details

 I will be here quite a lot. Thanks to Bob Inman for the details below:

This should pretty much be the final list for EBF11 – Sod's law
says the minute this is posted something will change! Here goes:

Ascot Ales, Camberley, Surrey (2007)
- Single Hop Bramling Cross – 4.6% – *Limited Edition*
- Single Hop Bobek – 4.6% – *Limited Edition*
- Emperor Penguin – 7.0% – *Limited Edition* aged in cask.
- Strong Winter Reserve – 7.0% *Limited edition* aged in cask
- Last of the Blue Devils – Blueberry – 8.0% – *Special*
- Last of the Blue Devils – Mint Chocolate – 8.0% – *Special*

Aylesbury Brewhouse Company (ABC), Aylesbury, Bucks (2011)
- H2O2 – 4.1% – * Limited Edition*
- Runout Groove – 4.1% – *Limited Edition* specially Dry Hopped for EBF
- Weigh Anchor – 4.4% – *Limited Edition*
- Black Path Stout – 5% – *Limited Edition*

Betjeman Brewery, Wantage, Berkshire (Cuckoo brewed at Loddon Brewery)
- Star - 3.8% - *New*

Bingham, Ruscombe, Berks (2010)
- Back in Thyme Stout – 5.0% – *New*
- Hot Ginger Stout – 5.0% - *Special*

Brodies, London E10 (2008)
- Summer Saison – 7.8% – *Limited Edition* collaborative brew with Windsor &
Eton

Canterbury Brewers, Canterbury, Kent (2011)
- Loco IPA – 3.9% – *New*
- Helles – 4.1% – *New*
- Kobald Black Lager – 5.0% – *New*
- Red Rye - 5.6% – *New*
- Foundry Bock – 6.5% – *New*
- Hoppin' Belgian IPA – 7.2% – *New*
- Wee Heavy – 7.9% – *Limited Edition*

Emsworth Brewery, Emsworth, Hampshire (2011)
- Chequers – 3.1% - *New*
- HollyBank – 3.1% – *New*
- FairField - 4.1% – *New*

Hammerpot, Poling, West Sussex (2005)
- Choc Wreck Porter – 4.2% - *New*
- Oyster Pond Stout – 4.2% - *New*

Hastings Brewery, St Leonards, East Sussex (2011)
- Hastings Blonde – 3.9% - *New*
- Hastings Best – 4.1% - *New*
- Hastings Old – 4.5% - *New*
- Hastings Porter – 4.5% - *New*
- Hastings HPA – 4.7% - *New*

Havant, Cowplain, Hampshire (2009)
- TBC – x.x% – *Special*
- TBC – 4.5% – *Special*

Hop Fuzz, Hythe, Kent (2011)
- The English – 4.0% - *New*
- The American – 4.0% - *New*

Kent, Birling, Kent (2011)
- Egham Session – 3.7% - *Special*
- Spring Wheat – 4.8% - *New*
- Coffee Cream Porter – 5.5% - *New*
- Twelfth Night – 7.4% - *Limited Edition* barley wine aged for 6 months

Longdog, Basingstoke (2011)
- Mild – 3.6% - *New*
- Chilli Poacher – 3.9% – *Special*
- Cranberry Porter – 5% – *Special*

Moodley's Microbrewery, Penshurst, Kent (2008)
- Man of Kent - 5% - *Limited Edition* first time in cask

Old Dairy, Rolvendon, Kent (2010)
- Wild Hop – 4.0% – *New*
- Inmanz 57 – 5.7% - *Special*
- Hop Top – 9.0% - *Limited Edition* new recipe

Redchurch, London E2 (2011)
- Hackney Gold – 5.5% – *Limited Edition* not usually in cask
- Hoxton Stout – 6.0% – *Limited Edition* not usually in cask
- Great Eastern IPA – 7.4% – *Limited Edition* not usually in cask

Ripple Steam, Sutton, near Dover, Kent (2011)
- Best Bitter – 4.1% - *New*
- IPA - 4.5% - *New*
- Winter Ale – 5.0% - *New*

South Downs Brewery, Henfield, West Sussex (Cuckoo brewed at Kent Brewery)
- Truleigh Gold – 3.7% - *New*
- Devils Dyke Porter – 5.0% - *New*

Tillingbourne, Shere, Surrey (2011)
- Evolution No.1 – 4.1% - *Limited Edition*
- Falls Gold – 4.2% - *New*
- Bitter Gem – 4.5% - *Limited Edition*

Two Cocks, Enborne, Berkshire (2011)
- Cavalier – 3.8% - *New*
- Leveller - 3.9% - *New*
- Roundhead Bitter – 4.2% - *New*
- Purity Stout – 4.5% - *New*

Vale, Brill, Buckinghamshire (1995)
- Artful Bodger – 4.1% - *Special* specially Dry Hopped for EBF

Waylands Sixpenny, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset (2007)
- Binman's Bitter – 4.2% - *Special*

Windsor & Eton, Windsor, Berks (2010)
- Treetops – 4.4% - *New*
- Irish Treetops – 4.4% - *Special*

XT Brewing, Long Crendon, Bucks (2011)
- APA - 4.4% - *Special*
- XT2 – 4.2% - *New*
- XT3 – 4.2% - *New*
- XT4 – 3.8% - *Limited Edition* aged in oak cask
- XT6 – 4.5% - *New*
- XT9 – 5.5% - *New*
- XT9 – 5.5% - *Limited Edition* aged in oak cask

**Thursday 5th April at approx. 6.30pm**
We hope to be hosting a small informal 'meet the brewer' session with up and
coming new micro Weird Beard located at South Harrow, Middlesex.

CIDERS
Batcheldors, West Sussex
- J.B. - 7.5% - (DRY)
Crones, Norfolk
- Rum Cask - 8.5% - (DRY)
Gwatkins, Herefordshire
- Varietal —8.4% - (SWEET)
Gwynt Y Ddraig, Glamorganshire
- Happy Daze – 4.5% – (MED/DRY)
Little Red Rooster, East Sussex
- Cider Perry - 8.4% (MED/DRY)
Long Crendon Manor, Buckinghamshire
- Cider - 7% (DRY)
Merrymoon, Kent
- Lunatickle - 6.8% (MEDIUM)
Moorlands Farm, Yorkshire
- Cider – 6.4% – (MEDIUM)
Naish/Chant, Somerset
- Badger's Spit - 6.0% - (SWEET)
Oakwood, East Sussex
- Cider - 8.0% - (MED/DRY)
Piglet's Choice, Somerset
- Cider – 8% - (MED/DRY)

PERRY
Doublevision, Kent
- 'Impeared Vision' perry – 7.4%
Severn Sider, Gloucestershire
Perry - 6.4% (DRY)

Entrance prices will be the same as before i.e. £2 for CAMRA members on
production of a valid card and all the other usual stuff – oversize glass hire /
food / barbeque / etc.

Festival open 11am until late.

Live music:
Friday evening – The Rymatones (rockabilly)
Saturday evening – Papa George & Micky Moody (old school rhythm & blues).

The Hope in Carshalton

Thursday 29th March.

This was the Weekly Wind Up venue, and luckily for me, the first day of their London beer festival. It was also my first visit to the pub as well. Here's what I wrote on facebook when I got home:

had a great evening at the Hope in Carshalton. My first visit here tonight and some wonderful special one off beers. Redemption's Port & Brandy porter - smooth and rich and great flavours, think this is the first time I've had a beer with brandy added. Brodies dry hopped Old Street Pale was full of simcoe and citra hops on aroma taste, simply devine. Brodies London Lager was full of wonderful Simcoe and Centennial Hops, only 'lagered' for 4 weeks but would love try this again after it has matured some more. Finally East London - Pale dry hopped with citra hops, first beer tried and more hoppy flavours. Well done all.

The beer list is shown below:

Beer List - Stillage

Brodies: London (cask obviously) Lager 4.5%
Brodies: Old Street Pale 5%
By The Horns: Lambeth Porter 5.1%
By The Horns: Diamond Geezer (Fest Special) 6.1% (not ready on thursday)
East London: Pale (special Citra dry hopped version) 3.8%
Ha'penny: London Stone Bitter 4.5%
London Fields: Hackney Hopster 4.5%
Moncada: Bitter 4.3%
Moncada: Blonde 4.2%
Redemption: Little Chief (Fest Special) 4.3%
Redemption: Port & Brandy Porter (Fest Special) 5.8%
Twickenham: Black Eel 5.5%
On the Bar:

Windsor & Eton/Brodies Collaboration: Summer Saison 8%
In the Marquee 6pm - 11pm (or when it's gone) Thursday only
Brodies: Brainwave Pale 4% - Brodies profits to Brainwave charity.

Redemption: Trinity ( Special Simcoe & Stella dry hopped ) 3%

It has also just been voted the local CAMRA pub of the year.

And now the photos: