Redhill Beer Festival 2013

21/10/13

My first visit to this beer festival held at Merstham Village Hall, only yards from Merstham station.

About 65 beers available. Photos below, a very pleasant design of hall.

Trent 421 on holiday 2013

GNU568N (Trent 421) Holiday 2013

 My design of ‘headboard’ to commemorate the occasion

As 2013 saw the 100^th anniversary of Trent Buses, the owners of 421 decided it would be a good idea to base the bus near it old operating area for the summer of 2013. It would then be able to visit a number of bus rallies in around its former homes.

This is a record of the rallys visited, and other pictures.

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421 was the first National bought by Trent Buses, although they inherited a few from Midland General which makes 415 the first National operated by Trent.

Storage space was found in Bestwood Village, north of central Nottingham

18/5/13

The first part of the holiday was to move the bus from its usual home in Hampshire to Bestwood. I got on board at Aldershot. We then filled the tank with diesel (how much!!!) for the trip up the M1. We had a brief stop at some services and then made our way in to Loughborough. This was very apt as the livery 421 is currently painted in was known as ‘Loughborough Livery’. We ran a couple of its old routes with Chris from Loughborough Model Shop acting as our guide.

Old and new in Loughborough

Then on to Bestwood. 421’s temporary home would be with Midland General 415.

19/5/13

Potteries Bus Rally

 

421 at Gladstone Pottery Museum

26/5/13

Langley Mill Open Day

421 goes home. It was based at Langley Mill depot during the 1990’s

 

2 Trent Nationals at Langley Mill depot

  

This was some of the publicity for the event

16/6/13

Peak Park Bus Gathering

  

421 at Chatsworth House and Rowsley South Peak Rail station

I managed to get 421 and a RAF Hercules in the same photo.

14/7/13

Ruddington

Publicity for the event

  New Trent Solo meets old Trent National at Ruddington Green

On display at Ruddington

Waiting for departure time at Ruddington Green

8/9/13

Leicester

Publicity for the event

421 on display in the Space Centre coach park

Another view of 421 on display

At Quorn station on the Great Central Railway

22/7/13

3 Trent vehicles past and present

On display

Back at the yard in Bestwood, as it would be my last visit, I decided to take some night photos.

13/10/13

Wythall and back home

AUTUMN RUNNING DAY

SUNDAY 13th OCTOBER - Loads of bus rides on a great day for enthusiasts, including a special tribute to Trent in its centenary year and its associated companies.

The final bus rally of the ‘holiday’ at Wythall, south of Birmingham.

Trent Buses past and present on display

Back home at yard in Hampshire and another night time shot or two

I want to thank Claire, Paul, and Lee who organised, drove vehicles, provided excellent company on the trips and put up with me. We all enjoyed ourselves and made many new friends. Thanks also to Paul C who provided the storage space for 421 and his friends and family who helped make it an enjoyable stay for 421.

Good Libations at the Snooty Fox

24/10/13

Another pub beer festival, this time at the Snooty Fox in Canonbury, North London. Opposite Canonbury station on London Overground (the old North London Line in BR days). Only my second visit to this pub, and in daylight this time so better for photos. See my blog for my previous visit.

Pub photos

and the festival bar

18th Henlow Beer Festival

23/10/13

Held at the Engineers Arms public house in Henlow. The pub is about 25 minutes walk from Arlesey station between Hitchin and Biggleswade. I always make use of a public footpath to get there as it is better than walking along a busy road.

Here are some photos taken on the footpath.

a lovely sunny afternoon walk

Green leafed trees in October

What that fine building is used for

And so to the pub

with the beer festival in a marquee at the rear

some photos of the pub itself

small front bar which leads to....

And the covered patio at rear

Northamptonshire skittles

The full beer list is shown below with the ones I had a half of shown in red:

BEERS AVAILABLE IN THE TENT
Auld Laund Bitter	Reedley Hallows	Burnley, Lancashire	3.6%
Balmy Days	Hopping Mad	Olney, Buckinghamshire	3.9%
Beer O' Clock	Brewster's	Grantham, Lincolnshire	4.0%
Bees Knees Bitter	Blue Bee	Sheffield, South Yorkshire	4.0%
Billy Bonkers Chocolate Stout	Derby Brewing Co	Derby, Derbyshire	4.3%
Blueberry Fields	Buntingford	Royston, Hertfordshire	3.8%
Boadicea	Sarah Hughes	Dudley, West Midlands	4.6%
Boot Hill	Arkwrights	Preston, Lancashire	4.3%
Brewers Gold	Whitstable	Grafty Green, Kent	4.4%
Bridestones Dark Mild	Bridestones	Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire	4.5%
Bucket of Blood	St Austell	St Austell, Cornwell	4.5%
Camerons IPA	Camerons	Hartlepool, Co Durham	3.8%
Cascade	Sarah Hughes	Dudley, West Midlands	4.7%
Castro's Chalice	Holden's	Dudley, West Midlands	4.0%
Chilly Dog	Gun Dog	Woodford Halse, Northamptonshire	4.0%
Classic	Settle	Settle, North Yorkshire	4.0%
Coming of Age	Tring	Tring, Hertfordshire	4.5%
Cougar	Fat Cat	Norwich, Norfolk	4.7%
Dark Knight	Medieval	Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire	4.6%
David Hopperfield	Dickensian	Roden, Shropshire	4.0%
Dizzy Dark Side	Robinson's	Stockport, Cheshire	4.0%
Double Hop	Joule's	Market Drayton, Shropshire	3.6%
Double Leg	Bank Top	Bolton, Lancashire	4.4%
Drifter	Green Jack	Lowestoft, Suffolk	4.4%
Drop O' the Black Stuff	Springhead	Laneham, Nottinghamshire	4.0%
Elderflower Blonde	Saltaire	Shipley, West Yorkshire	4.0%
Engine Room	Titanic	Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire	4.6%
Gold Bullion	Camerons	Hartlepool, Co Durham	4.3%
Green Hop Harvest Ale	Oakham	Peterborough, Cambridgeshire	3.6%
Hardys Kiss	Burton Bridge	Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire	4.5%
Hell Cat	Fat Cat	Norwich, Norfolk	4.1%
Henrietta	Welbeck Abbey	Welbeck, Nottinghamshire	3.6%
Hi Ho Silver	White Horse	Stanford-in-the -Vale, Oxfordshire	4.3%
Hood	Lincoln Green	Hucknall, Nottinghamshire	4.2%
Hope has Gold	Adnams	Southwold, Suffolk	4.0%
Hops Gold	Hopping Mad	Olney, Buckinghamshire	4.0%
HopStocks	Brewsters	Grantham, Lincolnshire	4.0%
Jack Black	Brains	Cardiff, Wales	4.3%
Kotucku	Tring	Tring, Hertfordshire	4.0%
Lemon Dream	Salopian	Shrewsbury, Shropshire	4.5%
Little Fox	Red Fox	Coggeshall, Essex	4.1%
Loxley Ale	Milestone	Newark, Nottinghamshire	4.2%
Maid Marion Blonde	Springhead	Laneham, Nottinghamshire	4.5%
Magnificent 7	Arkwrights	Preston, Lancashire	4.7%
Mallard	Wold Top	Driffield, West Yorkshire	4.0%
Marching In	Great Oakley	Tiffield, Northamptonshire	4.1%
Martin Guzzlewit	Dickensian	Roden, Shropshire	4.2%
MoR Tea Vicar	MoR	Old Mill, Kellas, Scotland	3.8%
MoRtisha	MoR	Old Mill, Kellas, Scotland	4.5%
Navigation	Geeves	Barnsley, South Yorkshire	3.8%
Night Owl	Buntingford	Royston, Hertfordshire	4.2%
Orchard Ale	Otter	Honiton, Devon	4.0%
Otters Pocket	Marlpool	Heanor, Derbyshire	4.0%
Prickly Back Otchan	Great Newsome	Winestead, East Yorkshire	4.2%
Pride	Saltaire	Shipley, West Yorkshire	3.9%
Radar Men from the Moon	Kelham Island	Sheffield, South Yorkshire	4.0%
Raspberry Blonde	Saltaire	Shipley, West Yorkshire	4.0%
Ratatosk	Lincoln Green	Hucknall, Nottinghamshire	4.3%
Ratatosk	Outstanding	Bury, Lancashire	3.7%
Red Feather	Welbeck Abbey	Welbeck, Nottinghamshire	3.9%
Rich Ruby	Milestone	Newark, Nottinghamshire	4.5%
Round Table	Lytham	Lytham St Annes, Lancashire	4.1%
Rutterkin	Brewsters	Grantham, Lincolnshire	4.6%
Sandstone	Bridestones	Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire	3.9%
Single Hop Belma	Buntingford	Royston, Hertfordshire	4.0%
Sonnet 43 IPA	Sonnet 43	Coxhoe, Co Durham	4.4%
Spooks Ale	Shepherd Neame	Faversham, Kent	4.7%
Stewart Adams	Castle Rock	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire	4.2%
Summer Breeze	Milestone	Newark, Nottinghamshire	4.5%
Supus Lupus	Andrews	Cummertrees, Dumfriesshire	3.6%
Tick Tock	Muirhouse	Ilkeston, Derbyshire	4.0%
Three Course Meal	Arkwrights	Preston, Lancashire	4.0%
Wally with a Brolly	Arkwrights	Preston, Lancashire	4.0%
Wormold's Woe	Tring	Tring, Hertfordshire	4.0%
Wyatt Earp	Arkwrights	Preston, Lancashire	3.9%
BEERS AVAILABLE IN THE PUB
Abbey Stout	Amber Ales	Ripley, Derbyshire	5.8%
Absent	Old School	Warton, Lancashire	5.5%
Belgium IPA	Bridestones	Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire	5.3%
Black Beauty	Nutbrook	West Hallam, Derbyshire	5.0%
Bodie's Bottom Lip	Golden Duck	Appleby Magna, Leicestershire	5.2%
Colony 13	Empire	Huddersfied, West Yorkshire	5.1%
Dark Seam	Black Paw	Bishop Auckland, Co Durham	5.0%
Dragon Slayer	Medieval	Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire	8.0%
Holy Grail	Medieval	Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire	4.8%
Infinity + 1	Blue Monkey	Giltbrook, Nottinghamshire	5.6%
Lustin' for Stout	Blue Bee	Sheffield, South Yorkshire	4.8%
Night Watchman	Welbeck Abbey	Welbeck, Nottinghamshire	5.0%
Old Ale	Titanic	Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire	5.5%
Old Dalby	Belvoir	Old Dalby, Leicestershire	5.1%
Perun	Oakham	Peterborough, Cambridgeshire	5.5%
Riggwelter	Black Sheep	Ripon, North Yorkshire	5.9%
Scarlet Chimpanel	Blue Monkey	Giltbrook, Nottinghamshire	4.9%
Sporran Lifter	Andrews	Cummertrees, Dumfriesshire	5.2%
Victory Ale	Batemans	Wainfleet, Lincolnshire	5.9%
Wild Rider	Kelham Island	Sheffield, South Yorkshire	5.5%
Winter Ruby	Amber Ales	Ripley, Derbyshire	5.1%
Young Bob	Garage	Plympton St Maurice, Devon	6.2%