Black Country Bus Crawl - July 6th proposed itinerary

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Message Theydon_Bois P admin beers 40496 º places 1239 º 03:18 Fri 5/31/2013 Ok folks - lets leave the original thread now and focus on the itinerary at just 5 weeks away. I’ve ran the provisional below past our driver. He seems fairly comfortable with this and there ’may’ be scope to squeeze another venue in although I think there’s plenty to go at below. I’ve focussed on some of the newer micro’s that we don’t see down south so much allied to some old favourites, although I’ve pencilled in more time in the ’newer’ places as we tend to get the likes of Holdens and Sarah Hughes at fests down here. Remember - we can’t hit everywhere or spend oodles of time everywhere on an 8 hour crawl! Room for tweaks and possibly another venue but here’s what I have so far ... 1.) Great Western, Wolverhampton (Holdens) 11.25 - 12.00 http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/ShowPlace.asp?PlaceID=16078 http://www.holdensbrewery.co.uk/index.asp?loc=findus 2.) Beacon Hotel, Sedgely (Sarah Hughes) 12.15 - 12.45 http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/ShowPlace.asp?PlaceID=11743 http://www.sarahhughesbrewery.co.uk/ 3.) Jolly Crispin, Gornal (Fownes) 12.50 - 14.00 (LUNCH STOP?) http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/ShowPlace.asp?PlaceID=16691 http://thejollycrispin.co.uk/ 4.) Duke William, Stourbridge(Craddocks) 14.20 - 15.20 http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/ShowPlace.asp?PlaceID=21204 5.) Windsor Castle, Lye (Sadlers) 15.25 - 16.25 http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/ShowPlace.asp?PlaceID=11566 http://www.sadlersales.co.uk/index.php/pubswindsor 6.) Waggon & Horses, Halesowen (Free) 16.35 - 17.50 (Buffet?) http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/ShowPlace.asp?PlaceID=8441 http://waggonales.co.uk/ 7.) Cotteridge Wines (bottle shop) 18.15 - 18.40 refreshments for the train home !?! http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/ShowPlace.asp?PlaceID=26734 http://cotteridgewines.com/ 8.) Wellington, Birmingham City Centre (Free/Black Country Ales) 19.05 - 19.50 (for the train sarf or stay as long as you want obviously!) http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/ShowPlace.asp?PlaceID=3789 http://www.thewellingtonrealale.co.uk/ Also Rich has suggested a buffet at the Waggon at £6 a head. Optional of course but I’m definately game for soaking up some ale with cheese and meats! Cheers, Colin
Message Leighton P beers 33714 º places 1204 º 03:40 Fri 5/31/2013 Cotteridge Wines is going to get cleaned out.
Message Leighton P beers 33714 º places 1204 º 03:40 Fri 5/31/2013 Also, thanks for all your efforts, Colin.
Message chriso P beers 7540 º places 736 º 03:43 Fri 5/31/2013 That looks good. I think trying squeeze in anywhere else would be pushing it a bit. Getting 20 people served is going to take a fair while in itself and we don’t really want to spend most of the time at a particular pub waiting to be served and then necking the beer to get back on the bus.

Message SarkyNorthener beers 5200 º places 142 º 03:45 Fri 5/31/2013 Sounds good, and the travel times seem about right for a weekend.
Message RichTheVillan beers 10685 º places 101 º 03:55 Fri 5/31/2013 I’m going to say 3 people for the buffet, if anyone wants the buffet then say here. We will see what the overall consensus is. Then I can get it booked with the Waggon. Rich
Message SarkyNorthener beers 5200 º places 142 º 04:11 Fri 5/31/2013 +1
Message Theydon_Bois P admin beers 40496 º places 1239 º 04:54 Fri 5/31/2013 Mini Update ... I’ve been in touch with Cotteridge Wines and suggested a small tasting event with snacks etc for our visit. They have kindly agreed and will be laying on some beers and nibbles. I will look to tweak the final schedule to allow for a good 45 minutes or so at Cotteridge Wines.

Message harrisoni P beers 25356 º places 68 º 04:58 Fri 5/31/2013 I have a train ticket departing from Wolverhampton as agreed on other thread I take it that train the 19.xx stops Bham New Street for us to get on?
Message Theydon_Bois P admin beers 40496 º places 1239 º 05:04 Fri 5/31/2013 Originally posted by harrisoni I have a train ticket departing from Wolverhampton as agreed on other thread I take it that train the 19.xx stops Bham New Street for us to get on? Yeah - no panic 1945 from Wolves will be 20.00/20.05 ex New St I will double check this nearer the time in case there’s engineering works, but this should be the case.
Message Theydon_Bois P admin beers 40496 º places 1239 º 05:10 Fri 5/31/2013 Yeah - just checked 20.10 departure from New Street showing for July 6th.