I stopped the night in Bakewell last night,Had a bit of a pub crawl in the day sampled some old ales Black Sheep,Speckled Hen and Bombardier,In the Peacock Inn they had 3 Peak Ales,Swift Nick 3.8%,Chatsworth Gold 4.8% and just plain Bakewell Brew,all really nice and certainly worth a visit.Also sampled cockerhoop a new one for me 4.6% the barman was an aussie and he wasn't very cockerhoop,That was in the Wheatsheaf.Also went in the Newly refurbished Rose and Crown and they had 4 ales on,i sampled Wild One 4.7% and Yan Tyan Tethra (Jennings) 3.8% remember that after 8 pints Also had a indian meal in MAX's first left over the bridge,It was outstanding Lamb Bhuna,Rice, Keema Nan and a pint of Cobra

You might be interested in an upcoming Meet the Brewer night at the Bluecoat in Rotherham featuring the Thorne Brewery! I would like to think I planted the seed in the manager's mind. I will let you know the date if any of you are interested, as soon as it is confirmed.

Bottles last night ... a few old favourites, Abbot Reserve, Wychwood Hobgoblin, Thwaites Liberation and Lancaster Bomber plus two more from the Barnsley Beer Company ...

Shut Thi Gob 5.1% (a Strong Brown Ale)
Owd Tyke 4.6% (a Ruby Red Ale)

slight preference was for the 'Ruby Red'.

Last time we played Swinton Lions, we popped into a Holts House only about a mile from Sedgley Park. Been trying to work out its name this morning and I think it must have been the Eagle and Child, Higher Lane, Whitefield M45 7EY.

They also do food.

RL Fans has a policy on thread sizes which states that they should be locked at the 1,000-post mark.

So we'll comply, lock this one and start up another.