On a recent visit to Derby, I visited the Babington Arms (Weatherspoons) - 18 handpumps each with a different Real Ale. Pity we were on a Real Ale trail and only had time for a couple in there!

A real little gem on the bus route from Doncaster to Barnsley is the Hickleton Village Hall and Social Club. Members only, £1 a year, for six ever-changing guest beers, constantly rotating, all kept as real ale should be.

Gary Im sure I saw something about a Beer Festival in Harrogate coming soon. Enjoy your pint.

Been looking at the beer list for the Festival at the Hub at the end of March. Some cracking stuff for sampling. If Foxfield Pale Ale (Cumbria) is on (yet to be confirmed) I can recommend it. It was my favourite at last weekends Oakwood Festival at Rotherham.

Good call. The Prince of Wales at Foxfield is on the Barrow-Millom/Carlisle railway line and the train stops right outside the pub ( if you tell the guard you want to get off! ) ! Could well be incorporated into the Barrow awayday?
PS What won beer of festival, Wilf?

Not sure (only had 19 half pints on the Friday) so I may have missed 181 . Understand that Barnsley Bitter (Acorn) won The Yorks title. Thats why I like the Plough on West laith Gate( Next to The Tut) Excellent pint of BB kept by Rod & Val.

You can remember a specific beer after 9.1/2 pints?!? I'm very impressed!

Noticed on your location you're into Bateman's beers.

At the Aldi in Rotherham they're selling bottled XXXB and some other speciality ones, one prefixed Autumn whose second name escapes me, Combined Harvest and Spring Goddess. All quality beers for £1.29 for a 500ml bottle.

Might be worth paying your local Aldi a visit.

While our CAMRA brethren were hiding away in the Tut and the Little Pluff drinking weak beer, I was drinking mester's beer at the Gatehouse.
Wentworth Brewery's Rampant Gryphon at 6.2% abv, a session beer for serious alcoholics like me who want to live the part of a beer-fueled bummer.

A Beer-Fueled-Bummer who now has the advantage of a Bus Pass