Our Real Ale outing on Thursday 14 March, stopped local in Hucknall and indeed only visited one hostelry. This being our very own Wetherspoon’s ‘Pilgrims Oak’.
The reason was that Wetherspoon’s during mid-March were having their own Beer Festival, providing a selection of 30 different beers from 25 new breweries alongside their normal offering.
As the real ales are normally well kept, selling for half the cost of beers in Nottingham and allowing those of us in CAMRA to use our 50p a pint vouchers, it seemed too good an opportunity to resist.
A total of twenty men and women gathered, hijacked an area, pushed a few tables together and settled down to sample some different ales. A very congenial evening developed and was enjoyed by all.
Our April jolly will be using the tram, starting at New Basford and working our way back to Hucknall, by Old Basford, Bulwell and home to Hucknall.