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Solway Branch of CAMRA Issue 31 Campaign for Real Ale Spring 2020 Inn, Alston Spring Pub of the Season

Spring Pub of the Season - Called to the Bar - Getting Cumberland Inn, Alston Involved in CAMRA 2020 Pub of the Year - Fell Bar Fly - Pub News Bar, Penrith Follow the Cumbrians Ale Trail - Aikton, Gt Orton, What’s Brewing - Brewery Burgh by Sands, Moorhouse News Welcome To The Cumberland Inn ALSTON

• Award winning bar • The Cumberland serves • Open 12-11pm every day bar meals through the • Solway CAMRA Pub of the week and Roasts on Year 2009, 2010 & 2011 Sundays • Solway CAMRA Spring Pub • Patio with superb view of the Season, 2020 of South Tyne river • CAMRA Good Beer Guide • Five comfortable for 16 consecutive years en-suite bedrooms • Four real ales from award • Breakfast 7.30-9.30am winning local breweries • Lunch 12-3pm (Allendale, Cumberland, • Dinner 6-9pm Barngates, Firebrick and many others) Muddy boots, bikes, and dogs all welcome Townfoot, Alston, CA9 3HX www. cumberlandinalston.com [email protected] 01434 381875 TheCumberlandInnAlston

Cotehill, CA4 0DQ Traditional country Food served every inn serving home evening from 5.30pm cooked food with - 8.30pm). proper chips! 1-3 pm Saturday lunch Serving two real ales and 12-3pm traditional from the Tirril Sunday roast. brewery. Pub open all day Saturday & Sundays, 01228 560858 closed Wednesdays. Greyhoundcotehill www.greyhoundinncotehill.co.uk Spring Pub of the Season Cumberland Inn, Alston Three star bed and breakfast Congratulations to Helen and Guy Harmer accommodation is available. The five and staff for winning our spring pub of the comfortable bedrooms are all en-suite. season AND 2020 Cider Pub of the Year The traditionally furnished bar is fairly large, awards. but retains a cosy, friendly atmosphere. The The Cumberland is no stranger to our view from the window to the west is superb. branch awards having been three times Meals are served in the bar and the separate winners of our branch pub of the year restaurant. The food is excellent and award, branch cider pub of the year award received a very favourable review by a and pub of the season award! travel writer from the Newcastle Chronicle. For the seasonal award, the Cumberland was nominated along with three other pubs. When our branch members’ votes were counted, it was the overwhelming choice. The Cumberland Inn has been owned and run by Guy and Helen Harmer for 17 years. Their hospitality experience is very varied ranging from 4 star hotels to a pair of 70ft. narrow boats! Helen and Guy provide a warm family welcome based on old-fashioned hospitality, home made food, comfortable The Cumberland’s regular real ale is accommodation and superb real ales and Firebrick Blaydon Brick. A wide range of ciders. guest real ales is also available. These often come from local breweries. Real ales are kept in excellent condition. Real ales are listed on the prominent pub notice board that tells customers: the strength of each beer, a brief description of what they taste like and the location of each brewery! Very useful when you encounter a new beer and wonder what it’s like. As well as real ale, the Cumberland also sells an excellent range of real ciders. Ciders are stored in the cellar and kept in jugs in a fridge behind the bar. 2020 is the third time the Cumberland has won our annual cider The Cumberland is an impressive Victorian award. building, located on Townfoot (A686) at The Cumberland is a well-run, friendly inn the foot the very steep Front Street in the serving excellent food, real ale and real high market town of Alston. In warmer ciders. It is a worthy winner of our awards. weather you can take advantage of the patio and enjoy a superb view of the Alan Welsh beautiful South Tyne valley.

Spring 2020 3 2020 Pub of the Year Fell Bar, Penrith Solway Branch members have voted CAMRA Pub of the Year 2020 the Fell Bar in Penrith. This is yet another is also a range of traditional ciders. award Supplementing this is a choice of eight keg following craft beers. The pub offers a discount of on from Pub of the Season for Autumn 20% on take away beers. 2018, as well as Cider Pub of the Year 2019. Considering the Fell bar has only been Thursday evenings alternate between a opened since August 2017, these are quiz and live music, these events have been fantastic achievements. proved to be very popular and you need to get there early to get a seat. The Fell Bar opened on the 19th August 2017 after a total refurbishment of the Occasionally, they have a ‘Tap Takeover’ as property. The bar has three floors with the well as a ‘Beer Club’, which is a ticketed and cosy main bar on the ground floor. The includes guided tastings of different styles comfortable first floor room, which has of Beer from a chosen Brewery. been recently refurbished, is the venue for Many congratulations to all at Fell Bar for live music and quiz nights. The top floor is winning our 2020 Pub of the Year award. where the amenities are situated. The award presentation will take place on 28 March 2020. Please follow our Facebook page or visit our website for more details. Alan Taylor, Penrith Area Organiser

There are six cask ales on all the time split 50/50, three from the Fell Brewery and three guest ales from all over the UK and Europe. As you’d expect for the 2019 Solway Branch Cider Pub of the Year, there 4 Fell Bar, Penrith A few words from Fell Fell Penrith has had a great year! Since we Firstly, I’d like to thank CAMRA for redeveloped our first floor, we have seen bestowing this prestigious award on us. really encouraging growth off the back of CAMRA is an organisation close to our that. We have gathered a really committed hearts and we respect its position as the and enthusiastic staff there headed by our most successful food and drink consumer manager Joe. movement in the world. We completely The big news, I suppose, is that Joe will be accept that Fell Brewery would not exist leaving Fell Penrith shortly to head our without it and we are thus significantly latest venture in Chorlton, South indebted and grateful to you. Manchester. Fran, who has been with us for Cask beer continues to represent some 65% some time, will ably replace him. It is again of Fell’s output and we will always put it first fantastic to have the opportunity and and foremost in our plans. Our bars are confidence to promote from within. You will proud to serve great cask beer from both still see Joe around though as he moves Fell and carefully chosen guests. We put a into his new role as general manager of Fell lot of work into choosing and serving our Bars. beers at Fell Penrith and we are happy to Tim Bloomer, Fell Brewery see this recognised. We’ve always thought we’ve had the best range in town.

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Lots of pubs entertain their customers with 7) Which model of car has been described regular quiz nights. Geoff Stables, the as “ the least attractive British-made car in quizmaster at the Wellington Inn, Great any British museum “? Orton, has set ten questions: 8) Which is the only professional football 1) Which Queen song begins with the line “ team inn to play in red and white I’ve paid my dues, time after time “ ? hoops? 2) How many contestants are on each team 9) Which English pop band of the late on University Challenge? 1970’s/ early 1980’s had four number one singles, three of which went straight into 3) Which indoor game in France is called the charts at Number one? Babyfoot? 10) Which Dutch alcoholic drink got its 4) If you were in Australia and eating a name as it was supposed to be the drink of sinker, what would you be eating? lawyers? 5) Travelling in a car along a motorway at an Geoff Stables average speed of 60 miles per hour, how long would it take to travel 210 miles? Answers on page 9 6) What was named Toy of the Century in 2000?

Spring 2020 5 Ale Trail Aikton Arms, Aikton and darts board. There is a beer garden behind the pub and space for ten touring caravans in the adjacent campsite. The Wellington serves good value meals using locally sourced ingredients including meat from the renowned local butcher. Live music is being reintroduced here with open mic nights on last Friday of month.

This attractive 18th century inn is situated in In December 2017, Barrie and Kirsty took the idyllic village of Aikton, which lies about the brave decision to buy the “Wellie” from 5 miles northwest of Thursby. Robinson’s Brewery and run it as a free house. The Aikton Arms is a very friendly and cosy village inn with a warming wood burner in The switch from Robinson’s has certainly the main room that rather helpfully reminds increased the choice of beers available you of the pubs name! through the three hand pumps on the bar. I sampled an excellent pint of Keswick Gold. When we visited, the large lounge room was very busy with diners enjoying bar The meals: the pub has an excellent reputation “Wellie” for its food. There is also a small “snug” off was a to the left of the main bar/lounge area. well- deserved The Aikton Arms has two hand pumps winner of dispensing real ales. On our visit, Cumbrian our Legendary Ales Langdale was on sale and branch in very good condition. pub of Wellington Inn, Gt. Orton the season award last summer. Greyhound Inn, Burgh by Sands From personal experience, I can certainly testify that the Greyhound is a very welcome refreshment stop on the Hadrian’s Wall path! The building is a former manor house that was converted to a pub by State Management Scheme in 1936. The Wellington is an attractive country inn about five miles to the west of Carlisle. The Greyhound was fully refurbished a few Husband and wife, Barrie and Kirsty Lomas, years ago. It is a comfortable, open plan run the pub having taken over in August pub with a bar area, a dining area and a 2012. raised games area with a pool table. There are beer gardens to the front and rear. On entering the pub, there is a cosy little room on the left with a piano. The room Dean Foster took over at the Greyhound in then opens up into the bar area which has a October. Since then he has been very busy roaring fire on colder days. Beyond this is with all manor of community activities in another small room, which has a pool table the pub. He has extended and widened the

6 Ale Trail There are log burners at each end of the room making it a lovely cosy place on a cold day. There are plans to sympathetically extend the pub whilst retaining its old world charm. When Steve and Lynne took over, the Oak didn’t sell real ale and hadn’t done for many years. They installed two hand pumps and have now added a third. The regular beers are Cumbrian Legendary Heroes range of real ales on sale. I tried a pint of Loweswater Gold and Theakstons XB. I Cross Bay Blonde Sunset, which was very sampled the guest beer, good. Hawkshead Windermere Pale, Dean is also organising the ‘Greyhound which was superb. Guzzler’, a beer and cider festival at the pub, over the Easter weekend. On our recent visit, we were delighted to The Greyhound certainly offers a warm present Steve and welcome. Dean told Bar Fly that he Lynne with the Solway especially welcomes families, walkers, Branch winter pub of cyclists and dogs with well-behaved the season award. owners! Whether it’s for a cuppa by the fire, a three-course dinner, a special occasion or Alan Welsh a few beers, the Greyhound is a good choice. Royal Oak, Moorhouse

A warm & friendly welcome awaits with Quality Real Ales Beer Garden The Royal Oak has been a hub for the local Sunday Lunches Sky Sports community since 1742. After the sale of the State Management Scheme in 1973, A family friendly, traditional pub, Greenall Whitley owned the pub. Steve and with a warm welcome, a hearty meal, and Lynne Irving have owned it since December 2017. a good night for everyone! This is an old pub and it certainly retains a Lynne & Steve Irving warm feeling for its history. Be prepared to 01228 576475 duck as you enter! It consists of a single room with a small alcove to one end Moorhouse, Carlisle, CA5 6EZ (featuring a signed Carlisle United shirt). theroyaloakinnmoorhouse

Spring 2020 7 Called to the Bar! Getting involved news, discuss our pub awards and other So, you like real ale and you decided to join CAMRA related topics. CAMRA - thank you. That may have been in After the meeting, we have a social either in the last week, the last year or even last the meeting venue or a visit to one or two century! Apart from drinking the stuff, what nearby pubs. Please join us! could you do to help the Campaign? Our next few meetings, all upstairs in the WhatPub? Kings Head, are on 30th March, 27th April, The Solway 18th May and 29th June (our AGM). branch has over 600 If you can’t make our meetings, we’d still members and like to hear from you! Whether it’s to let us we rely on them to do everything the have some information, to comment on branch does! Mainly, we ask our members what the branch does (or doesn’t) do or to to help by keeping us up-to-date on real ale ask a question about the branch or CAMRA. outlets in our area. If you can, please use the branch email address: [email protected] As regular readers will know, the superb CAMRA pubs website, WhatPub.com, Socials provides information on over 35,000 real We have regular socials to enjoy a few ale pubs across the UK. beers in different parts of our area. Sometimes these involve presenting our We need more help from local members to pub awards. We welcome all members to keep information updated. All you need to pop along, have a craic and a pint or two. do is look at the information on WhatPub and, when you visit a pub, check that it’s Each month, we organise an Ale Trail social correct! If it isn’t, either login to WhatPub by minibus to several country pubs in north and submit and update (using your Cumbria. We usually have some spare member login details) or email our branch seats! It only costs £8 per person and all pubs officer on [email protected]. you need to do is let us know you’re uk. Cheers! coming, turn up on time and enjoy some excellent pubs without having to drive! Branch Meetings We have a business meeting each month, If you want more information, please usually on the last Monday (if that isn’t a contact our social secretary on socials@ Bank Holiday!). solway.camra.org.uk Meetings are Carlisle Beer Festival currently held- in Our major real ale the Kings Head, promoting event Carlisle and, of the year is, of once a year, the course, the Fell Bar, Penrith. Carlisle Beer Festival - 29 to 31 Our meetings are Oct 2020 at The very informal Venue. We would and tend to last like to thank all of about an hour, our fantastic sometimes less! volunteers for We share pub their help. and brewery

8 Getting Involved We do welcome new faces as active volunteers before, during and after the Festival. It is hard, but very enjoyable, work. Let us know if you can help. Cheers! Alan Welsh Branch Chairman

Answers to the Quiz on page 5 1. We are the champions 6. Lego 2. Four 7. Nissan Bluebird 3. Table Football 8. Doncaster Rovers 4. A pie 9. The Jam 5. 3.5 hours 10. Advocaat The Fetherston Arms Kirkoswald Four hand pulled real ales The Blacksmiths Arms offers all the hospitality and hand and comforts of a traditional Country Inn. pulled Enjoy tasty meals served in our bar cider lounges or linger over dinner in our well Great home cooked food appointed restaurant. Three regular real ales (Hawkshead Bitter, Open Mon-Tue 4pm-midnight, Windermere and Black Sheep) and one guest ale. Wed-Sun 12pm-midnight Open daily 12-11. Food served Wed-Sat 12-3pm & 5pm- 9pm, Sun 12-7.30pm (no food Mon-Tue) The Jackson family extend their warm hospitality 20 minute walk from Lazonby train station to all who frequent the Blacksmith’s Arms. We look forward to welcoming you Talkin, Brampton, Cumbria, CA8 1LE 016977 3452 / 4211 The Square, Kirkoswald, CA10 1DQ [email protected] 01768 898284 www.blacksmithstalkin.co.uk Spring 2020 9 Bar Fly Pub News

If you are aware of Cumwhitton any changes taking place in a pub in our area then please let us know. Bar Fly is good but it is hard getting around over 150 outlets, even with wings! See Branch Contact for details of how to keep in touch. Baggrow Following the departure of Chris, Sara and The Grey Norm, the Pheasant Inn has been taken Goat has over by new owners Peter Scott and Kate reopened Rowling. Real ales featured include Blonde with new and Ale from nearby Great Corby brewery. owners, They have recently refurbished and Charles and reopened the upstairs function room, which Ainsley, is available for all types of get together. intending to They also have plans to refurbish and make the pub renowned for real ales. reopen the six B&B rooms. Timothy Taylor’s Landlord is the regular real Dumfries ale with two other hand pumps being used Beer Without Borders is opening a bar for Cumbrian breweries. This has been such called the Riverside Tap. The notice in the a success, however, that two more hand pub window describes the bar as, “the first pumps will soon be added! craft beer taproom in Dumfries”. The bar intends stocking a “selection of superb Local beers featured so far have come from beers from local and key Scottish Hesket Newmarket, Hawkshead, Keswick breweries”. and Tractor Shed. Charles and Ainsley are happy to talk with any Cumbrian breweries Kendal about their beers. The New Union, National The Grey CAMRA Cider Goat, a Pub of the beautiful Year, will be rural holding their community annual cider pub, opens festival from at noon 2nd to 5th July. every day. There is a striking beer garden with a view of Skiddaw and other northern Left, fells and a roaring open fire! competition organiser Carlisle Sarah Newson The Milbourne Arms is due to reopen late presents the March. It will feature real ales from Cumbria. award to Phil The pub is currently being refurbished. Walker. More information in the summer edition.

10 Bar Fly Pub News Low Crosby (Crosby on Eden) Beer Festivals at Local Pubs Sad news that the Stag Inn has closed A number of local pubs plan beer festivals and has been put up for sale by owners over the next few months. Margaret Graham and Ron Brand. Let’s Greyhound, Burgh hope that this charming village local, The ‘Greyhound right on the Hadrian’s Wall path, finds a Guzzler’ will take buyer and reopens soon. place from 10th to Penrith 12th April (Easter As we go to weekend) with 36 real press, Bar ales and ciders will be on sale. On Easter Fly has Sunday there will be a family fun day with a heard the bouncy castle, Easter egg hunt and crafts. Dockray Local band, the Bone Doctors, will close the Hall will be Festival on Sunday with a family fun. reopening very soon under new Pheasant Inn, Cumwhitton ownership. That is certainly something to Their annual beer festival featuring look forward to. Cumbrian breweries take place from 6th to Following a 10th May 2020 very short Drovers Rest, Monkhill closure, the The Festival will Dog Beck be held on 15th to Wetherspoons 17th May with a pub has wide selection of reopened. The real ales and a number of real ciders. pub is now being run by Sam who is keen to promote Stone Inn, Hayton real ales and hopes to run some tap Bar Fly understands takeovers. that the Festival takes place on the 23rd and Walton 25th May, but please Bar Fly is check with the pub delighted to before travelling. The event features a hear that the selection of real ales and live music. Old Vicarage Royal Oak, Moorhouse has celebrated The “OakFest” will be their first year of held on the 11th and business. This 12th July. More new village local details in the summer is certainly a edition. welcome addition to Please note that pub opening hours and village life. The meal times are subject to change. pub brew their To avoid disappointment, Bar Fly advises own beers as that you check times with the pub before well as selling you travel. Full details of real ale pubs in our guest ales from area and the UK can be found on the other, usually local, breweries. CAMRA website: WhatPub.com.

Spring 2020 11 Follow The Cumbrians on the Road

This article is designed to suggest some real NORTHAMPTON TOWN 17 March ale pubs near the grounds Carlisle United 2020 will visit during the 2019/20 season. To visit There are no Good Beer Guide Pubs near to all away league games this season, you will this out of town ground. A short walk from need to travel an incredible 11,000 miles, if the ground there are three Greene King you start at Brunton Park! pubs serving food as well as real ale The Sixfields, Sevens and Walter Tull. Most of the pubs mentioned will be in CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide, so I hope you To find quality pubs involves a long 30 enjoy the real ale/ciders on offer. If you minute plus walk into the town centre. come across any other pubs, especially Worth seeking out are the Albion Brewery away fans friendly pubs please let me know Bar, 54, Kingswell Street, NN1 1PR and the at [email protected] .All pubs Malt Shovel, 121, Bridge Street NN1 1QF are within 15 minutes walk of the ground unless stated otherwise. Details of all the MACCLESFIELD 28 Mar 2020 The Golden Lion 98 Moss Lane, Macclesfield real ale pubs can be found on the CAMRA SK11 7XH is the only real ale pub within a website whatpub.com. few minutes of the ground. As it does not GRIMSBY TOWN 14 March 2020 serve food and serves only bland national As all football fans know Blundell Park is brewery cask ales more discerning drinkers situated in Cleethorpes and it is south in the may wish to direction of the town/ beech that the best head for the pubs are found. town centre. My recomm- Two of them endation is are found at Waters Green the train Tavern, 96 station Waters Green, namely No1 Macclesfield, Pub at the SK11 6LH. station itself Situated close and No2 to both the Refreshment railway and Rooms, on bus stations it Station serves good Approach. If pub grub and food is a range of required the interesting nearby real ales. Coliseum a Other good Wether- beer guide spoons pub pubs to be on the High found in the Street is worth town centre a visit to see are Park the interesting Tavern, way it has Redwillow and been Treacle Tap. converted.

12 Follow The Cumbrians on the Road SALFORD CITY 10 April 2020 match days. Up to five real ales are usually The nearest real ale pub and where I shall be available, and good-quality food is served heading is The Star, 2 Back Hope Street all day. Higher Broughton M7 2FR around a mile In central Exeter there are three Good Beer (20 minutes walk) from the ground. This Guide pubs all about 25 minutes walk from was the UK’s first urban pub cooperative to the ground. These are The Fat Pig, John be owned and run by its customers and is Street, Georges Meeting House, South now a brewpub. Street and Hour Glass Inn on Melbourne Street, Exeter. The nearest Good Beer Guide Pub the Duke of York is to be found at 97 Marlborough Mike Tuer Road, Hightown in Higher Broughton M7 4SP around a 30 minute walk from the ground. This is a large Victorian pub serving Holt beers. Ale Tales Advertising Rates If you would like to advertise in this magazine EXETER CITY 18 April 2020 please ring Neil Richards MBE on 01536 358670 or email: [email protected] The Centre Spot Bar at St James Park Advertising Rates are: serves up to four real ales on match days. Mono Full Colour 1/4 Page £75 £85 St Annes Well 31 Well Street, Exeter, EX4 1/2 Page £130 £145 6QL is a warm and welcoming community Full Page £230 £260 pub situated close to the football ground, Inside Covers £280 Outside Back £300 both home and away fans are welcome on

Pete and Kate welcome you to The Pheasant Aikton Arms Inn AIKTON, WIGTON CA7 0JF 2 Courses for £14.50 Friday & Sunday 5-8.30pm The Cumwhitton Beer Festival Monday & Tuesday 5.30-8pm @ The Pheasant Inn, 7th-10th May Sunday Lunch 12:00-3:00pm We will be celebrating Come and see us. 2 courses for £15 ales that represent the Everyone welcome. or 3 courses £17 best of Cumbria, as Our aim is create one of well as serving fabulous the best social food, and live music community and eating from Thieving Magpies. places in Cumbria. We are located in the Join us in our journey picturesque Eden and be part of The Valley, 15 mins from Pheasant Inn Penrith, Carlisle and Community. Brampton. The Pheasant Inn, Cumwhitton, Brampton, Cumbria, CA8 9EX 01228 560 102 pheasantinncumwhitton.co.uk 016973 49299 cumwhitton Book Now at aiktonarms.co.uk Spring 2020 13 What’s Brewing? Great Corby CAMRA member, Two new beers appeared in late 2019, the Stephen Bate, was first was Affalach - a 4.6% ABV Black IPA, given the task of which I’m really disappointed I didn’t get to devising the try! The second was Yellow Sub, a very pale recipe for a new 3.8% beer, which tasted very good, in The seasonal brew for Last Zebra, in mid December. spring! A seasonal winter brown ale, The brewery will focus on its core range for ‘Santa’s Little Belta’, was launched in the early months of 2020 and then will look November at the Black Bull, Moffat. to bring back some of the beers that came Penny McWilliams out last year. Yellow Sub, Tizzie Whizie and Yakima Valley are the ones pencilled in to Sulwath reappear so far. Black Galloway, current CAMRA Champion The brewery has installed a couple of 8 Porter of Scotland, will appear at the hectolitre conditioning tanks, which have CAMRA Great British Beer Festival this ‘rousers’ in them, which will help when it August. The beer also won the SIBA comes to the likes of dry-hopping beers. (Society of Independent Brewers) Scottish Richard Weir Porter award. Sulwath has reached the grand final of the Hesket Newmarket Scottish Business awards to be held in May Notable events recently at the Hesket this year. Newmarket Brewery have included the Keith Bruce 20th anniversary of the Old Crown becoming an independent, community owned pub. A special offering of ale was THE HOWARD ARMS produced. Coincidentally, the brewery celebrated its 30th anniversary around the Front Street, Brampton same time. 016977 42758 Peak Bagger IPA continues to sell well and production runs are continuing. Plans for Homecooked TUESDAY NIGHT spring offerings are being developed and breakfast, lunches and IS STEAK NIGHT! an announcement will be forthcoming in evening meals 2 x 8oz Sirlion steaks the New Year. available from 8am with tomatoes, Rick Salter till 9pm, 7 days a mushrooms, Lowland week. homemade onion Members of the rings and chips Roast lunches served Dumfries and PLUS, A bottle of Red all day Sunday till Stewartry sub- or White house wine 9pm. branch had a very £30.00 enjoyable visit to FUNCTION ROOM Lowland Brewing’s Serving 5 star Available for hire for Lockerbie premises Cask Marque ales in November. any occasion. Brewery owner See our Facebook The Howard Arms Michael Tough Brampton for regular live entertainment and hosted the tour. events. Jazz and Folk nights, quiz nights, live Dumfries based music etc.

14 Ale Tales Read Ale about it! Ale Tales is published by the Solway Branch of Find Ale Tales in the following real ale pubs: CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale (© 2020) Abbeytown, Wheatsheaf; Aikton, Aikton All rights reserved. Views or comments expressed in Arms; Alston, Angel, Cumberland, Nent Hall this publication may not necessarily be those of the Hotel, Turks Head; Armathwaite, Dukes Head, Editor or of CAMRA. Fox & Pheasant; Baggrow, Grey Goat; To Advertise To view our rates, see page ??. To place an advert please contact: Blencow, Clickham Inn; Bolton Low Houses, Neil Richards, 01536 358670 or Oddfellows, Bowness on Solway, Kings Arms; [email protected] Brampton, Brambles Bistro, Golf Club, Howard www.matelotmarketing.co.uk Arms, Nags Head, Shoulder of Mutton; Printed by CKN Print, www.cknprint.co.uk Broadfield, Crown; Burgh by Sands, Deadline for Summer edition is Greyhound; Caldbeck, Oddfellows; 24th April 2020 Calthwaite, Globe; Carlisle, 301 miles from Branch Contact London, Apple Tree, Beehive, Boardroom, E-mail: [email protected] Caledonian, Coach & Horses, Crown [email protected] (Stanwix), Crown & Thistle, Eaten by Monsters, Website: www.solway.camra.org.uk Fat Gadgie, Gosling Bridge, Griffin, Joiners Facebook.com/CAMRAsolway Arms, Kings Head, Near Boot, Old Fire Station, Facebook.com/CarlisleBeerFestival Spider &Fly, Spinners Arms, Sportsman, Branch Diary William Rufus, Woodrow Wilson; Castle Meetings Carrock, Duke of Cumberland; Cotehill, Greyhound; Culgaith, Black Swan; Business includes: breweries & pubs news, pub awards, beer festivals, socials, beer guides, etc. , Lowther; Cumwhitton, All meetings take place at the Kings Head, Pheasant; Curthwaite, Royal Oak; Dalston, Carlisle starting at 7:45pm Blue Bell, Bridge End; Durdar, Black Lion; Mon 30 March Faugh, String of Horses; Great Orton, Mon 27 April Wellington; Great Salkeld, Highland Drove; Mon 18 May Greystoke, Boot & Shoe; Hallbankgate, Belted Mon 29 June (AGM) Will; Hayton, Lane End, Stone; Hesket Each meeting is followed by a social. This takes Newmarket, Old Crown; Ireby, Emily's Black place either in the Kings Head or we visit Lion; Kirkbride, Bush; Kirkoswald, Crown, another city centre pub or two. Fetherston; Lanercost, Sports Club; Socials Langwathby, Shepherds; Little Corby, Otter; Socials usually visit several real ale pubs. Longtown, Graham Arms; Low Hesket, Rose & Members and non-members are welcome. Crown; Monkhill, Drovers Rest, Moorhouse, Please check our website for further details. Royal Oak; Mungrisdale, Mill Inn; Nenthead, 28 March Penrith Pub Crawl Miners; Newbiggin, Blue Bell; Newton Reigny, Including Solway Branch Pub of the Year Sun; Oulton, Bird in Hand; Ousby, Fox; Penrith, Presentation to the Fell Bar Agricultural, Board & Elbow, British Legion 3 April Ale Trail by minibus Club, Cross Keys, Dog Beck Inn, Fell Bar, 1 May Ale Trail by minibus Foundry 34, General Wolfe, George, North 19 June Ale Trail by minibus Lakes Hotel, Robin Hood, Royal; Penruddock, Further details from our social secretary: Herdwick; Penton, Pop-up Bar, Pentonbridge; [email protected] Red Dial, Sun; Rockcliffe, Crown & Thistle; Beer & Cider Festivals Roweltown, Crossings Inn; Ruleholme, Golden 10-12 Apr Greyhound Guzzler at the Greyhound, Fleece; Scotby, Royal Oak; Sebergham, Sour Burgh by Sands Nook; Silloth, Albion, Golf Hotel; Smithfield, 6-10 May Pheasant Inn Cumwhitton Beer Festival Robin Hood; Talkin, Blacksmiths Arms; 15-17 May Monkhill Beer Festival at the Drovers Rest, Monkhill Thursby, Ship; Troutbeck, Sportsman; Uldale, 23-25 May Hayton Beer Festival at the Stone Inn, Snooty Fox; Warwick, Queens; , Hayton Crown, Fantails, Wheatsheaf; Wigton, Black- 2-5 Jul Cider Festival, New Union, Kendal a-Moor; Wreay, Plough. 11-12 Jul OakFest at the Royal Oak, Moorhouse. Summer Ale Tales out in May 29 Oct - 31 Oct - Carlisle Beer Festival Spring 2020 15 Popular community Joiners Arms pub. Church Street Real ales: Theakston Best Carlisle CA2 5TF Bitter and two guest 01228 534275 ales. Open: Traditional Sunday 12-midnight Mon-Thu Lunch served from 12-1am Fri, 12-2am Sat 12noon till 5pm. 12-midnight Sun Darts leagues Food Served: 12-6pm Mon, 12-7 Tue, Sun-Tue, Pool 12-9pm Wed-Fri, league Wed, Quiz & all day Sat, 12-5pm Sun Bingo Thu.

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