Derbyshire Revisited

Our second trip to Derbyshire took place on Saturday 12^th May. I was very pleased with the response, taking 46 people on the coach from Leicester.

We left at 10.00am for our enroute for Glossop, where we arrived at approximately 12.15pm. The Good Beer Guide has five entries for the town. I personally only visited The Old Gloveworks, primarily to eat but did sample, out of the five beers on, a pint of Phoenix White Monk. I was told the Sam Smiths at the Crown Inn was only £1.25 a pint. Words fail me!!

In my mind the gem of the whole trip was the Globe, also in Glossop. It normally does not open until 5.00pm, but he especially opened at 1.00pm for our group so I asked our party to support him and was pleased at the response. He had five Globe beers on, ranging from Amber 3.8% through to Paleface at 5.3%, which only cost £2.00 a pint. I would like to thank Ron Brooks the Landlord for his hospitality and believe me, I will be back. It was a gem!

We then set of for Hayfield where the town was decorated for the May Queen celebrations. During our short stop the group either visited the Kinder Lodge, recommended to me by the High Peak CAMRA Branch, or the Good Beer Guide entry, The Royal Hotel, where I managed to sample two Howard Town brews from Glossop. Longendale Light 3.7% and Bleaklow 3.8%. 

After about 45 minutes drive, we arrived at Ashover, The Old Poet’s Corner, a place I had been looking forward to visiting. There were eight beers on for our visit including their own Malthouse Mild and Light Rale. Some people found another pub in the village, The Black Swan, which sold Everards Tiger and 2 Thornbridge Hall beers. I also found time to sample the excellent ice cream in the local shop. Bakewell tart flavour!

Soon it was time to move on to another favourite pub of mine, The Old Oak Inn, Horsley Woodhouse. I personally sampled Bottlebrook Brewery Full Moon 4.6% and Tempest 4.7%. I resisted temptation to sample Black Bess at 7.4% brewed by the same brewery.

Our final pub was the award winning 2006 Pub of theYear, The Bell at Smalley but yours truly has no idea what he sampled! I know this, everywhere we went we had brilliant hospitality. I would remind everyone that all of the five pubs we visited can be visited independently by public transport, using a Derbyshire Wayfarer ticket.

K Satterly.

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