West Yorkshire Day Out

As Keith Satterly continues to arrange drinking days out, we headed off to West Yorkshire on Saturday 25^th February for our first trip of 2006. This trip, having sold out within a few days of being announced, meant that we had a full bus and, as Keith likes it, it departed on time at 9.00am from Humberstone Gate.

The usual regulars filled most of the seats of our 50 seater coach. Our first port of call was Marsden. Although the streets were a bit narrow, making it a tight squeeze getting the bus down the Main Street, we eventually pulled up outside The Riverhead Brewery Tap at about 11.30, which is where most of us made a beeline. There were about 8 of their beers on tap; it has a large drinking area on two levels, basic wooden floor and furniture. As this pub was full, some of us took a wander up the hill to visit The Tunnel End Inn. In this Freehouse, there was a roaring log fire on the go and meals being served (visit www.tunnelendinn.com). Some of us also visited The Railway on the way back to the bus; myself, I nipped in The Swan for a pint of Thwaites. By this time our 90 Minutes were up.

Our next port of call wasn’t all that far away, the Brewery Tap for Linfit Brewery, The Sair Inn at Linthwaite. This was a fair step from the main road on a hill what seemed to be 1 in 3. This pub was full of hidden treasures, including a room untouched for years with a cast iron stove. There were about 10 Linfit Beers on. After the climb back up the hill to board the bus, we set off to Golcar, a short ride away. Here we visited The Rose & Crown, Brewery Tap to Golcar Brewery. With a handful of their beers on, this was a short stay before moving on to Huddersfield.

Keith had given out maps of the town with all of the decent pubs marked on, for people’s guidance. With 90 minutes to play with, a number of pubs were visited. Some of the more popular ones were The Head Of Steam, by the railway station, two rooms adorned with railway artefacts and a good selection of beers, The Rat & Ratchet, mainly selling Ossett Brewery’s Beers, and The Star Inn, a traditional local without fruit machines, loud music etc. - a free house with a good selection of local beers.

By now, not only was it time to make our way back to the bus, but it had started raining. Many of us had a sleep on the bus during the journey before arriving at our last port of call, The Stables Bar at Denby. This was another tight squeeze for the bus and Andrew Brett (licensee and Mansfield CAMRA Branch member) made us all very welcome, despite filling his pub from end to end, and since it was the Brewery Tap for Leadmill, he showed a few of us in to the brewery. This pub is set in an old stable, just as the name suggests. It is very basic, but only opens at weekends. It can be difficult to find but is well worth the effort in doing so; a must to visit in summer months.

We arrived back in Leicester again, on time at about 9.30. We must pass our thanks on to Keith Satterly for organising another cracking day out and Dennis of Alantis Travel for a safe and pleasant journey.

Keith Williams.
 

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