Tag Archives: Slaithwaite

“Time on the Real Ale trail”

[Comment in the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 27th May 2013]   IT’S certainly about time something was done to halt the Ale Trail havoc which is blighting the Colne Valley at weekends. What started as the chance for real ale drinkers … Continue reading →

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“Lager ban on Real Ale Trail as new pub group says enough is enough”

[From the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 27th May 2013] LANDLORDS and brewers are putting the brakes on a railway pub crawl which has become a victim of its own success. The Ale Trail from Manchester to Leeds via the Colne Valley, … Continue reading →

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SHRUG meeting with Transport for Greater Manchester

Members of SHRUG representatives met with officers from TfGM and Metro on 19th March 2013, as a follow-up to a previous meeting in September 2012. Items discussed included Northern Hub timescales Electrification Work Planning for Future Service Patterns from 2016-18 … Continue reading →

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“Real Ale trail has become ‘a monster’ according to CAMRA expert Bob Tomlinson”

[from the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 4th April 2013] A BEER expert has labelled the Transpennine Real Ale Trail as “a  monster”. Writing in the latest edition of Ale Talk, the real ale magazine of   Huddersfield Camra, editor Bob Tomlinson … Continue reading →

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