Save the Environment… Drink LocAle - Nottingham CAMRA

TALES FROM THE NORTH
The Horse & Groom, Linby, is holding its’ annual charity event on Saturday 7th
July 2007. The ‘It’s a Knockout’ day will include favourite activities including
a bouncy castle; Bar-B-Q and stalls. This year the pub hopes to raise more
than the £2,000 made in 2006 and the money will be split between the Aplastic
Anaemia charity and Hucknall water polo. Not only is this a great day out, but
the National Good Beer Guide listed pub also has some excellent cask beers
on offer. The pub is open is open all day from 12 noon to 11.00 pm (Sunday
closing at 10.30 pm)
Just up the road from the Horse & Groom is the village of Papplewick with
the recently renovated Griffins Head. Fortunately, the renovation has been
completed with care and should be seen as an improvement. Whilst the pub
may be described as a ‘gastro-pub’, the owners have sensitively left separate
drinking areas so both the drinker and eater will be happy.
Six hand pulls now adorn the bar offering Black Sheep bitter; Charles Wells
Bombardier; Timothy Taylor Landlord; Marston’s Pedigree and Shepherd
Neame Spitfire, with a changing guest beer also available.
The pub re-opened on 26th March and is open 11-11 Monday-Thursday; 11-12 Friday and Saturday and 12-10.30 Sunday.
Food is available 12-3 & 5-10 Monday-Fridays; 12-10 Saturday and 12-8 Sunday. Where possible, food is sourced locally and is
freshly prepared.
Mark Bloomfield, mine host, says that after over ten years in the
trade it is his intention to create a pub serving good food and
great beers and wines.
Certainly on my visit to the pub I can vouch for the beer, and
the menu certainly
indicated that
diners are in for a
treat.
From Nottingham,
both pubs can be
reached by using
Trent Barton bus
141 and are about
two miles from
the Hucknall Tram
stop.
The Sun Inn, Eastwood is offering a 15p a pint discount on its cask ales for
CAMRA members. The pub is open 10.30 am - 11.00 pm, Monday – Saturday;
11-11 Sunday, with food available 12-2.30 Monday – Friday and 12-8 Saturday &
Sunday.
If you have any information relating to pubs in ‘the north’ please contact me at
andrewludlow@nottinghamcamra.org
Victoria Tavern
& Guests
COMPETITION
Win two bottles of real ale.
Just answer the following question from Spyke’s
world travels.
In which country is this locomotive pictured?
Again the nearest geographically wins. Send
your answer to the ND address or email drinker@
nottinghamcamra.org by 7th July 2007.
Please include a contact email address or phone
number.
The answer to the last competition was Iquitos,
Peru. The first person out of the hat who won two
bottles of Vale Black Swan mild was Glyn Moxham.
30 www.nottinghamcamra.org June / July 2007