BRANCH DIARY

Last updated 17th March 2008

When? What? Where? Notes
Wednesday 4th June Open Meeting To be confirmed 8 pm
Saturday 7th June Survey Trip for Good Beer Guide 6.00 pm
Saturday 14th June All-Day Social Trip Sheffield TBC
Wednesday 2nd July Open Meeting Bay Horse, Wincolmlee 8 pm

Open Meetings

Held in a city centre pub on the first Wednesday of every month. They start at 8.00 p.m. with business conducted until around 9.30 p.m. Anyone interested in real ale and or other related subjects are very welcome to attend. See the branch diary for dates and venues.

Coach Trips

Trips must be pre-booked. Contact Alan Canvess (01482 446320) for bookings and details for SOCIAL trips. Contact John Heckford (01482 354513) for bookings and details regarding SURVEY trips, which are for active CAMRA members who wish to be involved in the process of choosing pubs for the 2007 Good Beer Guide. Unless otherwise stated trips leave from the Deaf Institute on Spring Bank at 6 pm. Please call at reasonable hours! There are two sorts of trips:

Social Trips

Social Trips are run on the first Saturday of January to April. They are aimed at real ale drinkers who prefer quality to quantity. Occasionally by train but normally by coach, departing at 6.00 p.m. from outside Debenhams or First Choice on Ferensway in Hull. A detailed street map of the destination is provided showing the locations of recommended pubs - you decide which ones to visit. The coach leaves for the return journey at 11.45 p.m. Drop off's are made at various points on main roads WITHIN the Hull city boundary.

Survey Trips

Survey trips take place from May to November on the first Saturday of the month. The beer quality is checked at six or seven pubs outside the city boundary. The pubs checked include the previous years GBG entries plus any other pubs that are recommended by members or non-members. It is the beer quality that is important, not the number of beers sold or that the pub is 300 years old and or in a picture postcard setting.