In a change to the normal format, the April social will take place as a Saturday day time event rather than a midweek evening.
The plan is to visit the pubs of Cirencester, travelling on the Stagecoach 51 bus, which departs from The Promenade at 11:10.
Stagecoach offer a “Family & Friends Explorer” ticket, which is valid for up to 4 adults. It costs £15 and can be bought on the bus. Please check the Stagecoach website for details.
For May the monthly social returns to the Thursday night pub crawl format. We will start at the London Inn on London Road at 8pm and then head back towards the town centre.
The 2020 Good Beer Guide will be published on 12th September. As usual the branch have a number of copies for sale at a reduced price of £11 per copy for members.
If you would like us to reserve you a copy, please contact us via email: secretary{at}cheltenhamcamra.org.uk [replace the {at} with @]
We will be holding a branch social and launch event, where you can pick up your reserved copies, in The Kemble Brewery Inn.
The annual Cheltenham CAMRA Charity Singalong returns Brewhouse & Kitchen. this year.
Once again, Gren will be on the piano to lead us in seasonal (and not so seasonal) tunes.
We will be raising money for the Midlands Air Ambulance, so don’t forget to buy your raffle tickets. Any prizes you’d like to donate would be gratefully accepted.
To help support local pubs and landlords the Cheltenham Branch committee are starting a series of pub evenings visiting a number of pubs in a different area of Cheltenham each month. The trips will also be used to score pubs on What Pub which will help towards the next GBG selection.
The first trip will cover the St James Quarter starting in The Adam and Eve (7:30pm) and then The Railway (8:00pm)
All members are welcome to join us.
To help support local pubs and landlords the Cheltenham Branch committee are starting a series of pub evenings visiting a number of pubs in a different area of Cheltenham each month. The trips will also be used to score pubs on What Pub which will help towards the next GBG selection.
For the second trip we will be doing a Not The Bath Road tour. Starting in the Somerset Arms, we will then visit The Jolly Brewmaster, Suffolk Arms, The Retreat and The Beehive.
All members are welcome to join us.
There is something quintessentially British about the pub beer garden. Nothing says summer more than sitting outside a pub with a pint of real ale in hand. We are also equally at home sitting outside under a patio heater whatever the weather. For many youngsters their first introduction to the pub is playing on the equipment in a pub garden with pop and crisps while their parents have a drink. We like to drink outside, and pub beer gardens provide this experience.
Pub beers gardens are not just for pleasure though. Many proved to be a real life saver for pubs during the covid pandemic. After the first lockdowns pubs were initially only able to operate outside and those pubs with beer gardens were able to trade in a socially distanced way bringing in vital income that would have otherwise been lost through people drinking at home.
Even in the built up town centre Cheltenham is lucky to have many pubs with sunny secluded courtyard gardens. On Wednesday 24th August 2022 to celebrate these we are organising a pub crawl to visit just a few of them. We will start at 7:30pm at The Kemble Brewery Inn. We will then move on to some or all of the The Strand, Sandford Park Alehouse, St Georges Vaults and The Bayshill.
Hopefully the weather will be good otherwise we will be the ones huddled under the patio heaters
The 50th edition of the Good Beer Guide is published on 27th October.
We will have copies for sale to members at discounted price of £12.
Moon Under Water 6pm -8pm
Angry Parrot 8pm -close
Veronica will lead the ale amblers on a local trip around the pubs of Bath Road. We will start at the Norwood Arms and then walk down the road heading towards Morans. We will start at 12 noon and grab some food on the way. All members welcome
We don’t have a Business Meeting in December, so we’ll be having a Branch Social instead. A few sociable beers and an opportunity to score the beers along the way.
For the early starters we will start in The Hewlett Arms at 7pm before moving on to The Kemble Brewery for 8pm. We will then head towards Cheltenham town centre visiting a number of pubs on the way.
All welcome. Why not join in the festive spirt and come wearing your Christmas jumper.