AREA DIARIES

Branch Meetings I Committee Meetings I Trips & Socials I Area Diaries

All minibus survey trips £2 members £3 non-members (subsidised by CAMRA campaigning). Cost of social trips are variable depending on numbers and location. For Public Transport trips, a Dayrider (NCT) or ZigZag (TB) ticket will be required as appropriate unless stated otherwise.
For further information See bottom of page or for booking contact Ray Kirby on 0115 929 7896 or
Email raykirby@nottinghamcamra.org

All members and non-members welcome to attend Branch meetings. Come see what it is all about. Its not just a friendly meeting but a great social night as well. If you're not a CAMRA member you can join on the night if you want to. (You will not be put under any pressure to join, well not much anyway) We will always have a quiz or guest speaker; maybe even some free tastings!

Non-Committee members welcome to attend committee meetings unless while confidential items are being discussed.

FEBRUARY
Tue 7th 8pm	CRAWL	Canning Circus, Ray's Round. Meet at Portland, Portland Road, off Alfreton Road.
Wed 8th 8pm	COMMITTEE	Note - Wednesday - King Wiliam IV
Mon 13th 7pm	SURVEY Trip	Gunthorpe/East Bridgford area Meet at Cast, Playhouse, Nottingham
Thu 23rd 8pm	AGM	Canalhouse, Canal St, Nottingham Guest speaker, Dave Hallcroft from Grafton Brewery, Worksop.
MARCH
Thu 8th 8pm	Committee	Fellows, Morton & Clayton
Tue 13th 7pm	SURVEY	Calverton/Oxton area Meet at Cast, Playhouse, Nottingham
Fri 16th 6pm	BUS TRIP	Leicester Villages Meet at Cast, Playhouse, Nottingham
Wed 21st 7pm	CRAWL	Trent Navigation, Meadow Lane
Thu 29th 8pm	BRANCH Meeting	Horse & Jockey, Basford Catch Tram (Davids Lane) or Yellow Line NCT (68/69). Guest Speaker, David Brown of Crown, Beeston.
APRIL
Thu 12th 8pm	Committee	Castle Rock Hospitality Suite, VAT & Fiddle
Mon 16th 7pm	SURVEY	Linby & Papplewick area Meet at Cast, Playhouse, Nottingham
Mon 23rd 7pm	CRAWL	Cross Keys, Lace Market
Thu 26th 8pm	BRANCH Meeting	Sir John Borlase Warren, Canning Circus Guest Speaker from Everards
Fri 27th 6pm	Beer Festival	Springhead Brewery Meet at Cast, Playhouse, Nottingham
New event dates are added as soon as known. This page is updated at least once per week. The downloadable files are updated approximately 1 week before ND publication, as are the area diaries listed below.

AREA DIARIES

Regional Meetings (Noon start)

Sat 3rd March - Nottingham.

EREWASH Valley

Branch Meetings

Dec:
Mon 5th - Branch meeting: The Dewdrop, Ilkeston - 20:30

Jan:
Mon 9th - Committee meeting: Butchers Arms, Heanor - 19:30
Mon 9th - Branch meeting: Butchers Arms, Heanor - 20:30

Trips and Socials

Dec:
Fri 9th - Muirhouse Brewery Tour & Tasting - 19:30 onwards - £10 per person includes tasting
Sat 10th - Trip to Grantham: Please ring Mick Golds on 0115 9328042 for more info.

Contact Anyas Boa, Secretary on 0115 849 9967 for further details, or email: anyasnstephen@googlemail.com

AMBER VALLEY

Trips and Socials

Dec: Sat 17th - Survey Trip: Ripley and its environs - 19:30
Jan: Sat 7th - ‘12th Night’ Walk: Kilburn to Little Eaton. Details to be announced.

Branch Meetings NB: All meetings are on Thurs & start at 20:30

Dec: Thu 29th - Pear Tree, Derby Road, Ripley (rear snug).

Buses depart Ripley Market Place. For Alfreton & Belper pick-ups, please ring Alison. Buses for Survey Trips are free.
Contact Alison Cox 01773 570675

Vale of BELVOIR

Trips and Socials

Branch Meetings

Dec: Tue 6th - Christmas Social: 8.00 pm Staunton Arms, Staunton. 2 courses £15.95, 3 courses £19.95. Preceded by VERY BRIEF Branch Meeting. Bus leaving Horses & Plough, Bingham approx 7.15pm Booking essential.

Jan: Tue 10th - POTY presentation: Horse & Plough, Bingham
Feb: Tue 7th - Branch Meeting: Royal Oak, East Bridgford
Mar: Tue 6th - AGM: Rose & Crown, Hose
Apr: Tue 3rd - Branch Meeting, Martins Arms, Colston Bassett

All meetings start at 8.30pm
For details contact Martyn or Bridget on 01949 876 479 or
martynandbridget@btinternet.com

MANSFIELD & ASHFIELD

Branch Meetings

Dec: Tue 13th - Branch Meeting: Station Hotel, Newstead.
Jan: Tue 10th - Branch Meeting (+ Winter 2011 Pub of the Season): Masons Arms, Sutton-in-Ashfield.
Feb: Tue 14th - Branch Meeting: Maypole, Skegby.

Trips and Socials

Dec:
Fri 9th - Branch Xmas Party: Nags Head, Pleasley.
Sat 24th - Survey Trip: Mansfield Town Centre.

Jan: Tue 31st - Final Tuesday Social Wobble: Scarcliffe area.
Feb: Tue 28th - Final Tuesday Social Wobble: Area TBC.

All start at 8pm.
Contact: Roger Chadburn, socialsecretary@mansfieldCAMRA.org.uk to book trips (small charge). For pub survey trips, Andrew Brett, pubsofficer@mansfieldCAMRA.org.uk for free transport.
Contact Robert Ashmore, secretary@mansfieldcamra.org.uk or web site: www.mansfieldcamra.org.uk

NEWARK

Branch meetings All meetings start at 8pm

Dec: Thu 1st - Sir John Arderne (Wetherspoons), Newark

Call Duncan Neil for more details on 01636 651131 email: chairman@newarkcamra.org.uk, web site: www.newarkcamra.org.uk

NORTH NOTTS

Branch Meetings NB All meetings start at 8.30pm

Dec: 7th - Mallard, Worksop.
Jan: 11th - Grey Horses, Carlton in Lindrick.

Socials:

Check out our website at www.nnottscamra.org

Message From Ray Kirby - Social Secretary

The final mini bus survey trip for this year is on Monday 5th December when we will take in the area around Cotgrave and Normanton on the Wolds. On into the New Year, Wednesday 18th January we will see what Gotham has to offer and then in February
we’ll be visiting Gunthorpe and East Bridgford on Monday 13th.
The Rays Round crawl on Tuesday 13th December will begin in the Gatehouse, top of Upper Parliament Street at 19.30 and move to
Sinatra bar bistro, on Chapel Bar at about 20.00 The crawl in January will be on Monday 23rd and as we never know what the weather will be doing to us at that time of year, I don’t propose to go very far, so we will start in Fellows, Morton & Clayton at 7pm and have a wander around the waterfront area (for those unable to make 7pm, our second port of call will be the Canalhouse at approx 7.45pm).
On into February, on Tuesday 7th we will look at some of the pubs mentioned in Rays Round this month. We will start off in the
Portland at 7pm and then to the Ropewalk for 7.45.
Final details for the End of Year trip on Thursday 29th December and we will be starting in the Tap House at Smisby, the brewery
tap, then onto Diseworth and Kegworth and should be back in Nottingham for the last buses.
On Sat the 14th of January we will be making a train trip to the Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival, (what is now becoming an
annual event). I hope to catch the 08.30 train from Nottingham, which hopefully will get us into Whittlesea at just before 10.00 (you have 6 minutes to change trains); meet at the station for 08.15 to sort out tickets.

Note: the Evening bus trips (Not Survey) will be full price, but they will be a maximum of £10, hopefully less, it depends on the numbers travelling.

As always, your CAMRA membership card is required to obtain your discount on paying for bus trips.
Also, don’t forget, you can sign up for e-mail alerts for all the trips, just let me know.
See the diary dates column for times and dates of all the trips, socials etc.
Don’t forget, that EVERYONE is welcome to any CAMRA meeting or outing, you do NOT have to be a member. And finally I can be contacted electronically at: raykirby@nottinghamcamra.org