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Prospectus for
RAIL ALE RAMBLE No. 142
“THE PAPER MAKERS”
Saturday 6th November 2010
With the onset of
winter time this tour stays closer to home and gives us the opportunity
of accepting the invitation to visit a recently-opened charitable working
museum. The activity this time, papermaking, is at the beginning of the
tour when pubs usually have yet to open but on this day, you will be able
to enjoy a pint before we make
the canal boat transfer to the former Croxley Script works, where a
fascinating museum has been opened.
You will get a tour of the mill, see a demonstration of actual
papermaking and use of the good old letterpress printing machine.
Travel will be with
London Midland Trains’ Groupsave 4 tickets by the 0934 from London
Euston, Harrow & Wealdstone 0946, to Apsley arr 1003. It is just a few minutes walk to
the the canalside where the enterprising Manager of the new
Fuller’s pub will be open for your first pint. Around 1040 the
Papermill’s (covered) canal barge will convey the group for the
ten-minute ride to the Mill itself.
The visit here will last about 90 minutes. Our coach will then
leave at 1230 and head for the new location the Tring Brewery, which we
visited on our 21st birthday trip some 14 years ago. The
brewer is arranging a special opening for us and providing a fish &
chip lunch to boot.
The remainder of
the afternoon will be spent in Aldbury village at the Valiant Trooper, local CAMRA Pub
of the Year 2009. The recent change of owner has brought real enthusiasm
to its beer range, with six normally being on offer. An hour or so will be spent here
(depending on beers/demand) then we will leave for St. Alban’s city
for the early evening and a visit to the Alehouse Brewery, with time also
for a pub crawl. Our coach
will leave the city at 2020 for Watford Jn station and the 2051 train to
Euston arriving 2109, where the tour ends
The cost of this
interesting tour is £41.90 from London, or £36.40 from Apsley
using your own tickets. Please send the booking form together with your cheque please, payable to Crookham Travel,
plus a 9x4" stamped
addressed envelope, to
us at 11 Attlee Gardens, Church
Crookham, Fleet, GU52 6PH. Confirmation will be despatched shortly
after the closing date of 21st October. If you wish to pay the
modern way, indicate on the booking form; then an SAE will not be necessary.
Click HERE for the BOOKING FORM in easily printable PDF* format
Click
HERE
to read Crookham Travel's
Booking Conditions
Most of the arrangements have
already been confirmed but some are still outstanding so the right is
reserved to amend the programme should this be unavoidable.
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