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    PAST TOURS BY CROOKHAM TRAVEL    
    (including earlier tours organised by Gerald Daniels for CCA)    
      RAR  Rail Ale Ramble                        
      CCC  Christmas Coach Cruise                      
      HOL  Explorer Holiday                        
      CCA  Coastal Cruising Association members' tour                  
      WE  Weekend Explorer                      
      SAL  Rail Ale Sail                          
      WW  Winter Wander                        
      RAS  Rail Ale Social                        
      Misc  Specials, "one-offs", etc                      
                                     
    Tour Tour    Departure Date RAR Tour                  
    no. Type   D M Y Pax Pax Title Main Destinations or Railhead Breweries Visited Notes Links      
    1 CCA   15 3 1970   10   Hamburg, Bremerhaven   Pax figure is approx          
    2 CCA   ? 11 1970   10   Cobh & MV Franconia   Pax figure is approx          
    3 CCA   26 3 1971   10   Holland & Belgium, Rotterdam   Pax figure is approx          
    4 CCA   7 4 1972   10   Channel Islands from Torquay   Pax figure is approx          
    5 CCA   24 3 1973   10   Isles of Scilly   Pax figure is approx          
    6 CCA   1 9 1973   10   Fort William & Kinlochleven   Pax figure is approx          
    7 CCA   28 3 1974   10 Western Rivers Tour Plymouth & Falmouth   Pax figure is approx          
    8 CCA   10 4 1975   10 Western Rivers Tour 2 Exeter & South Devon   Pax figure is approx          
    9 CCA   30 8 1975   10 Rail 150 Shildon Rail 150   Pax figure is approx          
    10 CCA   ? 4 1976   10   Isles of Scilly   Pax figure is approx          
    11 CCA   22 10 1976   10 Irish Rivers Tour South-West Ireland   Pax figure is approx          
    12 CCA   18 3 1977   10   Channel Islands   Pax figure is approx          
    13 CCA   6 5 1977   10 The Ardnamurchan Oban, Mallaig   Special train, jointly with British Rail; pax approx          
    14 CCA   22 9 1977   10   South-West & South-East Ireland   Pax figure is approx          
    15 RAR 1 1 10 1977 596   The Rail Ale Rambler Bath, Oxford              
    16 RAR 2 4 2 1978 450   The Rail Ale Rambler 2 Nottingham, Cambridge (ex-Guildford)              
    17 CCA   14 4 1978   10 Danish Weekend Denmark   Pax figure is approx          
    18 RAR 3 15 4 1978 420   The Rail Ale Rambler 3 Macclesfield, Stockport, Manchester              
    19 CCA   6 5 1978   10 Ardnamurchan Weekend Oban, Glenborrodale   Pax figure is approx          
    20 CCA   13 5 1978   10   Bideford, Lundy Island   Sleeping Car from Paddington; pax approx          
    21 RAR 4 8 7 1978 360   The Avon & Isis Rambler Bath, Oxford (ex Brighton)              
    22 CCA   8 9 1978   10   Lake District   Pax figure is approx          
    23 RAR 5 23 9 1978 225   The Independent Brewer Preston, West Midlands              
    24 RAR 6 2 12 1978 575   Buckley's Special Llanelli, Cardiff Buckley's            
    25 RAR 7 3 3 1979 420   The Timothy Taylor Taste Bradford, Keighley              
    26 RAR 7a 24 3 1979 420   The Timothy Taylor Taste Duplicate of RAR7              
    27 CCA   3 5 1979   10 The Ardnamurchan 2 Mull, Glenborrodale   Pax figure is approx          
    28 RAR 8 20 5 1979 212   Hollycombe Steam Fair Liphook Steam Fair              
    29 RAR 9 9 6 1979 483   The Lancastrian Ulverston, Preston              
    30 WE 1 31 8 1979   30 Manx Weekend Preston, Isle of Man, Liverpool Castletown Planned visit to Okell's cancelled due to ayeast infection at the brewery. Pax figure is approx   Photos      
    31 Misc   6 10 1979   30 The Marshlander  Southampton to Hythe (Kent), New Romney   ASLEF members' tour; pax figure is approx          
    32 RAR 10 13 10 1979 394   Home Brew Special Kington, Bishop's Castle Penrhos, Three Tuns            
    33 Misc   3 11 1979   40 Celebrate 10 RARs Bath   Evening tour; pax figure is approx          
    34 RAR 11 1 12 1979 490   The York Express York              
    35 RAR 12 16 2 1980 561   The Master Cutler 2* Sheffield, Nottingham   *Master Cutler 1 was British Rail's train          
    36 WE 2 21 3 1980   35 Spring in the Channel Islands Guernsey R W Randall (Vauxlaurens) Pax figure is approx          
    37 RAR 13 29 3 1980 434   Ruddle's County Langham, Bedford Ruddles            
    38 CCA   24 5 1980   10 Rocket 150 Liverpool, Rainhill   Pax figure is approx          
    39 CCA   ? 5 1980   10   Glenborrodale, Tiree   Pax figure is approx          
    40 RAR 14 7 6 1980 306   Scottish Sampler Wigan, Edinburgh              
    41 RAR 15 27 7 1980 579   Hook Norton Hook Norton, Henley-on-Thames Hook Norton            
    42 CCA   ? 7 1980   10   South-West Wales   Pax figure is approx          
    43 WE 3 29 8 1980   30 Welsh Steam Weekend Porthmadog, Aberyswyth              
    44 WE 4 26 9 1980   35 Isle of Man Douglas Beer Festival   Pax figure is approx          
    45 RAR 16 1 11 1980 598   The Cranmore Crusader East Somerset Railway, Swindon              
    46 RAR 17 6 12 1980 318   The Mancunian 2 Greater Manchester              
    47 RAR 18 7 2 1981 480   The Wessex Rambler Weymouth, Salisbury       Photos      
    48 RAR 19 21 3 1981 462   The Anglian Rambler Norwich, Cambridge              
    49 WE 5 28 3 1981   30   Jersey Randalls Vautier, Tipsy Toad Pax figure is approx          
    50 WE 6 15 5 1981   40 West Country Plymouth   Pax figure is approx          
    51 Misc   30 5 1981   100 A Capital Cruise Edinburgh, PS Waverley              
    52 RAR 20 13 6 1981 396   Home Brew Special Kington, Bishop's Castle Penrhos, Three Tuns            
    53 RAR 21 19 7 1981 531   Hook Norton 2 Hook Norton, Chipping Norton, Henley on Thames Hook Norton            
    54 Misc   2 8 1981   20 Celebrate 21 RARs Kennet & Avon Canal              
    55 CCA   27 8 1981   17 Orkney Overture Kirkwall, Stromness, Trossachs              
    56 RAR 22 26 9 1981 211   The Lancastrian 2 Lancaster, Preston              
    57 RAR 23 24 10 1981 469   The Welsh Dragon 2 Llanelli, Cardiff Buckley's            
    58 RAR 24 5 12 1981 425   The Tisbury Thunderbolt Tisbury, Portsmouth Tisbury            
    59 RAR 25 13 2 1982 379   The Robin Hood Nottingham, Lincoln and Bedford              
    60 RAR 26 20 3 1982 360   The Rose of York York              
    61 WE 7 5 4 1982   40 The Skegness Bracer Skegness Batemans Pax figure is approx          
    62 WE 8 23 5 1982   30 Douglas Isle of Man Okells, Castletown tbc Pax figure is approx          
    63 RAR 27 5 6 1982 400   The West Midlander Simpkiss Brewery, Severn Valley Railway Simpkiss            
    64 RAR 28 8 8 1982 438   Hook Norton 3 Hook Norton, Chipping Norton Hook Norton            
    65 WE 9 4 9 1982   35 Great Little Trains Mid and North Wales   Pax figure is approx          
    66 RAR 29 2 10 1982 167   The Midland Tramliner Crich Museum, Nottingham              
    67 RAR 30 4 12 1982 379   The Bristolian Bath, Bristol              
    68 RAR 31 12 2 1983 339   The Bass Brewer Burton, Northampton Bass            
    69 WE 10 25 3 1983   47 Spring in the Channel Islands Guernsey Sark, Guernsey, R W Randall (Vauxlaurens)            
    70 RAR 32 23 4 1983 175   The Mancunian 3 Greater Manchester              
    71 CCA   10 5 1983   10 West Highland Fling Skye, West Highlands   Pax figure is approx          
    72 WE 11 27 5 1983   24 Isle of Man Weekend Isle of Man  Railways              
    73 Misc   5 6 1983   40 Sunday with the Small Brewers Hants & Sussex Old Chidham, Hermitage, Ballards (Cumbers Farm), Joshua Privett Pax figure is approx          
    74 RAR 33 10 7 1983 351   Hook Norton 4 Hook Norton, Chipping Norton Hook Norton            
    75 WE 12 23 9 1983   35 Return to Scillonia Isles of Scilly   Pax figure is approx          
    76 CCA   ? 9 1983   10   Lake District   Pax figure is approx          
    77 RAR 34 8 10 1983 337   The Welsh Dragon Llanelli, Cardiff Buckley's, Felinfoel            
    78 Misc   30 10 1983   25 Special Tunbridge Wells   Kent & East Sussex Railway; pax figure is approx          
    79 CCC 1 10 12 1983   160 Christmas Coach Cruise Moreton-in-Marsh, Bath              
    80 RAR 35 4 2 1984 440   The Horndean Horseman Horndean, Portsmouth Gale's            
    81 WE 13 21 3 1984   35   Isle of Wight   Pax figure is approx          
    82 RAR 36 31 3 1984 400   The Timothy Taylor Taste Keighley              
    83 RAR 37 19 5 1984 138   Rail Ale Sail Wokingham   Combined RAR & first SAL          
      SAL 1 19 5 1984   inc Rail Ale Sail Thames cruise (Goring to Sonning)   Combined RAR & first SAL          
    85 CCA   ? 5 1984   10 Shetland Symphony Shetland   Pax figure is approx          
    86 WE 14 15 6 1984   35   Isle of Man Okells Pax figure is approx          
    87 RAR 38 29 7 1984 610   Hook Norton 5 Hook Norton Chipping Norton Hook Norton            
    88 WE 15 12 10 1984   40 Autumn in Avon Bristol, Cheddar Gorge Berrow, Miner's Arms Pax figure is approx          
    89 RAR 39 10 11 1984 167   Great Western Beer Festival Bath, Bristol (for beer fest)              
    90 CCC 2 15 12 1984   73   Southwold, Cambridge              
    91 RAR 40 9 2 1985 250   The Tisbury Thunderbolt 2 Tisbury, Portsmouth              
    92 WE 16 23 2 1985   25   Alderney   Pax figure is approx          
    93 RAR 41 23 3 1985 517   The Devizes Drayman Devizes, Bath Wadworth's            
    94 RAR 42 11 5 1985 260   The Brain Train Cardiff, Salisbury Brain's            
    95 CCA   24 5 1985   10 Ten Isles Tour Outer Hebrides   Pax figure is approx          
    96 RAR 43 11 8 1985 520   Sunday at Hook Norton (Hook Norton 6) Hook Norton, Moreton-in-Marsh Hook Norton            
    97 WE 17 28 9 1985   40   Blackpool   Pax figure is approx          
    98 RAR 44 12 10 1985 430   The Horndean Horseman 2 Horndean, Portsmouth Gale's            
    99 RAR 45 9 11 1985 68   Great Western Beer Festival Bristol (for beer fest), Bath (by coach)              
    100 CCC 3 14 12 1985   68   Wisbech, Stevenage, Nene Valley Railway              
    101 WE 18 21 2 1986   20   Guernsey R W Randall (Vauxlaurens) Pax figure is approx          
    102 RAR 46 26 4 1986 209   The Hereford Hopper Herefordshire Wye Valley, Dunkerton's Cider            
    103 CCA   23 5 1986   15 Inner Hebrides Barra, Skye, Oban, Brodick              
    104 WE 19 4 7 1986   8 French Weekend Lyon              
    105 RAR 47 2 8 1986 73     Thames (to Henley), Maidenhead              
    106 RAR 48 8 11 1986 223   Great Western Beer Festival Bristol (for beer fest), Bath              
    107 CCC 4 13 12 1986   49   Winchester, Elsted Ballards (Railway Inn, Elsted)            
    108 WE 20 13 2 1987   18   Gibraltar              
    109 RAR 49 4 4 1987 84   Return to Manchester Macclesfield, Stockport, Manchester              
    110 RAR 49a 9 5 1987 197   The Hastings Conqueror Hastings, Lewes FILO            
    111 CCA   22 5 1987   17 Orkney Revisited Orkney              
    112 SAL 2 21 6 1987 46   The Medway Meander Yalding to Tonbridge              
    113 RAR 50 11 7 1987 233   The Half Century Pullman Kidderminster, Severn Valley Railway              
    114 RAR 51 26 9 1987 51     Basingstoke Railshow              
    115 RAR 52 7 11 1987 149   Great Western Beer Festival Bristol (for beer fest), Bath              
    116 RAR 53 19 12 1987 42     Yarmouth, Isle of Wight              
    117 WE 21 24 1 1988   16 Torquay weekend Torquay,Newton Abbot              
    118 WE 22 10 2 1988   20 Weekend in Malta Malta              
    119 RAR 54 16 4 1988 261   Return to Ruddles Langham, Stamford, Peterborough, Hertford Ruddles            
    120 CCA   ? 5 1988   15   North West Scotland   Pax figure is approx          
    121 RAR 55 11 6 1988 182   A Day in Devizes Devizes, Bath Wadworth's            
    122 CCA   3 10 1988   17 Scilly '88 Isles of Scilly              
    123 RAR 56 8 10 1988 122   The Marshlander 2 Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway              
    124 CCC 5 17 12 1988   118   Banbury & Oxford              
    125 HOL 1 3 3 1989   20   Majorca              
    126 RAR 57 22 4 1989 293   The Burton Brewer Burton on Trent Heritage, Bridge, Museum            
    127 SAL 3 20 5 1989 150     Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle, River Medway              
    128 CCA   15 6 1989   19 Brittany Brittany 1              
    129 CCA   27 7 1989   10       Pax figure is approx          
    130 RAR 58 2 9 1989 126   The East Anglian Norwich, Ipswich              
    131 WE 23 12 10 1989   16 West Country weekend Weston-Super-Mare Mole's, Oakhill, Butcombe, Ash Vine            
    132 CCC 6 16 12 1989   70   Stow-on-the-Wold, Cirencester              
    133 WE 24 2 3 1990   25 Bradford Bradford Sam Smith, Trough, Sair, Clark's            
    134 RAR 59 24 3 1990 240   Return to Tisbury Tisbury, Salisbury Wiltshire (formerly Tisbury)            
    135 CCA   24 5 1990   20 Shetland Serenade Shetland Islands              
    136 WE 25 6 7 1990   18 Great Little Trains of Wales Wales              
    137 RAR 60 6 10 1990 182   Return to York York              
    138 WE 26 27 10 1990   21 Black Country Explorer Dudley  Sarah Hughes, Skittain (British Oak), Old Swan (Ma Pardoe's), Holden's            
    139 CCC 7 8 12 1990   88   Orford Cruise, Woodbridge              
    140 WE 27 8 3 1991   30 West Yorkshire Explorer Halifax Sair            
    141 WE 28 12 4 1991   19 A Break on Bryher Isles of Scilly              
    142 RAR 61 20 4 1991 311   The Blandford Badger Blandford. Poole Hall & Woodhouse            
    143 CCA   25 5 1991   16 Irish Interlude Ireland West              
    144 SAL 4 10 8 1991 106     River Thames, Windsor to Henley on board Windsor Monarch   *Although the 5th RAS, this tour was advertised as RAS4          
    145 WE 29 6 9 1991   21 A Break in Belgium Belgium Dubuisson, Vapeur            
    146 WE 30 29 11 1991   35 Mancunian Medley Manchester West Coast, Robinson            
    147 CCC 8 14 12 1991   54 Christmas Coach Cruise Shefford, Rushden Banks & Taylor            
    148 WE 31 27 3 1992   24 Spring in the Channel Isles Guernsey, Sark & Herm Guernsey            
    149 WE 32 8 5 1992   27 The Anglian Explorer East Anglia Reepham            
    150 CCA   22 5 1992   10 France '92 Brittany 2   Pax figure is approx          
    151 RAR 62 20 6 1992 137   Wight Wanderer Isle of Wight Newport            
    152 HOL 2 3 9 1992   15 Rhine & Moselle cruise Cologne, Frankfurt, Koblenz              
    153 WE 33 23 10 1992   24 Belgium '92 Belgium Gouden Boom, Straffe Hendrik            
    154 WE 34 4 12 1992   30 A Weekend in Wigan Wigan Oak, Preston Brewing Co (Atlas), Little Avenham Pax figure is approx          
    155 WW 1 9 1 1993   76 Winter Wander Ipswich, Clare Nethergate, Tolly Cobbold            
    156 WE 35 12 3 1993   36 West Country Plymouth, Exeter St Austell, Beer Engine, Otter            
    157 WE 36 1 5 1993   20 IOM Railways Isle of Man   Pax figure is approx          
    158 RAR 63 12 6 1993 169   The Sarum Saunter Salisbury Gibbs Mew, Hop Back            
    159 WE 37 27 8 1993   20   Belgium Vandevelden, Huyghe Pax figure is approx          
    160 Misc   11 9 1993   16 CTC Cruise Tilbury, Le Havre, Guernsey, Cobh, Liverpool Murphy's (Cork), R W Randall (Vauxlaurens)            
    161 RAR 64 18 9 1993 101   Bourne Valley Boozer Farnham Shackleford (Cyder House), Hogs Back            
    162 WE 38 1 10 1993   23 The North Eastern Newcastle Hadrian, Big Lamp, Vaux            
    163 RAR 65 29 12 1993 65   The Old Original Romney Marsh, Tenterden   Herts Railtour          
    164 RAR 66 26 2 1994 297   Mr George Invites Wainfleet, Boston Batemans            
    165 WE 39 22 4 1994   35 North Lakes Explorer Cockermouth Jennings, Hesket Newmarket            
    166 RAR 67 14 5 1994 222   Return to Hook Norton (Hook Norton 7) Hook Norton, Chipping Norton Hook Norton            
    167 HOL 3 1 7 1994   15 The Swedish Holiday Sweden   Pax figure is approx          
    168 WE 40 22 7 1994   16 Summer in South Yorkshire Barnsley Tetley, Wortley Arms, South Yorks, Kelham Island, Wards            
    169 WE 41 20 9 1994   21 England Beyond The Tyne Seahouses Longstone, Border, Butterknowle            
    170 RAR 68 24 10 1994 88   Back to Basics Tuckers Maltings, Newton Abbot Mill, Teignworthy            
    171 WE 42 19 11 1994   35 Palmers 200 Bridport Palmer's, Goldfinch            
    172 WW 2 3 12 1994   105 Winter Wander 94/95 Farnham Ballards (Nyewood), Cheriton            
    173 RAR 69 4 3 1995 214   The Dorset Brewers Dorchester, Poole Eldridge Pope, Goldfinch            
    174 WE 43 10 3 1995   26 Through the Tunnel Gent, Poperinge, Liefmans Van Eecke, Oudenaarde            
    175 WE 44 23 3 1995   40 Prague & Pilsen Explorer Prague & Pilsen (Czech Republic) Staropramen, Urquell First trip to Eastern Europe          
    176 RAR 70 22 4 1995 212   The Master Brewers Faversham, Canterbury Shepherd Neame            
    177 WE 45 2 6 1995   26 North Yorkshire Explorer Scarborough Hull, Sudderby, Lastingham, Cropton, Theakston, Black Sheep            
    178 CCA   22 6 1995   14 Tour Azores '95 Azores              
    179 WE 46 28 7 1995   20 Sandtoft Spectacular Doncaster   Pax figure is approx          
    180 RAR 71 30 9 1995 260   The Broadsider Southwold, Ipswich Adnam's            
    181 WE 47 6 10 1995   25 Jersey Jaunt St Helier, Alderney Star & Tipsy Toad, Tipsy Toad Town House, Anne Street            
    182 RAR 72 28 10 1995 148   The Fenman Wisbech, Ely Elgood's            
    183 RAR 73 11 11 1995 45   The Metrolink Manchester (intercity)              
    184 WW 3 25 11 1995   40 SIBA in Sussex Hove (SIBA Beerex) Kemptown, Cuckmere Haven            
    185 RAR 74 6 1 1996 107   The Mercian Brewers Leicester Hoskins, Featherstone            
    186 WE 48 25 1 1996   32 North British Explorer Edinburgh Caledonian, Maclay, Mansfield Arms, Harviestoun, Belhaven            
    187 RAR 75 2 3 1996 143   The Staffordshire Brewers Litchfield, Burton on Trent Litchfield, Bass Museum, Burton Bridge            
    188 HOL 4 14 3 1996   25 Boston & New York Boston, New York (USA) Boston Beer Works, Atlantic Brewing, Brew Moon, John Harvard, Cambridge, Commonwealth, Samuel Adams, Heartland, Zip City            
    189 RAR 76 27 4 1996 164   The Hobgoblin Hunter Oxford, Witney Morrell's, Wychwood            
    190 CCA   17 5 1996   10 Donegal & Derry  Northern Ireland & Donegal   Pax figure is approx          
    191 RAR 77 1 6 1996 173   The Anniversary Party Tring Tring, Chiltern Gerald & Joan Daniels' 25th Wedding Anniversary          
    192 WE 49 14 6 1996   28 Derby, Crich & Peak District Explorer Derby Whim, Leatherbritches, John Thompson, Shardlow, Brunswick            
    193 CCA   21 6 1996   10 Through the Tunnel Antwerp & Ostend   Pax figure is approx          
    194 RAR 78 31 8 1996 103   The Ruby Mild Sedgley, Dudley, Wolverhampton Britannia,Sarah Hughes            
    195 WE 50 18 10 1996   29 South Lakes Explorer Grange Over Sands Old Cottage, Dent, Coniston, Masons Arms, Hart            
    196 RAR 79 16 11 1996 169   Cains Plus One Liverpool Cain's, Passageway            
    197 WW 4 21 12 1996   40 Thames Valley Tripper   Scanlon's, Old Luxters, Vale            
    198 RAR 80 11 1 1997 143   Rutlander 3 Oakham, Stamford Oakham, Grainstore, Parish            
    199 RAR 81 8 3 1997 120   The Bristolian Bristol Smiles, Ross            
    200 WE 51 14 3 1997   27 Through the Tunnel to Flanders Poperinge Castelaine, Annoeullin, Bailleux (France); L'Abbaye des Rocs, Blaugies (Belgium)            
    201 RAR 82 26 4 1997 107   The Essex Independents Hartford End, South Woodham Ferrers Ridley's, Crouch Vale            
    202 WE 52 3 5 1997   26 South-West Wales Explorer Tenby Swansea, Tomos Watkins, Nags Head, Pembroke            
    203 CCA   23 5 1997   15 Cork & Kerry Explorer Killarney, Kenmare, Glengariff              
    204 RAR 83 7 6 1997 112   The Black Country Brewer Dudley, Brierley Hill Holden's            
    205 WE 53 26 6 1997   30 County Durham Explorer Stockton on Tees Castle Eden, Camerons, North Yorkshire, High Force, Butterknowle            
    206 WE 54 11 7 1997   32 Aberdeen & Grampian Explorer Aberdeen Borve, Moulin, Tomintoul Strathisla Distillery          
    207 RAR 84 20 9 1997 125   The Kimberley Classic Kimberley, Derby Hardys & Hansons, Brunswick            
    208 WE 55 3 10 1997   27 Ardennes Explorer Han-sur-Lesse, Namur Rochefortoise, Ambly, Achouffe, Fantome, Du Bocq, Caracole            
    209 WE 56 9 10 1997   24 Dresden Experience Dresden, River Danube              
    210 WW 5 3 1 1998   64 The Herts Beer Hunter N. W. Hertfordshire pubs Original (Stevenage)            
    211 WE 57 6 2 1998   28 Through the Tunnel Lille La Choulette, St Poloise, Ferme Brasserie Beck, Esquelbecq            
    212 RAR 85 7 3 1998 150   The Swindon Duo Swindon, Reading Arkells, Archers             
    213 WE 58 21 3 1998   36 Humberside Explorer Hull Dark Tribe, Highwood, Old Mill, Brigg, Minerva, Willys            
    214 WE 59 17 4 1998   28 Lille Lille The Trois brasseurs            
    215 HOL 5 30 4 1998   22 New England Explorer USA  Portsmouth, Smuttynose, Gearys, Shipyard, Kennybunk, Brays, Seadog (Bangor), Belfast Bar, Harbor, Maine Coast, Narrow Gauge, Sunday River, Stone Coast, Seven Barrel, Jasper Murdoch (Norwich), Catamount, Long Trail, Windham, McNeills            
    216 RAR 86 6 6 1998 88   The Wakefield Four Wakefield, Pontefract Clarks, Tomlinsons, Steam Packet, Fernandes            
    217 CCA   18 6 1998   10 Tour Azores '98 Azores              
    218 WE 60 3 7 1998   35 Somerset Explorer Street Cottage, Moor, Oakhill, Ash Vine, Juwards            
    219 WE 61 23 7 1998   19 Wrekin & Warwick Explorer Edgbaston Hobsons, Munslow, Cannon Royall, Enville, Fox & Hounds, All Nations, Beowulf, Church End, Rainbow, Judges            
    220 RAR 87 12 9 1998 150   The Henley Harvester Henley on Thames Brakspear Brochure shows this as RAR88          
    221 WE 62 16 9 1998   43 West Highland Explorer Fort William, Broadford, Inverness Restalrig, Traquair House, Isle of Skye, Aviemore, Iris Rose, Moulin            
    222 RAR 88 30 12 1998 75   Highgate & Holiday Walsall, Bloxwich, Wolverhampton Highgate            
    223 RAR 89 13 3 1999 131   Hydes Hundred Manchester Hyde's, Marble Arch            
    224 WE 63 22 3 1999   31 Isles of Scilly Explorer St Marys              
    225 WE 64 26 3 1999   10 West Cornwall Explorer Falmouth Paradise, Blue Anchor, Skinners, Ventonwyn, Redruth            
    226 WE 65 17 4 1999   20 Tuckers Maltings Exeter   Pax figure is approx          
    227 RAR 90 15 5 1999 41   Bath & Ushers Trowbridge, Bath Usher's  by coach          
    228 HOL 6 21 5 1999   42 Far North Explorer Dundee, Lerwick, Kirkwall, Thurso Valhalla, Melvich, Orkney            
    229 RAR 91 12 6 1999 138   Union System Burton on Trent, Derby Marston's            
    230 WE 66 13 8 1999   35 West Yorkshire Explorer 2 Huddersfield Kitchen, Riverhead, Saddleworth, Eastwood, Ryburn, Linfit, McGuinness            
    231 WE 67 18 9 1999   40 West Flanders Explorer 2 Diksmuide Deca, Dolle, Rodenbach,  & Poperinge Hop Festival          
    232 RAR 92 9 10 1999 73   Kentish Trio Faversham, Chatham Swale, Kent Garden, Ales of Kent            
    233 WE 68 15 10 1999   23 Great British Tramway Exp Stoke on Trent Shugborough Hall (Titanic), Titanic            
    234 WW 6 8 1 2000   100 Winter Wander 2000 repeat tour Woking, Coldharbour, Farnham Boston Experience, Leith Hill, Hale & Hearty            
    235 WE 69 13 2 2000   24 Flanders Flyer Poperinge Ferme Beck, Eecke, Sylvestre, Hommelpap* *Hommelpap may have been on a different tour around this time          
    236 WE 70 25 2 2000   19 Northern France Explorer Valenciennes, Sittingbourne De Gayant, Entre-Temps, De Clerck, Du Cambier, Swale            
    237 RAR 93 4 3 2000 73   The Great Northern Oakham, Newark, Grantham, Peterborough Oakham, Springhead,  Blue Cow            
    238 RAR 94 1 4 2000 111   The Hook Norton Classic (Hook Norton 8) Hook Norton, Banbury Hook Norton, Bodicote            
    239 HOL 7 26 4 2000   39 Pacific North-West Explorer USA/Canada Full Sail, Saxter, Hair of the Dog, Bridgeport, Hood River, Granville Island, Mount Hood, Hart, Elysian, Red Hook (USA); Swans, Howe Sound, Sailor Hagar (Canada)            
    240 RAR 95 8 7 2000 134   Land o' Lincs Wainfleet, Boston (for beerex) Batemans            
    241 WE 71 17 8 2000   44 Baltic Experience Riga Piebalga, Cesis, Aldaris            
    242 WE 72 30 9 2000   35 North Devon Explorer Barnstaple Country Life, Barum, Clearwater, Exe Valley, Exmoor            
    243 RAR 96 18 11 2000 94   The Norfolk Nog Norwich Woodforde's, Reedham            
    244 RAR 97 6 1 2001 63   A Sussex Saunter Brighton Spinnaker/Brewery on Sea, Gribble            
    245 WE 73 23 2 2001   20 The Wigan Quickie Wigan   Liverpool Beerex; pax figure is approx          
    246 WE 74 29 3 2001   36 East of Ireland Explorer Dublin, Belfast Dwan, Carlow Craft, Tuam Meadows? Hilden, Whitewater,  Porterhouse, Maguire            
    247 RAR 98 7 4 2001 126   The Hampshire Hog Mid-Hants Railway Triple fff, Itchen Valley            
    248 WE 75 12 5 2001   20 Ardennes Borders Explorer Lille, Bouillon, Luxembourg Fagnes, Chaufette, Ardennaise, Abbaye d'Orval, Bouillon, Silenrieux, Binchoise also Luxembourg   Photos      
    249 RAR 99 7 7 2001 124   The Bishop's Castle Bishops Castle Three Tuns, Six Bells            
    250 WE 76 14 7 2001   40 Anglian Borders Explorer Norwich Buffy's, Old Chimneys, Alewife,  Wolf, Green Dragon, Tindall, St. Peter's, Green Jack, Earl Soham            
    251 CCA   10 8 2001   16 By train to Sweden Gothenburg, Stockholm              
    252 CCA   7 9 2001   19 The Dingle Explorer Dingle, Limerick              
    253 WE 77 20 9 2001   29 Glasgow & SW Scotland Explorer Glasgow, Isle of Arran Eglesbrech, Bridge of Allen, Forth, Sauchie, Houston, Arran, Heather, Sulwath            
    254 RAR 100 6 10 2001 222   The Centenarian Severn Valley Railway (dining special)              
    255 RAR 101 5 1 2002 107   The Badger Brewer Blandford, Salisbury Hall & Woodhouse            
    256 WE 78 22 2 2002   53 Liverpool Beerex Liverpool, Manchester              
    257 WE 79 16 3 2002   35 Gloucestershire Explorer   Freeminer, Goff, Uley, Wickwar            
    258 RAR 102 23 3 2002 120   King & Cannon Cambridge, Bury St. Edmunds Greene King, Old Cannon     Photos      
    259 WE 80 12 4 2002   20 Prague & Czech Explorer Prague, Brno Staropromen, Budvar            
    260 HOL 8 27 4 2002   41 Great Lakes Explorer Chicago, Toronto, Detroit, Milwaukee Mickey Finn, Flatlanders, Water Street, Stout Bros, Brewmaster's, Glen Ellyn, America, Prairie Rock, Mill Rose, K Brewing, Grizzly Peak, Steam Whistle, Wellington County, Niagara Falls Incorrectly shown as year 2000 on brochure cover          
    261 WE 81 13 7 2002   30 North Yorkshire Explorer York, Skipton Hambleton, Goose Eye, Briscoe, Daleside, Rooster, Rudgate, Boat Pax figure is approx          
    262 WE 82 15 8 2002   52 Helsinki & Tallinn Explorer Helsinki, Tampere,Lahti Saku, Panimo Teerenpeli            
    263 RAR 103 21 9 2002 113   The Fenlander Peterborough, Wisbech Elgood's, Fenland            
    264 RAR 104 16 11 2002 94   The Islander Isle of Wight Ventnor, Yates            
    265 WE 83 29 11 2002   35 Xmas Markets Explorer Gelsenkirchen, Dortmund Hoevel's, Essen Borbeck, Paffgen, Wuppertal including Schwebebahn trip   Photos      
    266 RAR 105 15 2 2003 60   Cask from the Cowsheds Axminster O'Hanlon's, Branscombe Vale            
    267 WE 84 4 4 2003   13 Maltings Beer Festival Torquay, Newton Abbot   Tucker's Maltings   Photos      
    268 RAR 106 3 5 2003 53   Wye Valley Wanderer Herefordshire Wye Valley, Spinning Dog, Whittington's            
    269 WE 85 8 5 2003   34 North Wales Explorer Llandudno, Anglesey Plassey, Snowdonia, Roy Morgan's (Travellers' Inn), Paradise (Nantwich), Slater's Eccleshall (George Inn) Llangollen Railway, Llanberis Lake Railway, Welsh Highland Railway (Carmarthen to Waunfawr), Ffestiniog Railway, Conway Railway Museum, Great Orme Tramway.   Photos      
    270 HOL 9 31 5 2003   16 Swiss Holiday - 1 Zurich, Lucern, Berner Oberland              
    271 WE 86 4 7 2003   31 South Wales Explorer Bridgend Tomos Watkin, Bryn Celyn, Carters, Breconshire, Warcop            
    272 RAR 107 12 7 2003 137   Steam & Steam Gosport, Solent Oakleaf SS Shieldhall cruise   Photos      
    273 RAR 108 13 9 2003 49   Arkell's 160 Swindon Hungerford Arkells, Archers  by road          
    274 WE 87 20 9 2003   40 Western Isles Explorer  Inverness, Stornoway (Lewis), Slighachan (Skye), Oban Black Isle, An Teallach, Hebridean, Isle of Skye, Atlas (Kinlochleven), Fyne Ales Isle of Mull Railway; Steam Mallaig to Fort William, multiple ferries and a private boat to Inverie.          
    275 WE 88 24 10 2003   13 Guernsey & Sark Explorer St Peter Port, Sark R W Randall (Vauxlaurens)     Photos      
    276 WE 89 27 11 2003   38 Xmas Markets Explorer Nuremberg, Bamberg Klosterbrau, Aldstadhof            
    277 RAR 109 10 1 2004 113   The Horsham Three Horsham King, Hepworth, Welton            
    278 WE 90 20 2 2004   48 Liverpool Beerex Liverpool, Birkenhead              
    279 RAR 110 13 3 2004 99   The Border Brewers Portsmouth Ballards (Nyewood), Gale's            
    280 HOL 10 22 3 2004   13 Project Australia Kuala Lumpur, Perth, Fremantle, Adelaide, Victor Harbor, Melbourne, Tasmania, Sydney, Blue Mountains, Cairns, Great Barrier Reef, Kuranda, Brisbane Perth: There were a couple of pubs/brewpubs; Fremantle: “Sail and Anchor” and “Little Creatures” brewpubs; Matilda Bay (unprogrammed visit - Redback beer); Adelaide: Coopers Brewery, Gembrook (not far from Melbourne); Hobart: Cascade Brewery; Castlemaine Brewery (unprogrammed visit by some members) Trams, rack-and-pinion rainforest railway, scenic railways etc; Fergussons Winery.           
    281 RAR 112* 3 6 2004 52   The Yorkie Cheapie York York Herts Railtour (*numbered out of sequence)          
    282 WE 91 1 7 2004   9 Budapest & Hungary Explorer Budapest, Estergem Kaltenberg, Dreher River Danube cruise, Steam around Lake Balaton, Kismaros to Királyrét narrow gauge railway, Children's Railway, cog railway, funicular   Photos      
    283 WE 92 23 7 2004   41 Nottingham Explorer Notts & Leics Wicked Hathern, Belvoir, Brewsters, Holland, Alcazar, Maypole, Mallard, Nottingham, Castle Rock     Photos      
    284 WE 93 10 9 2004   25 Gent Tramway & Bruges Explorer Gent, Bruges Straffe Hendrik, De Koninck     Photos      
    285 WE 94 13 9 2004   40 North Holland Explorer Texel, Friesian Isles, Texel, Us Heit             
    286 RAR 111 25 9 2004 64   The Thatched Brewer Bridport, Crewkerne Palmer's            
    287 WE 95 17 12 2004   41 Viennese Explorer Vienna Brigitta, Ottakringer, Das Sienenstern, Das Siebenstern, Brigitta-Brau          
    288 RAR 113 8 1 2005 87   A Maldon Meander Maldon Maldon, Mighty Oak            
    289 WE 96 ? 2 2005   25 Liverpool Beerex Liverpool, Birkenhead       Photos      
    290 RAR 114 12 3 2005 53   Wylye Valley Wanderer Wiltshire, Salisbury Hidden, Hobden (Wessex) Warminster Maltings          
    291 WE 97 15 4 2005   22 Devon & Cornwall Explorer Plymouth, East Cornwall South Hams, Princetown, Ring o' Bells, Stokeley, Blackawton, Keltek,  Scattor Rock Plymouth Gin          
    292 WE 98 15 6 2005   38 German Friesian Isles 6 islands, Norddeich Jever, Stuhr            
    293 RAR 115 2 7 2005 51   The Wychwood Double Witney, Oxford Wychwood, Brakspear N.B 2 separate breweries within same complex          
    294 WE 99 4 8 2005   31 Berlin Beer Festival Berlin Berliner Bürgerbräu     Photos      
    295 RAR 116 10 9 2005 32   The Derby Brewers Derby Derby            
    296 WE 100 23 9 2005   38 Tyneside & Durham Explorer Newcastle, Durham Big Lamp, Wylam, Hexhamshire, High House, Matfen, Jarrow, Darwin, Bull Lane, Hill Island            
    297 WE 101 6 10 2005   48 Krakow & District Krakow, Katowice Zywiec, Tyskie,             
    298 WE 102 11 10 2005   9 Czech Explorer Ostrava, Prague              
    299 SAL 6 3 12 2005   38 Xmas Cruise Staines              
    300 WE 103 8 12 2005   40 Stuttgart Xmas Markets Stuttgart Schoenbuch, Schlossturm Steam on Bayern Oberland railway   Photos      
    301 WE 104 17 2 2006   25 Liverpool Beerex Liverpool Eccleshall, Station House, Spitting Feathers            
    302 RAR 117 25 2 2006 46   The Originator Ringwood, Winchester Ringwood, Stumpy's            
    303 WE 105 31 3 2006   29 Cumbria & Western Lakes Explorer Cumbria Loweswater, Barngates, Hesket Newmarket, Silloth, Yates, Jennings, Bitter End, Great Gable, Hardknott, Watermill Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway, Mountain Goat tour, Derwentwater cruise          
    304 WE 106 7 4 2006   25 Cumbria & Western Lakes Explorer 2 Cumbria Loweswater, Barngates, Hesket Newmarket, Silloth, Jennings, Bitter End, Great Gable, Hardknott, Watermill Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway, Mountain Goat tour, Derwentwater cruise   Photos      
    305 RAR 118 3 6 2006 54   T.E.A. & Charity Alton, Farnham Hogs Back Alton Beerex          
    306 HOL 11 15 6 2006   22 Swiss Holiday - 2 Geneva, Biel, Martigny Chamonix, Sion            
    307 WE 107 30 6 2006   29 Peak District Explorer Stoke,Churnet Valley Leatherbritches, Peakstones Rock, Titanic, Peak, Thornbridge, Beartown            
    308 WE 108 3 8 2006   25 Berlin Beerex 2 Berlin, Potsdam Schult, Krongut, Meierei, Spandau            
    309 RAR 119 19 8 2006 100   Youngs Farewell Wandsworth, Twickenham Young's, Twickenham     Photos      
    310 WE 109 9 9 2006   39 Hull & East Yorkshire Explorer Hull, Flamborough, Beverley, Scarborough Wold Top, Garton   Details Photos      
    311 RAR 120 4 11 2006 69   The Warwick Wanderer Warwick Warwick, Slaughterhouse   Details Photos      
    312 RAR 121 25 11 2006 57   Faversham's Favourite Faversham Shepherd Neame   Details Photos      
    313 SAL 7 2 12 2006   77 Xmas Cruise Windsor            
    314 WE 110 8 12 2006   37 Xmas Mkts Mannheim, Heidelberg, Weinheim Kulturbrauerei, Woinemer Hausbrauerei, Vetter's Brauhaus     Photos      
    315 WE 111 17 2 2007   33 South Yorks & Rotherham Beerex  Sheffield, Doncaster              
    316 RAR 122 24 2 2007 53   The North Downs Nibbler Redhill, Surrey Hills Westerham, Surrey Hills   Details        
    317 HOL 12 8 3 2007   33 South African Experience South Africa Birkenhead, Mitchells, Rawdon's, Zululand, Wartburgerhof 2 weeks          
    318 RAR 123 14 4 2007 64   The Incestuous Brewers Norwich, Berney Arms Chalk Hill, Fat Cat With "Sleepover" option. Click for details Details Photos      
    319 WE 112 19 5 2007   45 Kent & E. Sussex Explorer Hastings Swan, Whitstable, Fallen Angel, White, 1648, Rectory K&ESR and RH&D Railways Details Photos      
    320 RAR 124 9 6 2007 43   Herts & Essex Borderer Saffron Walden Sawbridgeworth, Green Tye, Saffron Audley End Rlys   Photos      
    321 WE 113 5 7 2007   35 Sofia & Plovdiv Explorer Sofia, Plovdiv (Bulgaria)   Pri Kmeta (При Кмета) in Sofia, Riverside Brewpub in Dragalevtsi district, Sofia   Photos      
    322 WE 114 2 8 2007   22 The Berlin Beer Festival DIY Berlin Schultheiss            
    323 RAR 125 26 9 2007 41   Harveys - At Last! Lewes Harvey's            
    324 Misc   29 9 2007   125 The Big 3-0 London Zero Degrees Private beer festival, open platform buses, dinner on Hispaniola with special beers Details Photos      
    325 WE 115 6 10 2007   30 Edinburgh Explorer Edinburgh, Musselburgh, Prestonpans, Kirkcaldy, Kinghorn Fowler's, Fyfe, Stewart's, Traquair House     Photos      
    326 RAR 126 17 11 2007 51   Flowerpots & Bowmen Alton, Cheriton, Dundridge, Four Marks Flowerpots, Bowman, Triple fff Optional evening Real Ale Train* on Mid-Hants Railway (*failed to run) Click for details Details Photos      
    327 SAL 8 2 12 2007   23 Xmas Cruise from Staines              
    328 WE 116 7 12 2007   41 Xmas Mkts  Bonn Bonnsch Rhondorf winery          
    329 RAR 127 16 2 2008 18   Rotherham Beer Festival & Sheffield Sleepover Rotherham, Sheffield     Details        
    330 RAR 128 8 3 2008 51   The Bus Depot Brewer Harwich, Brightlingsea, Colchester Harwich Town, Famous Railway Tavern, Wonky Dog Wonky Dog was late addition; programme issued on day was incorrectly titled Bus Station Brewer. Details Photos      
    331 WE 117 9 5 2008   36 South & West Wales Explorer Carmarthen Bryncelyn, Evan Evans, Gwynant, Heart of Wales (Neuadd Arms), Black Mountain, Pen-lon Cottage, Nag's Head*, Jacobi, Coles Family. [*Nag's Head beers being brewed away from premises] Vale of Rheidol and Teifi Valley railways Details Photos      
    332 RAR 129 17 6 2008 52   The Elgood's Experience Wisbech Elgood's, Tydd Steam, Wissey Valley First midweek RAR Details Photos      
    333 HOL 13 17 7 2008   47 Munich & Bavaria Explorer Munich Herzogliches,  Weihenstephan, Bräuhaus Freising, Hofbräuhaus, Paulaner Bräuhaus (Kapuzinerplatz), Andechs, Inselbrau*, Airbrau* (*informal visits by some tour members) Five lake cruises (Tegernsee, Chiemsee, Ammersee, Achensee, Starnbergersee); three steam railways (Chiemseebahn, Achenseebahn, Zillertalbahn) Details Photos      
    334 WE 118 29 8 2008   25 Leeds & West Yorkshire Explorer Leeds, Huddersfield, Hebden Bridge, Dent, Dewsbury Barearts, Bridestone’s, Little Valley, Salamander, Ossett, Anglo-Dutch, Fernandes,   Keighley & Worth Valley Railway  & Settle & Carlisle line Details        
    335 WE 119 12 9 2008   16 Somerset Explorer Weston-super-Mare, Minehead, Frome Cheddar, Stowey, Taunton, Blindmans, Milk Street, Moor, Odcombe (Mason's Arms) Weston Miniature Rly, West Somerset Rly & Beer Fest Details Photos      
    336 RAR 130 20 9 2008 56   Hook Norton no. 9 Hook Norton Hook Norton 9th visit Details Photos      
    337 RAR 131 19 11 2008 42   Wadworth's, Box & Bath Devizes, Bath Wadworth, Box   Details Photos      
    338 WE 120 6 12 2008   24 Xmas Mkts  Frankfurt Bier-Hannes, Alt-Oberursel   Details        
    339 SAL 9 13 12 2008   54 Xmas Cruise from Windsor to Cookham and back     Details Photos      
    340 RAR 132 10 1 2009 54   The White Horse Winter Wander Didcot  White Horse, Best Mates Appleford brewery visit planned but not available Details        
    341 RAR 133 21 3 2009 67   The Surrey & Hants Borderer Farnham Ascot, Andwell's, Farnham Crondall planned but not visited - Farnham Brewery (Ball & Wicket) substituted Details        
    342 WE 121 27 3 2009   32 The Mid-Shires Explorer Rugby Bees, Concrete Cow, Dow Bridge, Nobby’s, Griffin Inn, Rainbow, Church End, Potbelly, Hoggley’s, Tunnel, Great Oakley Rugby, Bells & Discovery were deleted and Bees and Dow Bridge added. Details        
    343 RAR 134 9 5 2009 39   The Trans-Pennine Ticker Dewsbury, Huddersfield, Stalybridge n/a   Details        
    344 HOL 14 19 5 2009   40 The Oban, Islay and Ayrshire Explorer Glasgow, Oban, Ayr Islay, Kelburn, Windie Goat, Fyne Mull Railway, Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway Details Photos      
    345 RAR 135 4 7 2009 39   The Charity Drinker Haddenham, Aylesbury Rebellion Rebellion open day and Haddenham Beer Fest Details Photos      
    346 WE 122 24 7 2009   29 The Manchester & Bowland Explorer Manchester 3 Rivers, Hornbeam, Moorhouse's, Moonstone, Three B's, Bowland, Bank Top, Red Rose, Leyden, Outstanding, Green Mill   Details Photos      
    347 HOL 15 17 8 2009   30 Belgrade, Serbia & Sarajevo Explorer Mokra Gora, Belgrade, Sarajevo Sarajevo Sargan Eight Railway Details Photos      
    348 RAR 136 26 9 2009 38   Stoke and Steam Stoke on Trent Titanic, Lymestone Foxfield Railway Details        
    349 WE 123 2 10 2009   23 The Wolds & Fens Explorer Lincoln Cathedral Ales, Batemans, Leila Cottage, Malt B, Poachers, Swaton, Melbourn Bros (Samuel Smith subsidiary), Ufford Ales, Castor Ales North Ings Farm Railway Details Photos      
    350 RAR 137 28 11 2009 44   The Rural Rambler Coggeshall, Stebbing Red Fox, Hart of Stebbing,  East Anglian Railway Museum Details Photos      
    351 WE 124 4 12 2009   37 Xmas Markets Explorer - Strasbourg Strasbourg, Kork Kohler Rehm , Brasserie de Scala, Kronenbourg   Details        
    352 RAR 138 9 1 2010 47   The Bucks & Oxon Brewers Thame, Terrick, Wendover Thame, Chiltern   Details Photos      
    353 RAR 139 20 2 2010 50   The Essex & East London Borderer Walthamstow, Brentwood, Ilford Brodies, Brentwood, Ha’penny   Details Photos      
    354 WE 125 26 3 2010   43 West Cornwall Explorer Truro Keltek, Penzance, Skinner's, St Austell   Details Photos      
    355 WE 126 29 3 2010   32 Isles of Scilly Explorer Hugh Town Ales of Scilly Add-on' to W Cornwall Explorer Details Photos      
    356 WE 127 1 5 2010   34 Isle of Wight Explorer Ryde Yates   Details Photos      
    357 RAR 140 8 5 2010 65   The Three Bs Great Yarmouth, Berney Arms, Norwich Norfolk Square Boat from Gt Yarmouth to Berney Arms Details        
    358 WE 128 9 7 2010   26 Lower Rhine Explorer Xanten Hertog Jan, Kalkarer Mühle, Bolten, Diebels, Bocholt, De Hemel, Ter Dolen   Details        
    359 WE 129 6 8 2010 0 16 Berlin Beer Festival Berlin              
    360 RAR 141 11 9 2010 51   The New Forester Linwood, Hythe Red Shoot Exbury  Gardens &  steam railway, Hythe Pier Tramway, pub beer festival. Details        
    361 WE 130 24 9 2010   31 The Fylde Coast Explorer Blackpool, Lancaster Lytham, Hawkshead, Hart Blackpool tram festival Details Photos      
    362 HOL 16 30 9 2010   16 The Hong Kong & Macau Explorer Kowloon, Lantau, Tuen Mun, Yuen Long Typhoon Hong Kong Tram tour          
    363 RAR 142 6 11 2010 35   The Paper Makers St Alban's Tring, Alehouse Frogmore Paper Mill; pax figure is approximate Details Photos      
    364 WE 131 3 12 2010   33 Xmas Markets Explorer - Hannover Hannover Ernst August, HBX, Herrenhauser   Details        
    365 RAR 143 8 1 2011 51   Winter Wander '11 Winchester Botley, Upham, Hensting   Details        
    366 RAR 144 26  2011  14    Liverpool Beer Festival  Liverpool       Photos      
    367 RAR 145 12 3 2011 48   The Oxon & Gloster Borderer Lechlade Old Forge, Faringdon, Halfpenny   Details Photos      
    368 RAR 145a 13 3 2011 24   The Lechlade Lie-in Lechlade Nailsworth, Hetty Peggler*            * plant visited but not currently brewing Extension to previous day's tour; Swindon & Cricklade Railway Details        
    369 WE 132 7 4 2011   30 The Kiev Capital Explorer Kiev   Pax figure is approx Details        
    370 WE 133 6 5 2011   42 The Moose & Mountains Explorer Caernarfon Facer’s, North Wales, Conwy, Purple Moose, Llangollen, Sandstone, Jolly Brewer, McGivern Welsh Highland, Llanberis Lake & Llangollen Railways Details Photos      
    371 RAR 146 18 6 2011 37   The Wulfrunian Wolverhampton Banks's   Details        
    372 WE 134 1 7 2011   24 The Birmingham & Black Country Explorer Birmingham Backyard, Beowulf, Morton, Sadlers, Kinver, Black Country, Old Swan (Ma Parode's), Two Towers, Toll End, Craddock’s Chasewater Railway Details        
    373 Misc   16 7 2011 56   The Blackmore Vale Express Sherborne   25th Anniversary of steam returning to Salisbury and 36 years of RARs; jointly with UK Railtours Details Photos      
    374 WE 135 5 8 2011   25 The Berlin Explorer Berlin Independent brauhaus visits Berlin Beer Festival Details Photos      
    375 HOL 17 7 8 2011   20 The Berlin + Explorer Schwerin, Rostock, Griefswald, Dresden Independent brauhaus visits Add-on to Berlin Explorer; Molli-bahn, Rügensche Bäderbahn plus independent visits to other ng steam lines Details Photos      
    376 RAR 147 10 9 2011 39   The Western Wealdsman Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Moodley's Spa Valley Railway to Eridge Details        
    377 WE 136 23 9 2011   23 Isle of Jersey Explorer St Helier Liberation   Details        
    378 RAR 148 5 11 2011 40   The Thamesider Battersea, Windsor Sambrook's, Windsor & Eton   Details        
    379 RAR 149 7 1 2012 69   The Winter Fensman Cambridge Devil's Dyke, Lord Conrad's   Details Photos      
    380 RAR 150 10 3 2012 70   The Watercress Wanderer Alresford Itchen Valley, Flowerpots, Triple fff Mid-Hants Railway Details Photos      
    381 WE 137 13 4 2012   38 The Scarborough and North Yorkshire Explorer Scarborough Great Heck, Rudgate, Yorkshire Heart, Scarborough, North Riding Brew Pub, Cropton, North Yorkshire, Captain Cook North Bay Railway, N. Yorks Moors Rly Details Photos      
    382 RAR 151 19 5 2012 39   The Belvoir Pieman Melton Mowbray, Leicester Belvoir   Details        
    383 HOL 18 14 6 2012   31 The Aberdeen, Grampian & Tayside Explorer Aberdeen, Nethy Bridge, Perth Brewdog, Aboyne, Metcalfe Burnside, Cairngorm, Moulin, Inveralmond, Angus, Tinpot, Tryst Heritage railways: Royal Deeside, Grampian Transport Museum Miniature, Caledonian, Kerr's Miniature, Keith & Dufftown, Cairngorm Mountain, Strathspey Details        
    384 RAR 152 28 7 2012 44   The Cotswolds Rambler Stow on the Wold, Bouton on the Water Cotswold, North Cotswold   Details        
    385 RAR sleep-over 152a 29 7 2012 27   Lechlade Lie-In II Lechlade, Broadway, Bretforton Stanway Gloucester and Warwickshire Railway Details        
    386 RAR 153 18 8 2012 39   The Twin Valleys Rambler Salisbury/Tisbury for Nadder and Wylie Valleys Downton, Salisbury, Keystone   Details Photos      
    387 WE 138 5 9 2012   39 The Porto & Douro Explorer Porto       Photos      
    388 RAR 154 13 10 2012 10   The Waveney Valleyman Diss, Great Yarmouth Grain, Waveney, Green Dragon, Opa Hay’s            
    389 WE 139 13 10 2012   22 The Anglia Border Explorer Great Yarmouth  Waveney, Grain, Green Dragon, Ole Slewfoot, Bees, Blackfriars Bure Valley Railway          
    390 RAR 155 1 12 2012 41   The Kennet & Avon Rambler Bedwyn Three Castles,  World's End, Ramsbury     Photos      
    391 WE 140 6 12 2012   35 Xmas Markets Explorer Gelsenkirchen Rütershoff, Gladbeck, Dampfbier-Brauerei (Essen), Wuppertal, Hibernia, Boente Chartered 'Kaiserwagen' on Wuppertaler Schwebebahn          
    392 RAR 156 29 12 2012 41   The Twixmas Rambler Dorking Surrey Hills, Tillingbourne, Leith Hill     Photos      
    393 RAR 157 23 2 2013 50   The Essex Enterprise Wickford Crouch Vale, George’s and Hop Monster     Photos      
    394 RAR 158 6 4 2013 44   The Berks & Hants Rambler Basingstoke, Kew Bingham's, Longdog, Sherfield Village, Botanist            
    395 HOL 19 3 5 2013   42 South of Ireland Explorer Wexford, Lisdoonvarna, Galway, Tralee, Dingle, Killarney, Cork, Dungarvan, Waterford White Gypsy, Bay, West Kerry, Dingle, Eight Degrees, Franciscan Well, Dungarvan, Metalman     Photos      
    396 RAR 159 1 6 2013 37   The Vale Invader   Haddenham XT, Aylesbury Brewhouse (Hop Pole), Oxfordshire (Marsh Gibbon)            
    397 Misc   13 6 2013   25 Invitation event London Crate, Tap East     Photos      
    398 WE 141 25 7 2013   42 The Tyne & Wear Explorer South Shields, Darlington Maxim, Stables, Tynebank, Cullercoats, Three Kings, Darwin, Yard of Ale, Brewlab
Beamish Museum, and Stephenson Railway Museum, Lakeshore Railroad (South Shields)   Photos      
    399 RAR 160 24 8 2013 39   The Sussex Downsman  Partridge Green, Steyning Dark Star (Partridge Green), Kissingate     Photos      
    400 HOL 20 30 8 2013   30 The Gdansk Explorer  Gdańsk and Elbląg. Piwna, Elbląg             
    401 WE 142 27 9 2013   30 The Trans-Manche Explorer  Folkestone, Dover, Ashford, France, Belgium Canterbury, Wantsum, Tir Dha Ghlas, Gadds, Hop Fuzz, Farriers Arms, St. Bernard*, van Eecke* (*Watou, Belgium) Canterbury Green Hop Beer Festival, East Kent & RH&DR Railways   Photos      
    402 WE 143 1 11 2013   26 The Belgian Gourmet Explorer Mons, Ypres, Charleroi, Tournai, Poperinge St-Feuillien, Vapeur, Val de Sambre, Brasse Temps  Thuin Vicinal Tram Centre          
    403 RAR 161 9 11 2013 32   The Enigma Variation Bletchley, Buckingham Whittlebury, Silverstone, Buckingham Bletchley Park   Photos      
    404 RAR 162 15 2 2014 39   The South Londoner London Clarence & Fredericks, Brockley, Brew by Numbers Tower Bridge Tour          
    405 RAR 163 22 3 2014 45   York York York            
    406 WE 144 11 4 2014   39 The Furness & North Lancashire Explorer Barrow, Lancaster, Ulverston, Piel Island Lancaster, Old School, Hardknott, Healey’s, Ulverston, Unsworth’s Yard, Fell, Greenodd, Stringer’s Carnforth Station Museum, Ravenglass & Eskdale Rly          
    407 RAR 164 7 6 2014 48   New Kids on the Block - in Bath Bath Graze Bar brewpub (Bath Ales), James Street Bitton Beer Festival   Photos      
    408 RAR 165 5 7 2014 39   The South Londoner (Revisited) London Clarence & Fredericks, Brockley, Brew by Numbers Brewery Tower Bridge Tour          
    409 WE 145 23 7 2014   38 The Isle of Man Explorer Douglas Okells, Bushy’s, Hooded Ram, Old Laxey All railways: Crogga Valley, Laxey Mines, Manx Electric, Snaefell, IOM Steam and Groudle Glen   Photos      
    410 WE 146 5 8 2014   39 The Bamberg & Franconia Explorer Konigswinter, Bamberg, Bonn, Wurzburg Düll, Haufeisen Getrankekeller, Brauerei-Gasthof- Hotel Sonne, Mainlust, Wurzburger Hofbraukeller, Weyermann Versuchsbrauerei Maisel's Brauerei Buettnereimuseum           
    411 RAR 166 13 9 2014 40   The Bluebell - with Beer Sheffield Park 360 Degree Bluebell Railway          
    412 RAR 167 15 11 2014 38   The Newark Newcomers Newark Newark, Handley's, Fun Fair     Photos      
    413 WE 147 4 12 2014   43 The Xmas Markets Explorer Bremen & Hamburg  Beck’s, Schuettinger            
    414 RAR 168 28 2 2015 45   The North(ern Line) Londoner London London Brewing Co, Barnet, Brewhouse & Kitchen Islington, Hops & Glory             
    415 WE 148 17 3 2015   23 North Devon & Exmoor Explorer Bideford Kubla, Wizard, Clearwater, Forge, Country Life, Masters, Quantock, Beer Engine West Somerset Railway, Lynton & Barnstaple Railway          
    416 RAR 169 2 5 2015 37   Warwick Wanderer Leamington Spa Church Farm, Warwickshire Beer Co/Bakehouse Long Itchington beer festival or Battlefield Line Railway (Shackerstone)   Photos      
    417 WE 149 14 5 2015   43 Cologne Explorer Köln Sunner Kasbachtalbahn, Brohltalbahn          
    418 RAR 170 6 6 2015 50   3Fs Rambler Farnham Frensham, Hop Art Rural Life Centre/Old Kiln Railway   Photos      
    419 WE 150 26 6 2015   33 Nottingham City & Shire Explorer Nottingham Navigation, Magpie, Totally Brewed, Blue Monkey, Mallard, Kings Clipstone, Caythorpe, Flipside Great Central Railway (North)   Photos      
    420 Misc   14 7 2015   39 Invitation event Thames cruise       Photos      
    421 HOL 21 5 9 2015   31 Budapest & North Hungary Explorer Budapest, Miskolc Kaltenberg, Gyertyános, Zip's Brewhouse Lillafüred, Királyrét, Gyöngyös and Szilvásvárad narrow gauge forest railways   Photos      
    422 WE 151 5 9 2015   24 Xmas Markets Explorer 12 Prague Pivo Benedict            
    423 RAR 171 3 10 2015 49   Going for a Burton Burton upon Trent Marston's National Brewery Centre   Photos      
    424 RAR sleep-over 172 18 10 2015 25   The Holy Grail of Breweries Chipping Norton, Stow on the Wold Donnington Evesham Vale Light Railway   Photos      
    425 RAR 173 13 2 2016 33   The Hertfordshire Handful Berkhamsted, St Albans Paradigm, Haresfoot, Red Squirrel, White Hart Tap     Photos      
    426 WE 152 2 3 2016   24 The Cyprus Island Explorer Paphos Aphrodite's Rock, Pivo "πίβο"  *staggered start/finish dates Details Photos      
    427 RAR 174 19 3 2016 26   The Thanet Looper Margate, Ramsgate, Broadstairs Four Candles     Photos      
    428 WE 153 1 4 2016   39 The Hadrian & North Lakes Explorer Carlisle Eden, Allendale, Hesket Newmarket, Spinner's Cruise from Tilbury to Newcastle on MS Magellan; Ullswater cruise          
    429 RAR sleep-over 175 24 4 2016 23   The Holy Grail of Breweries - Revisited Chipping Norton, Stow on the Wold Donnington Evesham Vale Light Railway   Photos      
    430 RAR 176 18 8 2016 45   A Surrey Saunter Worplesdon Little Beer Corporation, Thurston's Mizen's Railway   Photos      
    431 WE 154 9 9 2016   26 City of Bradford Explorer Bradford Saltaire, Bingley, Bradford, Wharfedale, Haworth & Halifax Steam, Partners’ Keighley & Worth Valley Railway          
    432 Misc   1 10 2016   79 Looking Forward to Forty Leicester Elgood's, Batemans, Belvoir, Hook Norton, Clouded Minds/Oddly North Gloucestershire Railway   Photos      
    433 RAR 177 26 11 2016 47   A Surrey Meander to Middlesex Wimbledon, Kingston, Surbiton, Staines Wimbledon, Park, Big Smoke, Thames Side            
    434 WE 155 9 12 2016   23 Xmas Markets Explorer Ghent, Bruges Gentse Gruut Stadsbrouwerij, Huisbrouwerij De Halve Maan, Bourgogne des Flandres     Photos      
    435 RAR 178 7 1 2017 34   A Taste of Leeds Leeds  Tapped Leeds, Northern, Northern Monk,      Photos      
    436 RAR 179 4 3 2017 38   The Portsea Islander with Petersfield Portsmouth & Southsea, Petersfield Irving, Staggeringly Good, Brewhouse & Kitchen (White Swan, Portsmouth), Wave Maiden, Southsea Brewing     Photos      
    437 WE 156 24 3 2017   30 Sou'wester Wales Explorer Tenby Gower, Gwan, Bluestone, Seren, Cafflee, Pembrokeshire, Harbwr, Tenby, Neath Gwili Railway   Photos      
    438 HOL 23 20 5 2017   41 Bratislava & Tatras Explorer Bratislava, Banska Stiavnica, Starý Smokovec Bratislavský Meštiansky, Fabrika (Bratislava), ERB brewpub (Banska Brystrica), Urpiner, Liptovär, Svit, Egidius, Cassa brewpub  (Košice), Golem Ciernohronska narrow gauge railway   Photos      
    439 RAR 180 17 6 2017 49   Pumping It Up (Handpumps and Steam Pumps) West London Reunion, Oddly Kempton Park water pumping station and railway; Perseverence (Wraysbury) Beer Festival   Photos      
    440 RAR 181 22 7 2017 42   Birmingham Cheapie Birmingham Two Towers, Burning Soul, Rock ’n Roll     Photos      
    441 WE 157 10 9 2017   33 Belfast & Ulster Explorer Belfast, Derry Black Mountain, Ards, Hercules, Boundary, Whitewater, Pokertree, Northbound, Walled City, Kinnegar, Finn Valley Fintown, Diffin Lake, Belfast & County Down Miniature Railways          
    442 WE 158 21 10 2017   29 Jurassic County Explorer Weymouth Dorset  (DBC), Piddle, Palmers, Gyle 59, Lyme Regis (optional informal visit), Windy Swanage Railway   Photos      
    443 WE 159 24 11 2017   24 Innsbruck and Valleys - Xmas Markets Explorer Innsbruck Theresienbräu Hungerburgbahn   Photos      
    444 RAR 182 2 12 2017 47   West Berks Wanderer Newbury INNformal, Indigenous, Butts, West Berkshire, Hermitage (Marshall's)     Photos      
    445 RAR 183 10 3 2018 44   A West Sussex Wander Arundel, Pulborough Hammerpot, Langham, Greyhound South Downs Light Railway    Photos      
    446 WE 160 24 3 2018   39 The Welsh Valleys Explorer Newport, Cardiff Rhymney, Glamorgan, Tudor, Tiny Rebel, Bullmastiff  Newport Transporter Bridge, Brecon Mountain Railway, Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway, Royal Mint   Photos      
    447 WE 161 24 4 2018   36 A Budapest Beer Bash (jointly with the Brewery History Society) Budapest Krimó Sörfőzde, MONYÓ Brewing Co, HopTop, Dreher Sörgyárak, Kaltenberg Sörház Trams, ferry and cog railway          
    448 RAR 184 9 6 2018 56   GDD@80 Aldershot Longdog, Andwell, Elusive, Siren Craft Alder Valley Brass Band concert          
    449 RAR 185 25 7 2018 22   A Visit To Harvey’s and the Seaside Brighton, Lewes North Laine, Harvey's     Photos      
    450 RAR 186 28 7 2018 29   Beer in the Community Didcot  n/a Pendon Museum          
    451 WE 162 16 8 2018   23 Luxembourg Explorer Luxembourg Letzebuerger Stad Brauerei, Bofferding, Beierhaascht  New Tram and Funicular Lines, Minett Narrow Gauge Railway, Train 1900          
    452 WE 163 27 9 2018   23 Holme Valley & Calderdale Explorer Huddersfield Two Roses, Small World, Summer Wine, Hogs Head, Magic Rock, Nightjar, Landlord’s Friend, Stod Fold Calderdale Industrial Museum, Kirklees Light Railway          
    453 WE 164 29 11 2018   30 Xmas Markets Explorer Freiburg im Breisgau Martin’s Brau & pub, Feierling Brau & Pub, Kleines Freiburger Brauhaus Chartered Tram in Freiburg, Wine Cellar Tour, Rail ride to Titisee and Seebrug (Black Forest)          
    454 RAR 187 5 1 2019 47   A Surrey Hills Saunter Reigate Pilgrim, Felday, Dorking            
    455 WE 165 7 3 2019   35 The Suffolk County Explorer Lowestoft Uffa, Ampersand, Waveney, St. Peters, Grain, People's, Opa Hay's*, Adnam's, Old Chimneys, Star Wing, Muntons, Calvors Woodbridge Tide Mill, Muntons Maltings          
    456 RAR 188 23 3 2019 30   The South Essex Saunter Leigh-on-Sea George’s/Hop Monster, Keppels, Leigh-on-Sea,             
    457 HOL 24 9 4 2019   29 Trams & Wine  Bordeaux, Montpellier Azimut Brasserie, Le Frog and Rosbif (Bordeaux), Les 3 Brasseurs (Montpellier)            
    458 WE 166 10 5 2019   17 Torbay explorer Paignton, Newton Abbot, Totnes Red Rock, Hunter’s, Bays, Bridgetown, Totnes, Barnaby’s, New Lion, Platform 5, Teignworthy  South Devon Railway          
    459 WE 167 6 6 2019   21 The Poland Three Cities Explorer Wrocław, Kraków, Elbląg, Olsztyn (optional extension to Bydgoszcz and Poznań) Złoty Pies, Lubicz Restauracya Browarna, T.E.A. Time  Vintage tram tour in Wrocław, tours of Kraków’s and Elbląg’s tram systems, trip on the Elbląg Canal with 5 inclined planes; optional ride on the Wolsztyn Steam Train               
    460 RAR 189 29 6 2019 34   A Cambridgeshire Caper Cambridge Turpin’s, Lord Conrad’s, Milton            
    461 WE 168 3 10 2019   28 The Green Hop and Malvern Hills Explorer Worcester Ambridge, Sociable, Firefly, Windtrip, Hartlebury, Hop Shed, Friday Beer, Bewdley, Lakehouse, Ledbury Severn Valley Railway          
    462 WE 169 5 12 2019   27 An Antwerp Advent Adventure Antwerp Pakhuis, Antwerp Brewing Co, Het Anker, Malheur, Duvel Moortgat, De Koninck Tram tour          
    463 WE 170 20 12 2019   6 The Greater Manchester Explorer Altricham              
    464 RAR 190 18 1 2020 42   An East Surrey Saunter   Godstone, Titsey            
    465 RAR 191 19 8 2020 25   The Socially Distant Brewer Staines-upon-Thames Thames Side Optional steam train travel from Victorai to Windsor (16 took this option)          
    466 RAR 192 27 7 2021 44   The Windsor Wanderer Windsor, Eton Windsor & Eton            
    467 RAR 193 11 9 2021 33   The Bluebell Boozer East Grinstead   Bluebell Railway and its first Beer Festival          
    468 RAR 194 27 11 2021 16   A Handful of Hampshire Hostelries Selborne, Steep Gilbert White Brewhouse,
Triple fff Taproom
Visit by 16 seat coach to classic country pubs that were too small to take a full sized RAR          
    469 RAR 195 15 1 2022 26   Pie 'n Porter Wraysbury, Staines-upon-Thames Thames Side Attended pub's Porter Festival          
    470 RAR 196 26 2 2022 16   West Sussex Wanderer Petersfield, South Downs National Park Langham Classic country pubs and a brewery          
    471 RAR 197 12 3 2022 16   West Sussex Wanderer II Petersfield, South Downs National Park Langham A repeat of RAR 196 but visiting different National Inventory pubs.          
    472 WE 171 28 4 2022   16 The Pennines Prowler Leeds Kirkstall, Nomadic Breweries, National Inventory pubs and the Transpennine Real Ale Trail          
    473 RAS 1 23 8 2022 22   Tap2Tap Windsor, Staines upon Thames Windsor & Eton, Thames Side A visit to two new tap rooms, plus brewery tours.            
    474 WE 172 30 8 2022   26 The City & County Explorer Chester Pied Bull, Stonehouse Anderton Boat Lift, Cambrian Railway, breweries plus classic pubs          
    475 RAR 198 12 3 2022 16   The Horsham Hunter Horsham, Billingshurt Hepworth's A repeat of RAR 196 but visiting different National Inventory pubs.          
    476 RAS 2 14 1 2023 27   (Son of) Pie 'n Porter Wraysbury, Staines-upon-Thames Thames Side Attended pub's Porter Festival plus brewery's new premises          
    477 RAR 199 4 2 2023 16   The West Surrey Borderer Godalming Crafty Brewing, Firebird, Godalming Beerworks Three breweries and three fine pubs          
    478 RAR 200 16 5 2023 41   The One And Only Folkestone Forge, Musket Celebrating Two Hundred Rail Ale Rambles!  Including trips on the RH&DR and K&ESR Heritage Railways.          
    479 HOL 26 4 6 2023   32 South West Scotland Explorer
(The 'ADAG Tour')
Scotland Motte & Bailey, Sulwath, Ayr, Isle of Arran, Seagate, Five Kingdoms and Lowland.  Plus talk from head brewer of Dargavel. Visiting the South West of Scotland, meeting in Carlisle, travelling Largs and Portpatrick.  Visits to the isles of Arran and Cambrae by ferry and Whithorn by coach.  Including a cruise on Loch Lomond and a trip on the Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway.          
    480 RAR 201 18 10 2023 35   An Arkell's Adventure Swindon, Royal Wootton Bassett Arkell's Visting Broadtown Brewery's tap room and selected classic pubs          
    481 HOL 27 20 3 2024   38 South East Devon Explorer Devon Crossed Anchors, Checkstone, Exeter and Beer Engine
A tour centred on Exmouth through the eastern side of Devon with special out-of-season trips on the Seaton tramway and Pecorama with its scenic narrow-gauge railway.          
    482 RAR 202 5 4 2024 22   Thames Valley Tracker Buckinghamshire and Berkshire Stardust Visiting selected classic and community pubs in the Thames Valley          
                          Total participants: 39,143      
                    Total brewery visits: 1,104      
                                   
                                   
                                     
             
                                     
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