December proved to be a good month for socials, with the pub crawls around Sheffield and Nottingham being very well attended and a good turn out for the Xmas Party at the Strutt Club.

We are proposing the following dates for free minibus beer survey trips in 2018 - all Friday nights and all having the first pick up at either Alfreton or Belper at 7.15pm and Ripley at 7.30pm, depending on who is coming and the route we are taking.  The other picks up points offered are Swanwick and either Heage or Kilburn Toll Bar (its not very practical to do both so again it will depend on who is coming).  We will try to book a 16 seater every month but may sometimes be limited to a 14 seater so, as always, its first come first served once the trip is confirmed.

Future Social Survey Dates for your diary:

These trips are all undertaken by public transport and confirmation of meeting places and times will be made over social media, closer to the dates, although it is generally a 1pm start.  Non-CAMRA members are always welcome on these trips.  We only tend to walk half a mile at the most between pubs as they are generally city and town centre walks.

Once the walks have started, people tend to stop and eat when they feel like it and catch up with us later if we have moved on.  Its up to you when you decide to leave for home - we usually go to 7 or 8 pubs and finish around 6-7pm but some hardy individuals carry on until much later.

Sat 5 May - Chesterfield
Sat 28 July - Derby
Mon 27 Aug - Bank Holiday survey trip of Ripley
Sat 8 Sept - Burton on Trent
Sat 24 Nov - Sheffield
Fri 28 Dec - Nottingham