Re: Watered down Budweiser? : Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:33 am  

John_D wrote:

Many times. It's suffering due to it's own popularity though. It's utter chaos March through to October.
Indeed, did a few stops last weekend. One table in Riverhead Brewery Tap in Marsden had a bunch of 7 lads sat round it all supping lager, which is kind of missing the point.

This is true, I live in one of the villages en route and it's got ridiculous. It's a great day out and a lot of fun but it's now got to the stage that if I get the train to Manchester on a Saturday afternoon it's pretty much guaranteed that I'll see several groups of largered up lads spewing, wanging bottles of WKD on the tracks, pissing in the street and getting their shrivelled walnut cocks out.

Re: Watered down Budweiser? : Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:44 am  

Sandra The Terrorist wrote:

This is true, I live in one of the villages en route and it's got ridiculous. It's a great day out and a lot of fun but it's now got to the stage that if I get the train to Manchester on a Saturday afternoon it's pretty much guaranteed that I'll see several groups of largered up lads spewing, wanging bottles of WKD on the tracks, pissing in the street and getting their shrivelled walnut cocks out.

Don't worry, Parliament will resume before you know it.

Re: Watered down Budweiser? : Mon Mar 04, 2013 4:30 pm  

duke street 10 wrote:

My brother did the "ale train" from Leeds to Marsden on Saturday with his workmates. He loved it as you stop off at real ale pubs on route (he works at the Coors brewery at Tadcaster).

Anybody else done this?

He would love proper beer, bearing in mind he can't get it where he works!

Batley to Stalybridge is the route.
Not much walking needed, and thus more supping time as you don't need to leave the platforms , at Dewsbury, Huddersfield (x2) and Stalybridge.
Pubs at Batley, Slaithwaite, Marsden, Greenfield and Mossley only a cock stride away also

Re: Watered down Budweiser? : Tue Mar 05, 2013 12:12 pm  

tedglen wrote:

He would love proper beer, bearing in mind he can't get it where he works!

Batley to Stalybridge is the route.
Not much walking needed, and thus more supping time as you don't need to leave the platforms , at Dewsbury, Huddersfield (x2) and Stalybridge.
Pubs at Batley, Slaithwaite, Marsden, Greenfield and Mossley only a cock stride away also

Funnily enough the group dragged a couple of their bosses along, and they kept asking them why couldn't they make more ale like this at work

Re: Watered down Budweiser? : Tue Mar 05, 2013 1:32 pm  

From the state of many Salford fans last Good Friday, it was equally enjoyed.
(I think I remember )

I have been planning a similar trip from Salford Central to Clitheroe (the train goes via Bolton) and it seems quite viable with a decision yet to be made for Blackburn.

We play at Wakefield on Sunday and so there's the visit to that gem: the King's Arms at Heath: walking distance to and from the ground.

Re: Watered down Budweiser? : Tue Mar 05, 2013 3:20 pm  

Hillbilly_Red wrote:

... ...visit to that gem: the King's Arms at Heath: walking distance to and from the ground.

You are correct, it is an absolute gem.
It hasn't changed materially in all my adult life ... and that's a considerable period of time.