A new disciple for the bible?

The robin hood inn, cragg vale. Been on the hit list for a while but never got around to getting here. A nice surprise, a few comments I had read suggested it was dog friendly and it turns out it is. 3 real ales on, weapon of choice landlord shown here. Its slimmer sister golden best and an ossett ale, Yorkshire blonde on offer.

Lovely bar setting, smells of coal fires even in the middle of summer, reminds me of fitting the flue on the fire at home and being dumped in soot from the chimney.

Good value menu on offer - no credit cards accepted.

Would be worthy of inclusion in the good beer guide.


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Last minute plans are always the best laid plans...

3pm we had no plans, 4pm we we're packed up and raring to go. Back to the forest of bowland.

Travelling light this weekend, well ok Saturday nite only, but here we have mini tent, mini chairs and big bottle of gin!! What more could a girl want? Bbq lit, beer flowing, nandos infused chicken ready... The nite is young.....


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Creature comforts...

There's no place like home, a quick 10 minute walk from marsden gets us to the excellent tunnel end inn. Knock out pub, pint of bass and landlord shown here. Best pub in the valley bar none....

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Next stop Marsden

Ok, so we were going to take on the head of steam however we couldn't take the dog on the pub so had to go round the back. In the absence of any seats, a swift run to the next train sees is in sunny marsden.

Now the railway pub. I've eyed this up several times. The blackboard of guest beers always looks appetising but today, I'm left disappointed. A marstons beer monk something is ok but nothing to write home about. Despite its proximity to the platform, the pub needs to evolve somewhat to cash in on the real ale trail, ok they may get a pint out of it but I doubt whether they'll get much more.
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3 is the magic number...

Well it might be but think that this might be one to miss on the real ale trial v2. Dunno, its ok, but not a patch on the last pub. A theakstons pub, the navigation, wouldn't go out of my way to return, here's a pint of theakstons black bull.

Next stop on the real ale trail is head of steam on Hudderfield platform or maybe we should go back to dewsbury?

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Yorkshire legends...

r.I.p Fred trueman, a true legend. I'm sure he would be happy knowing he was watching over such a busy bar.
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3 minutes down the track....

Its the banging west riding bar. Not more than 20ft from stepping off the train! Now that's what I call handy. I thought the pubs at huddersfield station were pretty good but heah, this place pips them. Full of lovely memorabilia. Some cracking beers including a pint of lightyear, last seen on spaceflowers birthday.
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The dog eating cat from batley

A hop, step and jump from the platform is the cellar bar with its dog eating cat!

Molly's far too interested in the beer to even acknowledge the cat.

Here's she's seen drinking saltaire's red lion ale. England vs USA later tonight, needless to say, everything has flags on it, I'm sure it won't be the first England themed beer we are today.


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Ding ding round 1

Real ale pub 1. The kings head, huddersfield platform. Next train in 10 mins....

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Nature bites back

Well, sunny weekend camping in the forest of bowland. What a little jem, despite the fact that its in wankyshire (Lancs).

Cracking 15 mile walk in glorious weather, stumbled across a footpath closed because of the potential injury to walkers from, of all things, eagle owls!

Plenty of wildlife up here, more curlews than I've ever seen, woodpeckers, trout in the smallest streams.

While cooking breakfast, we were subjected to an aerial bombardment of blue tit fledgings. Indeed, one hit the car door and nearly ended up on the stove. It managed to seek sanctuary on the roof of the tent. Bullet tooth Tony had to move swiftly to rescue it to a nearby wall. Hope it makes it.


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