SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

  

Within Rochdale, Oldham & Bury Branch the aim is to provide a range of social activities which will appeal to a broad spectrum of beer drinkers in the Branch.  This can range from a simple pub social to a long weekend either in this country or overseas in a suitable beer related location, and everyone is welcome. There is the occasional train trip and CAMRAMBLE for the slightly more energetic members of the branch.

 

The branch tries to organise a social event each month – pub crawls are popular as are mid-week/Saturday coach trips to breweries or interesting pubs around the country.  In the case of coach visits there are various pick-up points in the Rochdale, Oldham & Bury area before we set out to the designated brewery etc, usually arriving there in time for lunch on a Saturday. In the recent past we have organised coach trips to the Ribble Valley, South Yorkshire,  the Wirral,  Hydes Brewery and the Peak District.

 

Long weekends usually cover greater distances, and successful tours have been made to the Lakes (including Yates’s Brewery), Hop Back Brewery and the New Forest, and further afield to Dublin, Belgium (various breweries on different visits), Dusseldorf and Cologne.

 

Like the rest of the branch programme, the social calendar is sent out to members twice a year so if you fancy coming along to the Christmas social, a trip to a local brewery or a long weekend away, you will be very welcome.