Beccles Beer Festival Trip
A trip to Beccles Beer Festival (www.becclesbeerfestival.co.uk) and a few pubs in Beccles.
Meet at North Station (main, north entrance) at 10:20 to arrange cheap tickets.
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Added/Updated: Tue, 09/09/2014 - 7:12pm
East Anglian Pub of the Year Presentation to Victoria Inn
The Victoria Inn has been awarded 2014 East Anglia Pub of the Year, just incase you hadn't heard!
Certificate Presentation will be made by our Regional Director Andrea Briers, on Sunday 2nd November at 3pm.
We've never had a County Winner in the Branch, let alone Regional Winner and the Vic is now in the Final 16 for National Pub of the Year!!
Why not come along and join the celebrations!
Added/Updated: Wed, 15/10/2014 - 4:05pm
Trip to Bishop Nick Brewery
At long last, the much anticpated and highly demanded brewery visit to Bishop Nick brewery in Braintree.
Meet North Station main entrance 1810 to sort out tickets then catch 1833 train. On arrival at Braintree it is about 10 minutes walk to brewery getting there about 1930.
We will leave on 2200 train arriving back in Colchester at 2240.
Please email Ted Ted if you'd like to go. socialsec@Colchestercamra.org.uk
Added/Updated: Tue, 21/10/2014 - 8:39pm
Christmas Social
Merriment, Ale, Food, Ale & Merriment.
Come and join us for a Christmas bash in the Ale House.
Added/Updated: Sun, 26/10/2014 - 12:14pm
Colchester CAMRA Young(ish) Members Pre-Christmas Social 'Renamed Pubs' Pub Crawl
Meet at The Blue Boar in New Town at 16:00 on Saturday 20th December for the first pint, and to allow everyone to gather.
Next stop is The Mermaid on Mersea Road, at 17:00 on the way into town, before arriving at The Clarence at around 18:00.
We will then continue our pub crawl on Butt Road by dropping in for a quick pint at The Royal at around 19:00 before finally joining the CAMRA Christmas Social at 20:00 at The Dragoon.
Added/Updated: Mon, 10/11/2014 - 7:22pm
Young Members Meet Up - 22nd November 2014
You can't have missed the Real Ale Calendar's popping up in pubs around Colchester, the girls are working hard on launches around our district to raise money for the Robin Cancer Trust.
Follow news of their launch events on their Facebook page facebook.com/ProperRACColchester
From 12:00 on 22nd November the RAC Girls will be at the Olde Albion in Rowhedge, a bunch of Young Members will be attendance, and it's a perfect opportunity to meet a few more so please come along.
Added/Updated: Mon, 10/11/2014 - 7:28pm
Ye Olde Albion Bar Olympics in aid of the Robin Cancer Trust
A fun day including the inaugural Albion v. Vic Bar Olympics. Full details at https://www.facebook.com/events/283086825223729/
4:00pm Bar Olympics. Ye Olde Albion v. The Victoria Inn
Including: 'Beer Mat Flipping' 'Space Invaders' 'Cottonwool Shot Putt' and many more!
7:00pm Prize Draw - win a Christmas Hamper
8:00pm onwards - Fancy Dress, TV/Film theme - best costume wins prizes.
9:00pm - Live Music from Wyatt's Band
Added/Updated: Tue, 11/11/2014 - 5:15pm
Beer Festival Planning Meeting
Beer Festival Planning meeting for the January 2015 8th Colchester Real Ale and Cider Festival.
All welcome.
Added/Updated: Fri, 14/11/2014 - 11:41am
Trip to The Dove's Beer Festival, Ipswich
An informal trip to The Dove's beer festival in Ipswich - and a few other pubs!
Meet 11:20 at North Station to organise train tickets.
Added/Updated: Tue, 25/11/2014 - 7:49pm
Trip to Harwich Beer Festival
An informal trip to Harwich Winter Beer Festival, meet at 10:20am at Colchester Town (St Botolphs...not Colchester North!) to arrange cheap tickets.
The festival is a short stroll from Dovercourt station.
(don't fancy the train...? you could cycle instead... meet 10am at Leisure World to cycle to Harwich).
Added/Updated: Mon, 01/12/2014 - 7:23pm
Ted Ted London Pub Crawl
One of Ted Ted's legendary London Pub Crawls - he's like sat-nav, but for pubs!
Meet at the main (north) entrance of North Station at 10:10am to arrange tickets.
This crawl is titled 'Westward from Warren Street'...
Added/Updated: Wed, 11/03/2015 - 2:38pm
Mid Anglia Beer Festival Trip
Trip to the Mid Anglia Beer Festival - http://www.midangliacamra.com/Beer_Festival.htm
Meet at North Station for 11:23 train to Diss where there is a festival shuttle bus to the venue.
Added/Updated: Wed, 29/04/2015 - 4:38pm
Ale, Rail and Model Trains Trip
Meet North station 11:30 for 11:47 train going to Wickham Market for... a model railway show ...optional, and probably the first time one has been included in a ColCAMRA day out!
Followed by a pint or two in the Dog And Duck by station. After we'll get a train back to Melton for pies etc... (excellent pies in Melton) then walk to Wilford Bridge pub for a pint (or two), then back to station and drop off at Manningtree for the station pub, before returning home.
Added/Updated: Wed, 29/04/2015 - 4:43pm
Trip to Stowmarket Beer Festival
An informal trip to Stowmarket Beer & Cider Festival – Friday 10th July
At the Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket
Turn up at Colchester North Station – Main Ticket Office 11:00am to arrange group save travel
Added/Updated: Thu, 04/06/2015 - 6:16pm
Do you play Cricket? - CCCC v. RTCC match needs players!
The annual CCCC v. RTCC match! - that's the Colchester CAMRA Cricket Club v. Railway Tavern Cricket Club for the uninitiated.
Played at Brightlingsea Cricket Ground - meet at the Railway Tavern first for a few beers, start time to be confirmed.
Players needed! Anyone and everyone welcome! Help ColCAMRA fight back after their close defeat last year. Contact captain Mark - markwhybrow@btinternet.com
Added/Updated: Tue, 09/06/2015 - 6:36pm
Pub Quiz at the Odd One Out
Pub quiz in aid of the Real Oddies - the Odd One Out's cricket team!
£5 per team of up to 4. Cash top prize.
Added/Updated: Tue, 09/06/2015 - 6:45pm
Trip to Finchingfield
Trip to Finchingfield, meet up at Osborne St in time to get 1055 number 70 bus to Braintree, then number 9 to Finchingfield, about 3.5 hours in Finchingfield, return on 1630 from Finchingfield.
Use All Essex Rover ticket.
Added/Updated: Wed, 24/06/2015 - 6:30pm
Halstead Pub Crawl - The Halstead Tube!
Halstead pub crawl entitled 'Halstead Tube', visiting 5 pubs and quiz on pub names with a London Underground theme.
12:48 bus from Osborne St https://edmedicom.com/. Use all Essex Sunday Rover, or meet up in first pub, The Three Pigeons at about 13:30.
Added/Updated: Wed, 24/06/2015 - 8:33pm
Ted Ted's London Pub Crawl
Another of Ted Ted's (he's like Sat Nav, but for pubs) legendary London pub crawls entitled 'From the gasworks' from Fulham gasworks to South Kensington. This is a rerun of a crawl from a few years back that was done for the cyclists group, but with a slight variation.
As usual 10:10 at North Station main entrance for 10:30 train. Meet at Ten Ten for Ted Ted.
Added/Updated: Wed, 24/06/2015 - 8:38pm
Chelmsford Cider Pub Crawl (with Real Ale!)
An invitation to join Chelmsford CAMRA for cider pub crawl in Chelmsford - but real ales are available at every pub!
Meet North station 10:10 for the 10:33 train, and there will be about a 20 to 25 minute walk to the first pub.
Added/Updated: Thu, 25/06/2015 - 8:42pm
Trip to Beccles Beer Festival
Our annual trip to the Beccles Beer Festival - now in its fourth year.
Meet North station 10:25 for 10:47 train.
(Long way off, so there may be engineering work, if there is, revised details will be given).
Added/Updated: Thu, 25/06/2015 - 8:48pm
Colchester Pub Crawl with Chelmsford CAMRA
Chelmsford CAMRA are coming onto our patch! They've invited us to join them for a crawl around Colchester. Start from 12:00 noon at The Grennie
Added/Updated: Sat, 27/06/2015 - 2:41pm
Norwich Pub Crawl
A pub crawl around the City of Ale - Norwich. Lead by chief budgie John Durrant.
Expect pubs!
Meet at North Station (north side entranace) 10:25 for the 10:47 train and to sort out cheap tickets.
Image - "Norwich Skyline" by Andrew Hurley
Added/Updated: Sun, 19/07/2015 - 1:55pm
Winter Ale Festival Planning Meeting - All Members Welcome
Fancy getting involved at the Winter Ale Festival in January?
Or just want to know what's going on in the planning stages?
Then come along to the Oddie and find out!
Tuesday 24th November - 8pm start
Added/Updated: Thu, 12/11/2015 - 12:07am
Trip to Harwich for their Winter Pub Crawl
Pub Crawlaround Harwich on Friday 4th December, 1220 station for 1247 train.
Added/Updated: Thu, 26/11/2015 - 2:28pm