Here is the branch diary of meetings and socials for the next few months

Some events will need booking, so please do so in good time

Events requiring booking:
Out of the County Experience.

Email ku.gro.armac.stnahtron@laicos to book

Branch Diary to download

OUT OF THE COUNTY EXPERIENCE – STRAW BEAR FESTIVAL - LocAle - SAT 11th JANUARY 2025
Yes, that early in the year, but wrap-up warm! We are going to the Straw Bear Festival, Whittlesey, a few miles out in the Fens. The event starts with a procession with the Straw Bear dancing through the town accompanied by musicians and plough boys followed by many dance teams to fill the streets with colour whatever the weather, along with a storyteller in a local venue when you need a break from following the bear! The other break of course is beer, where most of the pubs put on a beer festival for the event. Leaving late afternoon with possibly the Wonky Donkey in Fletton. Our vintage bus will be new for us but has limited seating so please don’t delay in booking. Departure will be from Northampton, Weston Favell, Wellingborough and Kettering. Outline times are 09:00 from Northampton, returning for 20:00.

BRANCH OPEN MEETING – ECTON – LocAle - MON 13th JANUARY 2025
With only six branch meetings a year, we repeat 2024 with a return to the Three Horseshoes (GBG, NN6 0QA) where the Benjamin Franklin Brewery has been installed and is now brewing with two of their beers available on the bar. The meeting will be held in the side room at 19:30.

BRANCH SOCIAL TRIPLE STAMPS 28 – LocAle - SAT 25th JANUARY 2025
With us now entering our 50th Anniversary year as a Branch, I wanted to visit a traditional brewery that we have never visited before. For the first time in their 158 year history, Donnington Brewery are throwing open the doors of their historical tower brewery for official tours. A mile from Stow-on-the-Wold, it is the only existing brewery using a waterwheel to power all the original equipment. The guided tour of the historic brewhouse follows the traditional process through to tasting the final product with a complementary Donnington glass. I have now booked the tour and all places have been taken. For those not doing the brewery tour, you will have around two hours in Stow-on-the-Wold, a beautiful small town with lovely buildings and around half a dozen pubs owned or selling beers from Arkells, Donnington, Greene King, Purity, Wadworths and Youngs, plus a nearby village pub. Afterward we will spend the rest of the day visiting country pubs and brewery taps, including Chadlington and Tap Social Movement. Fully Booked.

BRANCH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – NORTHAMPTON – LocAle - WED 26th MARCH 2025
Advance notice of the AGM and, as always, we still require a few posts to be filled to spread the load. The meeting will be held at the Albion Brewery Bar where we will have a private function for our meeting. Please attend and volunteer where necessary. Proceedings will begin at 19:30.

FUTURE EVENTS
February and March Pub of the Season Awards and the annual Curry Night.

To book any trips, please email ku.gro.armac.stnahtron@laicos

Further information from Karl Tecklenberg on 07723 858069 (M). To receive the latest diary by e-mail each month, please e-mail ku.gro.armac.stnahtron@laicos