There are quite a few Rail Ale Trails now available in the UK, including the [intlink id=“173” type=“post”]Νότια Pennines[/intlink] one I recently wrote about. I recently had to organise a stag do for a mate, and after looking into several options I concluded the best option would be an Ale Trail in another part of the country. The route I worked out has since become another established Ale Trail called the Wherry Γραμμές Ale Track
Διαδρομή
The Wherry Lines route is actually a Y shaped route. Trains leave from Norwich, and diverge at Brundall with half going to Lowestoft and half going to Great Yarmouth. We took the southern half of the route which goes to Lowestoft. It is probably possible to cover both halves of the Y, but we needed time to get back to our hotel to change before a night out in Norwich. As a result we didn’t travel all the way to Lowestoft, but started at Haddiscoe. I used google maps to create a custom map with all the details for our trip. A Wherry Γραμμές Rover μπορεί να είχε για £ 7,80.
ΧΡΟΝΟΔΙΑΓΡΑΜΜΑ
The timetable is available from National Express East Anglia. Trains don’t run on a regular time after the hour, έτσι ώστε να ελέγξετε το χρονοδιάγραμμα για την ώρα της ημέρας και αν ταξιδεύετε,.
οι παμπ
Lowestoft
Oak Tavern
Location: 1100m from the platform, βόρεια μέχρι Raglan οδό.
Τροφή: Οχι
Σκέψεις μας: We didn’t visit here as we started in Haddiscoe for time reasons.
Triangle
Location: 850m from the platform, βόρεια και ανατολικά ελαφρώς, up London Road North
Τροφή: Οχι
Σκέψεις μας: We didn’t visit here as we started in Haddiscoe for time reasons.
Somerleyton
Επικεφαλής του Δούκα
Location: 720m from platform, βόρεια μέσω δασικές εκτάσεις
Τροφή: Ναί. A good looking selection.
Σκέψεις μας: We didn’t visit here as we started in Haddiscoe for time reasons.
Haddiscoe
The Bell Inn
Location: 1,700m from platform. Follow the railway, Στη συνέχεια το σταυρό στη μεγάλη οδική γέφυρα. Follow the main road across the river and the pub is on the right.
Τροφή: Ναί. Excellent.
Σκέψεις μας: The Bell Inn ήταν μια υπέροχη παμπ, with excellent food and a good selection of Ales. It also has a lovely view of the River Waveney. Several of us had food which was generously portioned, high quality, και γρήγορα παραδίδονται.
Reedham
Το πλοίο
Location: 1,400m from platform. Leave the station, turn right and right again to go back across the railway. Follow the road south until it turns left. Continue to follow it until it forks and follow the right fork. Follow this road along the river and go past the Lord Nelson on the left.
Τροφή: Οχι
Σκέψεις μας: Μας άρεσε The Ship, it had a lovely location next to the River Yare. Υπήρχαν 4 different ales available. Δεν είμαι σίγουρος τι είχαμε, but no-one had anything bad to say about the quality of beer.
Το Lord Nelson
Location: 1,150m from platform. Leave the station, turn right and right again to go back across the railway. Follow Station Road south until it turns left. Continue to follow it until it forks and follow the right fork. Follow this road along the river, η παμπ είναι στην αριστερή πλευρά.
Τροφή: Ναί, but as it stands we wouldn’t want to try it.
Σκέψεις μας: The Lord Nelson was the biggest let down on the ale trail. Despite a wonderful building, a great location right on the River Yare and being a CAMRA 2011 Good Beer Guide παμπ, we couldn’t wait to leave. The first problem we encountered was the resident dog which was releasing some terrible smells on a regular basis. The second problem was a large swarm of bluebottle flies flying “patrol” in the very centre of the bar area. By far the biggest problem though was the beer. The taste was just below average, αλλά είχαμε χειρότερα, but there were large bits of something floating in the beer. The glasses also hadn’t been washed properly — mine for example had a layer of scum at the bottom. Several of our party didn’t finish their beer. Hopefully new management will take over this pub with potential soon.
Ferry Inn
Location: 1,200m from platform. Leave the station, turn right and right again to go back across the railway. Follow Ferry Road South-West. The pub is by the ferry crossing on the right hand side.
Τροφή: Ναί. Some people in our party had food here and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Σκέψεις μας: A cracking pub. Το προσωπικό ήταν πολύ φιλικό και η μπύρα ήταν καλή. There was free darts available which is a nice bonus in an ale pub. Unfortunately the weather took a turn for the worse so we didn’t have an opportunity to check out the beer garden.
Cantley
The Reedcutter
Location: 260m from the platform. Follow the signs south.
Τροφή: Ναί. We didn’t eat here, αλλά πολλοί άνθρωποι ήταν, και φάνηκε να είναι πολύ ευχαριστημένοι με ό, τι έχεις.
Σκέψεις μας: Another pub we liked. Μείναμε εδώ για 2 πίντες. This is a large pub with dining room. Είχε επίσης ένα τραπέζι μπιλιάρδου στην αίθουσα μπαρ. The beer selection was again good. We didn’t eat, αλλά το φαγητό φαινόταν καλό.
Brundall
Αυτοί είναι
Location: 70m from the platform. Directly across the car park.
Τροφή: Ναί
Σκέψεις μας: Δεν έχουμε πολλά να πω σχετικά με αυτό το ένα όπως εμείς χτυπημένη στο, βυθίστηκε μια πίντα, και προχώρησε. It had a reasonable selection of ales, κανένα από τα οποία ήταν κακές.
Brundall Gardens
η Ram
Location: 900m from the platform. Follow West end Avenue due north. Στο τέλος, turn right and follow Postwick Lane for 700m.
Τροφή: Οχι
Σκέψεις μας: A slightly disappointing choice. Η Ram είναι περισσότερο από μια παμπ lager από μια παμπ Ale. There were a couple of standard bitters available, but in future I wouldn’t include this on an αλλά μονοπάτι. There was nothing especially bad about it, just it didn’t fit in with the other venues chosen.
Γκρέιτ Γιάρμουθ
Επικεφαλής του Αγίου Ιωάννη
Location: 500m from the platform. Πηγαίνετε νότια, over the footpath next to the abandoned rail bridge and follow N Quay south.
Τροφή: Οχι
Σκέψεις μας: We didn’t visit here as we took the Lowestoft half of the Y shaped route.
“Γεια σου Τζον, φανταστικός πόρος, ευχαριστούμε για την παραγωγή αυτού. Δυσκολεύομαι να προσπαθήσω να βρω ένα R8074…”