EGON TOASTE's Wassailled Hostelries Guide
2013
We've been and done - again!
| TOUR (& Rough Location) | Tour & SIGN of the HOUSE Notes * |
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| Stortford South | Energetic start to the season! | £203.30 in the hat |
| Friday 13th December | Jolly Brewers (B/S) |
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| Coach & Horses (B/S) |
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George (Lit. Hallingbury)
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The Bull, Sawbridgeworth
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The Orange Tree Sawbridgeworth |
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Allens Green: Queens Head
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Prince of Wales
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| Harlow North | Excellent (in parts) - Two previously great pubs now don't want to see us ever again - a sad loss for the tour. Three more had live bands & one is now an oriental restaurant. On the other hand, we were made welcome at a previously refused venue and all those we went in were very friendly and great fun. |
160.40 in the hat plus a cheque for the hospice |
| Saturday 14th December | Hand and Crown, Sawbridgeworth Landlord's valediction
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Rising Sun, High Wych
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The Lion, Eastwick
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Red Lion, Stansted Abbotts
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Folk night - 1st Monday of the month | |
George V, Gt Amwell
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Fox & Hounds, Hunsdon
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| Thursday 19th December | Ash Vale - all good and a few old acqauintances renewed. | £190-odd in the hat |
Wareside - White Horse
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Wareside - the Chequers
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Hunsdon Green Man
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The Crown, Much Hadham
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Much Hadham Bull
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Standon Star
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Standon - The Bell
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The Catherine Wheel, Albury
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| Friday 20th December | The Manuden ramble - excellent craic in quite a few pubs. Two refusals, one unexpected .. one failed exploratory attempt. | £250 in the hat (approx) |
Clavering - Fox & Hounds
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The Cricketers, Clavering
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Ugley Chequers
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Stansted Dog & Duck
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Stansted Club
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Stansted Kings Arms Hotel The Hat was boosted by kind donation of the pub quiz profits!
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Three Horseshoes, Hazel End
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| Saturday 21st December | Sheering to Elsenhm via Takeley A spelendid ramble, if a little wet ... one refusal (expected) and one
Christmas Party |
£275 or so in the hat! |
Sheering Crown
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The Cock Hotel, Sheering
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The White Horse, Hatfield Heath
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The Cock, Hatfield Broad Oak
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Dukes Head, Hatfield Broad Oak
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The Green Man, Takeley Street
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The Four Ashes, Takeley
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Elenham Crown
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| Paul's Polish Christmas (with extra Jam) | ||
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* Notes
All our comments are good -. If you want a crit, go see CAMRA or the Good Food Guide. If people are good enough to let us in to sing & collect, that says something about them already. All the pubs have an individual character and it's up to you, the hopeful traveller, to go and see if you like their style. All we offer is a hint or two.
BEERFORDBURY SOCIAL ANNOYANCE POLICY:
Landlords
- if you don't like the look of us, we aren't going to argue if you turn us
away.
It's the licencee's right to control
visitors and assess the annoyance we might cause their patrons and we recognise
that.
We do not go where we're not wanted,
nor will we add to the annoyance by asking again next year,
unless we become aware of a change in management
(or management policy).
We're not easily offended.
(however the emotional damage cause by callous rejection of our finely-honed
choral skills sometimes takes months** to overcome)
(**or even minutes)
From experience, specialist restaurants and big drinking-halls with club-type
dance sound are not set up for a wassail and if it doesn't look like the sort
of pub we could do, we don't try. See above for the sorts of pub we like.
Those who refuse because the landlord's absent or there's a live gig or an important
match in progress will often be re-visited next year.
When in a pub, we will very happily shut up if customers want us to - you just
have to ask. Occasionally, we get paid to shut up - we're kind of happy with
that, more drinking time & less vocal strain!
NB: Patrons are asked to refrain from setting tatters ablaze or pulling on them
and crying "Ding Dong!"
