EGON TOASTE's Wassailled Hostelries Guide

2016

See also - https://www.facebook.com/stortfolkwassail

We went and did - yet again!

.. and thanks again to everyone who supported us. The demise of the Great British Pub is well reported but a tad previous - go to any of the houses below* and we guarantee a warm welcome, good beer and on occasion some rather excellent dining.
(*Charabanc parties excepted - and you'll have to join any Social Clubs first, but it's worth it!!)

©2016  Hugh Yerlyke o/b/o BBTWTA.

TOUR (& Rough Location)	Tour & SIGN of the HOUSE £1855 raised in 2016	Notes * See below.
Friday 9th	Oak & Heath	£389 in the hat = a record!
	Jolly Brewers, Stortford
	The George, Little Hallingbury
Sheering	Crown	Landlord's valediction !
	The Cock Hotel	Very jolly
Hatfield Heath	The White Horse
Hatfield Broad Oak	The Cock	Jams on second Sunday of the month.
	Dukes Head
Takeley	The Lion & Lamb
	Takeley Sports & Social Club
	The Four Ashes	All Hail! a very kind landlady & a fitting finish .... Irish polkas & jigs courtesy of the little people!
Friday 17th	The Manuden Ramble	£359 In The Hat - another Record!
Hazel End	Three Horseshoes
Stansted	Kings Arms
	Queens Head
	Dog & Duck
	Stansted Club
Ugley	Chequers
Rickling Green	House party
Clavering	Cricketers (twice!)
	Fox & Hounds
Saturday17th	Ash Vale Tour	£288 in the hat
Albury	Catherine Wheel
Wareside	White Horse (Honourable mention - closed for refurbishment but the new landlady very kindly allowed us to park)
	Chequers	Landlady's Valediction
Hunsdon	Green Man
Much Hadham	The Bull
Little Hadham	Nag's Head
Standon	Star	Landlord's Valediction
Extras:	U3A at Great Hadham Golf Club, The Hovel (Medieval Seige Soc) & Christmas parties to whom many many thanks, and to Tony & Karen for donating their gig fee.	Total overall £1855#
	Special thanks to the First Responders for touring with us.
2nd March	# Presentation on Thursday 2nd March - at the Folk Club night with Suntrap.

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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) or we're asked back.
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 / special party / 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!". Both of which have happened.

HEALTH WARNING - FFS DO NOT attempt to cuddle our Andy - at least not if you're male and / or ugly and / or dunk as a skunk and happy as a fiddler's bitch ... he may look like a big ole brown bear. That's because he is a big ole brown bear. His usual diet is heavy on well-lubricated topers, eaten raw with a dash of tabasco sauce .....

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