May Day May Day!

   Yesterday saw our annual Men Only Mystery May Day out and as usual we left Blackwither's full of anticipation and bacon butties. "Roxy", who will be familiar to our Sunday lunchtime

                                                                  Tapster's Promise

regulars, provided the on-bus entertainment and aisle seats were at a premium. This years' theme was "vegetables" and several regulars joined in with the spirit and dressed accordingly.
   Our driver Mick was the lucky winner of the prize for guessing our mystery destination which turned out to be Colne, the poor man's Hebden Bridge.
   First stop for our beery amigos was the Red Lion. A good old fashioned boozer serving Sam Smith's Old Brewery Bitter. Unfortunately there was a sign on the window saying "We sell drink not drunks" so we decided not to risk it and headed off to the local Spoon's.

 

Bogs at Wallace Hartley

  You're guaranteed good ale, rubbish service and a sticky table at most Spoons but at this one everything was spot on. The pub is named after Wallace Hartley, local lad and bandleader on the Titanic when it was sunk by an iceberg. Out of respect we made Derek, who was dressed as a lettuce, sit in the beer garden.
   Next stop was The Tapster's Promise, a newly opened micropub less than five minutes away. The Dark Star bitter was on exceptional form and some of our more experimental suppers tried the beardy beers of which there was quite a choice. The lad behind the bar, Oliver, seemed a decent cove despite what we'd previously heard, and provided us with nuts and Bombay mix. The decor left a lot to be desired consisting of chipboard, rusty metal and a series of "artworks" that looked more like broken windows. Having said that we enjoyed our visit and stayed a lot longer than expected. We eventually made it back to Blackwither's to see Burnley secure their place in the Premiership. An excellent day out.