We almost went to Rotherham Beer Festival for the third year running. That was the plan. It's just a shame that Northern Rail didn't share our enthusiasm.I met Mark R at Lincoln Station at about 9am while the other four members of our merry band (Clint, Dicko, Nick and Ross) were en route to Gainsborough and Saxilby International. I went to buy tickets for everyone to be told that there was a problem on the line and our train (the 9:27) had been cancelled. Bugger.
A quick telephone conference later and we all met at The Ritz (the Wetherspoon's in Lincoln, not the other one) for a warming breakfast Guinness. Our phones told us that the 10:27 was also cancelled and, when we returned to the station for the 11:27, that had also been axed.
We decided to cut our losses and create our own real ale tour of Lincoln. We'd already ticked off the Ritz, next stop was the Green Dragon followed by the Jolly Brewer, Widow Cullen's, the Strugglers and finally the Prince of Wales - from whence we were collected by a couple of wives (our own).
We had a good day out despite the best efforts of Northern Rail.
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