Day 42 - Real Ale Trail

To counter act the benefits of the hike the day before, we decided to go on the Real Ale Trail - basically it is a pub crawl where we drink ale (not lager!), going from one pub to another via train.

First we went to the West Riding in Dewsbury:

where I had a:

Then we went to the Kings Head:

And the Sportsman Arms in in Huddersfield:

For more:

(actually, by this stage I was on the cider!)

We went to the Commercial in Slaithwaite for food and another drink:

And from there the Rivershead in Marsden where we had a drink, food, and was lucky to experience the free entertainment (Brits getting their gear off and swimming in an incredibly cold stream):

The last stop was at the Stalybridge Station for the final drink of the day.

All in all it was a lovely day. I'm not good at drinking the ale but really enjoyed the cider, the landscape between each pub was gorgeous, and I had wonderful company.