Soil Association Organic Fortnight

Soil Association Organic Fortnight

The Soil Association Organic Fortnight starts on 1 September with a rallying call to "Wake up to an Organic Breakfast". Pubs are being encouraged to join in by offering an organic breakfast to their customers ... how about an early morning walk with an organic breakfast to follow? A pub walk with a difference perhaps!

At the moment I see only one pub featuring on the Soil Association website. That is The Riverside Inn, Cliff Street, Cheddar, Somerset, which has teamed up with Organica Wholefoods to provide organic breakfasts between 10am-12am for the duration of Organic Fortnight. Cheddar Gorge is a fantastic walk and an early stroll would certainly beat the tourists!

For most of us with a keen interest in the countryside, and indeed our planet, the question of whether "organic is best" is something of a no-brainer. The benefits are clear - a return to a more natural ecological balance with fewer chemicals, less carbon dioxide, improved biodiversity on farmland, fewer health issues, not to mention higher levels of vitamins and other nutrients in our food.

For more information click on Soil Association Organic Fortnight.

Today's pub walk: The Case is Altered (walk 2) in Bentley, Suffolk.

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Best Pub Pork Sausage Award

Best Pub Pork Sausage Award

I do like to keep an eye open for these competitions targeted at our traditional pub meals. I mentioned in a previous post about the pub walk being nominated as an English Icon. Well, the banger has got to be another good candidate for this title.

The British Pig Executive (BPEX) is running the search for the best pub banger in association with the trade magazine The Publican. To find out more and read about last year’s winner click on Best Pub Pork Sausage Award.

Once the results are announced, these will be included in the Pub Awards section of our free newsletter The Pub Walker and if you would like to be included on our newsletter mailing list just click on subscribe.

Today's pub walk: The Royal Standard (walk 2) in Beaconsfield, Bucks.

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Our Favourite Pub Walk - Entries by 9 Sep 2007

The Nation's Favourite Pub Walk - Entries By 9 September 2007

Good Pub Guides, Ramblers Association books and Blacks/Millets vouchers are still up for grabs in the on-line competition to find the Nation's Favourite Pub Walk. As well as a chance to win these prizes, every entrant also gets 1 year's free access to all the pub walks in the MyFavouritePubWalks.com database and a share in the website's profits.

Everyone has until Sunday 9th September 2007 to enter their favourite pub walks into the competition, so why not go ahead and enter one for your favourite local, or maybe one you've just discovered on holiday. To find out more, click on Pub Walks On-line Competition.
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Today's pub walk: The White Hart (walk 4) in Campton, Bedfordshire.

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Planning Disasters - Have Your Say Before 17 August !

Countryside Planning Disasters - Have Your Say Before 17 August !

Time is running out to object to government proposals to limit public enquiries into major developments affecting our countryside. Under these proposals, nuclear power stations, wind farms, airport runways and the like will be built whether the public supports the project or not.

We must all make it clear that this is totally unacceptable in a democracy and we have until tomorrow to have our say as public consultation ends 17th August.

For more information on how to object visit Countryside News - Planning Disaster or www.planningdisaster.co.uk.

Today's pub walk: The Blue Ball in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire.

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Great British Beer Festival - Hobsons Mild Voted Best Beer in Britain

Great British Beer Festival - Hobsons Mild Voted Best in Britain

Today marks the end of the 30th Great British Beer Festival at Earl's Court where Hobsons Mild from Hobsons Brewery in Shropshire was voted the Best Beer in Britain.

The 2007 Good Beer Guide, published by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) describes it as: "A classic mild. Complex layers of taste come from roasted malts that predominate and give lots of flavour."

For more news items from the event and a complete list of the winners, click on Great British Beer Festival winners.

Today's pub walk: The Victory Inn in Hamble, Hampshire.

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Foot and Mouth - Which Footpaths are Closed?

Foot and Mouth - Which Footpaths are Closed?

The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) appear to have learnt some of the lessons of the Foot and Mouth outbreak in 2001. This time they are stressing that the countryside will generally remain open for business whilst footpaths and bridleways will only be closed if they present a real threat of spreading the disease.

Keeping up to date with this situation is important for walkers in affected areas but the position can change at short notice as press releases are being issued almost daily. For the latest news regarding footpath restrictions and countryside access, click on Foot and Mouth footpath closures.

Today's pub walk: The Mason's Arms in Marylebone, London.

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The Pub Walker Newsletter - First Edition

The Pub Walker Newsletter - First Edition

This evening I sent out the first edition of our free 2-monthly newsletter "The Pub Walker". I hope I have captured a range of topics relating to pub walks that people will enjoy reading which include:

1. Introducing The Pub Walker - what's in it for you?
2. Award-winning pubs and where to find them
3. Where is The Nation's Favourite Pub Walk?
4. Free pub meals in return for pub walks
5. Dates for your Diary - special events, festivals and deadlines

I chose the frequency of every 2 months but if reader comments suggest this should be more or less frequent then I will change this. Hopefully feedback will help to make this newsletter better and more relevant to pub walkers with each edition.

For anyone not on our newsletter mailing list, you can click here to view the newsletter and then subscribe to our mailing list for future editions.

Today's pub walk: The West Bay (walk 2) in Bridport, Dorset.

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