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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