As summer ends & winter gallops in, it's time
to get together for our 9th, yup! 9th Corroboree. This year the
venue is the Cherry Tree at High Hoyland. Mike G performed a
preliminary recce a couple of weeks ago & we carried out a
detailed survey this weekend which involved sampling the beers on
offer, & very good they were too. The pub has at least 4 real
ales on, plus the usual keg choices. The Cherry Tree regularly
features in CAMRA awards.
This link takes you to
the pub menu, the food looks very good & is freshly cooked.
Food is served 12-2pm but the landlord, Ken, has kindly offered to
extend the time if demand is there. Saying that, please don't come
rolling in at 4pm expecting to be fed. Doors open at 12, though Ken
did say that if we were banging on the door, he might open up
earlier. Dogs are welcome in the stone flagged area in front of the
bar, Brook was made very welcome on Saturday even though he had
just come out of the river & was a tad ripe. Well behaved kids
are also welcome. The pub isn’t on a bus route (sorry) but
isn’t too far from Kexborough. Looking at the beers on offer,
notably Taylors Landlord, we’ll be getting a taxi. We could
probably organise a taxi share from Barnsley if anyone is
interested.
There are plenty of caches in the area including a
cracking series on the doorstep which would be a good way to work
up an appetite. MikeG has kindly offered to put out his traditional
“Santas Cache” for the kids. This is very popular with
the young ‘uns & contains quality goodies from Santas
helpers. We will hold a raffle to cover the costs of Santas Cache,
with any surplus going to the pubs choice of charity.
If anyone would like to set any caches for the
day, please feel free, the more the merrier.
Any raffle prize donations would be very
welcome
We look forward to meeting up with the usual
suspects and Cachers new.