Real Ale Trail
2nd April to 31st May

Welcome to our Real Ale Trail - a treasure hunt involving pubs across our branch. We hope you enjoy yourself and find some treasures of your own, whether it's a pub you've never been to or a beer you've never tried before.

This page will provide you with loads of information about the Real Ale Trail:

• Real Ale Trail entry form
• Pubs involved in the Real Ale Trail
• Details of the prizes
• Ideas completing the Real Ale Trail
• Changes and updates to the Trail
• More information, including bus timetables

Keep checking back for updates and don't forget you can follow what's happening on our FaceBook page

Real Ale Trail Entry Form

Click here to download the Real Ale Trail entry form (450K).

Changes and Updates to the Trail

	Trail event	Added details about the Sandwich Celebration event
	Bus Itineraries	Added three more bus itineraries
	Bus Services	The T2 service (Tesco, Whitfield to Ripple) no longer runs
	Prince Albert, Deal	Will be closed from Monday, 23rd April to Monday, 7th May
	Bus Fare Increase	Bus fares are increasing from Sunday, 29th April. Day Explorer tickets will increase to £6.00, however Family Explorer tickets will remain the same. Click here for details
	Bus Itinerary	A brand new itinerary that includes the Plough Inn, Ripple. Click here for details

Pubs involved in the Real Ale Trail

We have selected a range of pubs across our branch that have a reputation for serving good real ale.

Clicking on the image to the right will take you to an interactive map showing you the location of all the pubs taking part,

Deal • Deal Hoy • Just Reproach • Mill Inn • Prince Albert • Ship Inn • Berry, Walmer Dover • Blakes of Dover • Louis Armstrong • Red Lion • White Horse Sandwich • Crispin Inn • George & Dragon • Red Cow

Rural • Black Pig, Staple • Frog & Orange, Shatterling • Rising Sun, Stourmouth • Crown Inn, Finglesham • Five Bells, Eastry • Plough & Harrow, Tilmanstone • Carpenter's Arms, Coldred • King's Head, Kingsdown • Rising Sun, Kingsdown • Leather Bottle, Great Mongeham • Plough Inn, Ripple • Smugglers, St. Margaret's-at-Cliffe • Coastguard, St. Margaret's Bay • Fox, Temple Ewell

We would have liked to involve all the real ale pubs in our branch, but this would have been impractical and would have taken six months to complete.

Prizes

We are putting the final touches to the prize list but anyone answering at least 20 clues will be entered into a draw for prizes that include:

• CAMRA Membership
• CAMRA embroidered fleece
• 2012 Good Beer Guide (paperback, eBook or Mobile version)
• Polo shirts and T-shirts
• Bottles of real ale
• Beer tokens for the 2013 White Cliffs festival of Winter Ales

Those who answer all 27 clues will receive a bonus prize and be entered into a draw for a gallon of real ale, donated by The Berry, Walmer.

Ideas on completing the Real Ale Trail

To help you complete the trail we'll provide you with some ideas of how you can link in getting to the Real Ale Trail pubs with other events, outings and bus itineraries.

Event	Real Ale Trail pubs
Sat, 5th May - 6th May: Dover Rotary Club Charity Beer Festival A charity beer festivals with proceeds going to the Rotary Club and local charities. Click here for more details. You could include a visit to the Fox while doing the Dover and Villages bus itinerary (see below).	The Fox, Temple Ewell
Sat, 12th May - 13th May: Sandwich Celebration A 2 day celebration of the sandwich. The festival commemorates the 250th anniversary of the 4th Earl of Sandwich 'inventing' the sandwich. Click here for more details.	Crispin Inn, Sandwich George & Dragon, Sandwich Red Cow, Sandwich
Sandwich & Villages Bus Trip Click here for the itinerary.	Plough & Harrow, Tilmanstone Five Bells, Eastry Crown Inn, Finglesham Crispin Inn, Sandwich George & Dragon, Sandwich Red Cow, Sandwich
Dover and Villages Bus Trip Click here for the itinerary.	Coastguard, St Margaret's Bay Smugglers, St Margaret's-at-Cliffe Fox, Temple Ewell Red Lion, Dover Louis Armstrong, Dover White Horse, Dover Blakes of Dover
Deal and Kingsdown Bus Trip Click here for the itinerary.	Rising Sun, Kingsdown King's Head, Kingsdown Berry, Walmer Deal Hoy Ship Deal Prince Albert, Deal Just Reproach, Deal
Northwest Passage Bus Trip Click here for the itinerary.	Frog & Orange, Shatterling Rising Sun, Stourmouth Black Pig, Barnsole Five Bells, Eastry Either Plough & Harrow, Tilmanstone or Leather Bottle, Great Mongeham
The Plough Expedition Click here for the itinerary.	Plough Inn, Ripple Berry, Walmer Leather Bottle, Great Mongeham Mill Inn, Mill Hill

More information

This section contains links to other websites that contain useful information about Community Pubs Month, CAMRA, the Deal, Dover and Sandwich branch and Stagecoach bus timetables:

• Community Pubs Month
• CAMRA website
• DDS Branch website
• DDS FaceBook page

Bus Timetables

See below for links to the bus timetables referred to in the Real Ale Trail bus itineraries

Services 11
Services 12
Services 13 and 14
Services 15 and 15A
Services 82 and 82A
Services 87 and 88

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Published: 29th April 2012