Our tickets for the Grapes of Wrath at the Colchester Mercury Theatre have arrived in the post, and we’re looking forward to it enormously. Tickets are on sale now, with the show running 15-30th October 2010, and our recommendation is get yourself along there! Online booking for the Mercury Theatre is here
I’ve cycled past The Thatchers Arms at Mount Bures many times, and finally got there yesterday, as part of the plan to visit all the pubs listed in the Colchester area in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide. They’re not going to get a lot of passing trade, tucked away in rural north Essex, close to [...]
Stage 7 of the Tour of Britain cycle race finished in Colchester this lunchtime, and we were there to cheer on the riders going up the final straight on East Hill.
The 24th Chappel Beer Festival has been running all week at the East Anglian Railway Museum, and we popped in this afternoon – pondering how the year since the last one had flown by. The festival is continuing to grow, and this year featured a larger food area – sadly taking the place of the old fruit [...]
Bit pressed for time today, what with the Chappel Beer Festival scheduled for this afternoon, so we popped around the corner to take the chance to get on board the Colne Light Ship. The red ship has been a feature on the Colne as you cross the river at The Hythe for many years. Launched [...]
Just a short word of appreciation for my favourite pub in Colchester – The Bricklayers, at the bottom of Bergholt Road, 5 minutes walk (if that) from Colchester North railway station. It’s an Adnams pub, and has a wide variety of their beers as they come in and out of season, and also an excellent [...]
In a couple of days it’s the annual Heritage Open Days weekend, which gives you a chance to get in free to a range of historical locations across Essex.
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