A ride taking in the Dark Days beer festival at the White Horse, Edwardstone
Start time and meeting place to be confirmed.
If you'd like to join the ride then email Mark at cycling@colchestercamra.org.uk
The annual luncheon ride to Little Green with Tim.
Start time and meeting place to be confirmed.
If you'd like to join the ride then email Mark at cycling@colchestercamra.org.uk
Riders joining CycAle rides do so entirely at their own risk. The co-ordinator, ride organisers and Colchester and North East Essex CAMRA take no responsibility for individuals joining the rides. CycAle rides are informal rides, those joining take individual responsibility for their own safety and should ride within their own capabilities.
A ride to the Tattingstone area.
Start time and meeting place to be confirmed.
If you'd like to join the ride then email Mark at cycling@colchestercamra.org.uk
Riders joining CycAle rides do so entirely at their own risk. The co-ordinator, ride organisers and Colchester and North East Essex CAMRA take no responsibility for individuals joining the rides. CycAle rides are informal rides, those joining take individual responsibility for their own safety and should ride within their own capabilities.
A ride to Ipswich for the first Ipswich Beer Festival since 2014.
Start time and meeting place to be confirmed.
If you'd like to join the ride then email Mark at cycling@colchestercamra.org.uk
Start time and meeting place to be confirmed.
If you'd like to join the ride then email Mark at cycling@colchestercamra.org.uk
Riders joining CycAle rides do so entirely at their own risk. The co-ordinator, ride organisers and Colchester and North East Essex CAMRA take no responsibility for individuals joining the rides. CycAle rides are informal rides, those joining take individual responsibility for their own safety and should ride within their own capabilities.
2nd attempt at Graham's ride - rail engineering works permitting this year.
Start time and meeting place to be confirmed.
If you'd like to join the ride then email Mark at cycling@colchestercamra.org.uk
Robin reprises his route from last year.
Start time and meeting place to be confirmed.
If you'd like to join the ride then email Mark at cycling@colchestercamra.org.uk
Riders joining CycAle rides do so entirely at their own risk. The co-ordinator, ride organisers and Colchester and North East Essex CAMRA take no responsibility for individuals joining the rides. CycAle rides are informal rides, those joining take individual responsibility for their own safety and should ride within their own capabilities.
Ride to Mersea Island Easter Beer Festival and some other locations on route.
If you'd like to join the ride then email Mark at cycling@colchestercamra.org.uk
Riders joining CycAle rides do so entirely at their own risk. The co-ordinator, ride organisers and Colchester and North East Essex CAMRA take no responsibility for individuals joining the rides. CycAle rides are informal rides, those joining take individual responsibility for their own safety and should ride within their own capabilities.
April ride -destination TBC. Leader: Mark.
Riders joining CycAle rides do so entirely at their own risk. The co-ordinator, ride organisers and Colchester and North East Essex CAMRA take no responsibility for individuals joining the rides. CycAle rides are informal rides, those joining take individual responsibility for their own safety and should ride within their own capabilities.
If you'd like to join the ride then email Mark at cycling@colchestercamra.org.uk
The annual Littley Green Luncheon Ride - likely to be a ride, for lunch, to the Compasses at Littley Green!
If you'd like to join the ride then email Mark at cycling@colchestercamra.org.uk
Ride to the first Copdock Beer Festival, very likely to be a cafe stop or two on route as well.
If you'd like to join the ride then email Mark at cycling@colchestercamra.org.uk
Riders joining CycAle rides do so entirely at their own risk. The co-ordinator, ride organisers and Colchester and North East Essex CAMRA take no responsibility for individuals joining the rides. CycAle rides are informal rides, those joining take individual responsibility for their own safety and should ride within their own capabilities.
Ride to the Redoubt Festival in Harwich (remember your leather or pewter tankard).
If you'd like to join the ride then email Mark at cycling@colchestercamra.org.uk
Riders joining CycAle rides do so entirely at their own risk. The co-ordinator, ride organisers and Colchester and North East Essex CAMRA take no responsibility for individuals joining the rides. CycAle rides are informal rides, those joining take individual responsibility for their own safety and should ride within their own capabilities.
Jeff's ride around Sudbury.
If you'd like to join the ride then email Mark at cycling@colchestercamra.org.uk
Riders joining CycAle rides do so entirely at their own risk. The co-ordinator, ride organisers and Colchester and North East Essex CAMRA take no responsibility for individuals joining the rides. CycAle rides are informal rides, those joining take individual responsibility for their own safety and should ride within their own capabilities.
Robin's ride, destination TBC. Highly likely to include cake.
If you'd like to join the ride then email Mark at cycling@colchestercamra.org.uk
Riders joining CycAle rides do so entirely at their own risk. The co-ordinator, ride organisers and Colchester and North East Essex CAMRA take no responsibility for individuals joining the rides. CycAle rides are informal rides, those joining take individual responsibility for their own safety and should ride within their own capabilities.
The annual planning meeting for cycAle - bring yourself and maybe your ideas for a ride and your willing to lead one!
Best pub?
Subjective question! There are good pubs and bad pubs. One of CAMRA's aims is to promote Public Houses and encourage their use, along with promoting Real Ale edmedicom.com.
You can help by visiting Pubs in the area and completing the National Beer Scoring Scheme. These aid us in selecting nominations for our Pub of the Year and our selections for inclusion in the Good Beer Guide. Buy a copy of the Good Beer Guide on Amazon
Where can I stay?
We cannot recommend any particular accommodation to people wanting to visit the area. If you want to stay in a Public House / Inn, then we suggest you purchase a copy of the Good Beer Guide , where a 
indicates accommodation.
LocAle is short for Local Ale. CAMRA LocAle is a new initiative that promotes pubs stocking locally brewed real ale. The scheme builds on a growing consumer demand for quality local produce and an increased awareness of 'green' issues.
You might see pubs displaying a LocAle logo on beers that are brewed locally (though just because there's no logo it doesn't mean that the beer definitely isn't local). The definition of how many miles a beer can travel from brewer to pub and still be called local is set by the branch. We use a 25 miles radius around Colchester Town Hall as the limit.
What do the national beer scoring scheme points mean?
The beer scoring scheme uses a 0-5 scale to rate the quality of beer being served.
You can download a page of beer cards to print and use. Follow the link below:
It’s your chance to submit your honest opinion of the beers that you try in pubs you visit. All members can submit their beer score for any pub they visit.
Score now at WhatPub.com - login, find your pub and choose 'Submit Beer Score'
Download a sheet of beer cards to print and complete.
Every time you submit a score you're contributing towards our Pub of the Year awards and Good Beer Guide selections. Beer scores let the branch get a picture of the quality of beer being served pubs in our area. They help us find and promote hidden gems and encourage pubs that aren’t getting it right.
These two graphics explain in detail how Beer Scores are used in each of the processes:
There’s over 130 pubs in our branch so we need members from across the area to help us gather information year-round about our pubs. Send us the scores and we will use them to compile a "league table" showing how good and how consistent the beer is in the pubs covered by the branch.
It’s easy, firstly, visit a pub and have a beer! Then score your pint on the scale below. You don't need to be a beer tasting expert to take part.
You can submit your scores at whatpub.com. Your username is your CAMRA membership number and your password is your home postcode in CAPITAL letters (unless you’ve changed it already).
If doing it online isn’t for you then we have handy sheets of beer cards available for you to note your scores on. Hand them over at the next meeting or social and we’ll submit your scores online on your behalf.
Feel free to grab a sheet of cards even if you’re submitting online - it can be tricky to remember your scores at the end of a ‘long evening’...
Essex Trading Standards have a website at:
http://www.essex.gov.uk/business-partners/Trading-Standards/Pages/Trading-Standards.aspx
The branch is served by several bus and train companies.
Greater Anglia: www.greateranglia.co.uk
Network Colchester: www.networkcolchester.co.uk/
First Group: www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/essex/
TravelLine is an excellent resource for planning public transport journeys: traveline.info/