Saturday July 6th 2024
Todays festival takes us to the Chiltern Hills in Hertfordshire for the annual Chilfest.
It takes place at Pendley Meadow near Pendley Manor, Tring.
We were needed at the festival about 2 so we arranged to meet at 9.30 at Sort with the band travelling in the people carrier…
The gear was going in a van so that gave us more time to stop-off somewhere for lunch hopefully in one of the home counties…
More horrible weather is forecast…
Alas no films today so conversation and pub research is king…
About 11 o’clock we started thinking about lunch…
Peter suggested we head to the ‘Kings Head Inn’ in Aylesbury as it ticked all the boxes…
Still over an hour left to amuse ourselves…
To save time when we get there, Peasy downloaded the food menu from the pub…
The circus has come to town…
Eventually we arrive in Aylesbury…
The pub was in the old quarter and was over 500 years old…
Here we go…
Great selection of beer from the ancient Chiltern Brewery…
Carl & Peter had the Pale Ale…
I went for the session IPA…
We quickly gave in our food orders and found a table…
Carl and I ordered the beer sausage…
And the beer pickles…
Peter and Roy ordered the Scampi…
Most satisfactory…
Alex’s sandwiches👏
Time for another pint surely…
That was great fun…
Back to the people carrier and it’s a short journey to Tring…
We arrive in no time…
The dressing room is situated in the nearby Tring Rugby Union Club…
We all got a lift over in a courtesy van…
Tuning up…
Gearing up…
The aroma is fairly light. There are a few grains and a touch of grassy hops with a hint of sweetness. but nothing overwhelming.
The mouthfeel is light with the carbonation helping to bring out the flavours. A lot of macro lagers can err on the watery side but Birra Moretti avoids this without becoming too heavy.
Quick look at the running order…
We decided to walk back over and have a look around the festival but it was very muddy…
Instead we travelled over in style…
Front of the stage…
East 17 were performing…
We walked over to one of the bars and enjoyed the local Tring Brewery’s ‘Side Pocket For A Toad’😳
Unmistakable citrus notes from only the best Cascade hops balanced with a floral aroma and crisp dry finish.
Some interesting Spanish food was on offer…
Fancied a change when we sheltered from the rain in this cider bar…
“We ferment this in oak barrels from a juice that’s 80% Somerset and 20% tropical. Pressing the pineapple ourselves keeps the pepperiness of the fresh fruit, which marries well with a dash of passion.”
Ordered another one – it was really nice – then walked back through the crowd as we were on soon…
Back at the rugby club our dressing room had been moved to the bar area…
One for the stage maybe…
We all walked over to go back stage…
On we go!…
Crowd were fantastic!
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We went down really well and as we had an hour or so before leaving, we went back out front to watch The Selecter…
Back in the dressing room, Carl had a nice chat with Pauline Black…
Then we collected our gear and got back in the people carrier for the long journey home…
Another great day out!
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