Littlestone wrote:
... there'll be a bit of a mini Megameet on Sunday, 29 August at the Viper Pub, Mill Green, Essex (more here - http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/37/3750/Viper/Mill_Green ).
A woodland pub called the Viper serving real ale named Jake the Snake does sound very inviting. At the risk of making myself even more unpopular, may I just add the caveat ... please car-share where ever possible and someone draw the short straw to drive and not drink. Sorry to be a killjoy but have seen first hand the devastation that drink driving can cause. The Viper is one of Essex's many little gems pub-wise. It's set all alone in woodland but serves real ale, excellent food and a little beer festival over the August Bank holiday (Jake the Snake is the pub's resident tipple but there are other goodies on tap during the festival). Ingatestone is only about fifteen minute's drive from The Viper so something to see stone-wise on the way there or on the way back.