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Friday 27th - Monday 30th August 2010
The August Bank Holiday weekend saw the Devon Diesel Society run a Real Ale Festival at Staverton Station as part of the South Devon railway's Rails and Ales event.
With over 35 Real Ales and Ciders to sample there was something for everyone who chose to visit the Festival with the event proving to be highly successful once again.
The Society would like to thank all those who visited the bar and helped raise valuable funds which will go towards the ongoing maintenance and restoration of its locomotive fleet.
We would also like to thank all those who visited the railway over the weekend and helped to make the Rail and Ales event both successful and highly enjoyable.
Sunday 18th July 2010
On the evening of the 18th July the Buckfastleigh Station Groupran one of its popular Fish and Chip Specials on the South Devon Railway.
In support of this the Devon Diesel Society provided an on train Real Ale Bar. This proved to be an extremely popular accompaniment to the Fish and Chips with the bar nearly running dry!
Saturday 12th - Sunday 13th June 2010
The weekend of 12th and 13th June saw the South Devon Railway stage its annual Diesel Gala. This gave visitors the chance to travel behind the Devon Diesel Society' and South Devon Diesel Traction's fleet of locomotives.
The society would like to thank all those who attended the gala for their continued support for the event. A selection of photograph's of the event can be viewed on Sarah Anne Harvey's and Maureen Douglas-Green's website http://www.sdronline.org.uk/.
Saturday 29th - Monday 31st May 2010
The Society held its first Real Ale Festival of 2010 over the Whitsun Bank Holiday weekend during the South Devon Railway's 1950s and 1960s event, which recreated a typical branch line of British Railways (Western Region).
The Society ran its Real Ale bar at Staverton station and had the following ales and ciders available:
| Ales | |
| RCH - Steam Pole - 4.9 % | Allendale - Curlew's Return - 4.2 % |
| Blackawton - Westcountry Gold - 4.1% | Blackawton - Bitter - 3.8% |
| Black Hole - Red Dwarf - 4.5% | Brentwood - Spooky Moon - 3.8% |
| Castle Rock - Screech Owl - 5.5% | Clarks - Clint Eastwood - 3.8% |
| Corvdale - Molly Morgan - 4.0% | Dartmoor - IPA - 4.0% |
| Dorset Brewing Company - Jurassic - 4.2% | Gargoyles - Golden - 3.8% |
| Gargoyles - Dark Mild - 3.9% | Gargoyles - Dawlish Pale - 5.0% |
| Gargoyles - Mayflower - 4.0% (available on train) | Grafton - Packet IPA - 5.2% |
| Greene King - IPA- 3.6% | Houston - Blonde Bombshell - 4.0% |
| Kelburn - Goldie Hops - 3.8% | Otter - Bitter - 3.6% |
| Phoenix - White Tornado - 4.3% | Sharps - Doombar - 4.0% |
| Three B's - Doff Cocker - 4.5% | Thwaites - Wainwrights - 4.1% |
| Williams - Birds & Bees - 4.3% | Wolf - Lupus Lupus - 4.1% |
| Ciders | |
| Crossmans - Med - 6.0% | Hecks - Port Wine of Glastonbury - 6.0% |
| Westcrost - Janet's Jungle Juice - 6.0% | |
The DDS Sales Stand and on-train Real Ale Bar operated on Sunday 30th and Monday 31st May with a range of bottle conditioned ale's from Red Rock Brewery and Society merchandise on sale.
Again the Society would like to thank all of those who either visited the on train bar or the bar at Staverton to sample an ale or two for supporting this event.
Friday 2nd April - Monday 5th April 2010
During the South Devon Railway's Easter gala, the society ran an on train real ale bar and sales stand.
Although the society was unable to run the real ale bar and sales stand on Easter Monday following the unfortunate derailment of visiting 'Black 5' 44871, we would like to thank everyone who came along and took the opportunity to enjoy an ale - or two - over the weekend.
