• Home Page
  • The Chums
    • The Founding Chums
    • The Chums
    • The Chuminas
    • The Chums Of Chums Of Anarchy
  • Chum Spaces
    • Celebrating St. George's Day
    • Andy's Island >
      • Collecting JAWS
      • The Wildlife Park
      • A Wander Around The Island
      • The Wildlife Sanctuaries >
        • The Inland Reserve >
          • The Drey
          • The Den
          • The Rut
          • The Sett
        • The Coastline
        • The Coastal Reserve >
          • The Holt
        • The Marine Reserve
        • The Skys The Limit
    • Ewan's Bunker >
      • Kos 2014
      • Mexican Adventure
      • The NAAFI
    • Gizmo's Page >
      • The Bridge >
        • Pilot
        • Helm
      • Accommodation >
        • The Main Deck
        • The Poop Deck
        • The Foc'sle Deck
      • The Chain Lockers >
        • Port Anchor
        • Stbd Anchor
      • The Engine Room >
        • Port Engine
        • Stbd Engine
      • The Crows Nest >
        • The Fore-mast
        • The Main-mast
        • The Mizzen-mast
    • The Makar's Pub >
      • The Bar
      • The Beer Garden
      • The Function Room
      • Chum Nicky
    • Neil's Nerdvana >
      • The Attic
      • The Basement
      • The Garage
      • The Garden Shed
      • The Master Bedroom
      • The Music Room
      • The Sitting Room
    • Owens Omnibus >
      • Mexico
    • Shaggy's Pages >
      • Weird and Wonderful Stuff
      • Photos - 2012 (Part I)
      • Photos - 2012 (Part II)
      • Photos - 2011
      • Squirrels
    • Wilson's World >
      • Wilson Through The Ages
  • Chumments
  • Gallery
    • Johnno's Wedding 2022
    • Pictures from 2018 >
      • Chum Beer Walks >
        • Walk 1: Fifteen by Fifteen
        • Walk 2: The Fellowship of the Beer
        • Walk 3: The Number of the Piste
        • Walk 4: Stagger Inn
        • Walk 5: Eggstraordinary
        • Walk 7: From Sea to City
    • Pictures From 2017 >
      • Wilsons Real Ale Festival 2017
    • Pictures From 2016 >
      • Xmas And Boxing Night Gatherings 2016
      • St. Georges Day 2016
    • Pictures From 2015 >
      • New Year's Eve (2015)
      • Boxing Night Birthday Bash (2015)
      • Christmas Eve (2015)
      • Two Birthdays And a Housewarming
      • State Management Walk IV
      • Rootin' Tootin' Quadruple Birthday Bash
      • Monkhill Beer Fetival
      • Hairy Paul's Big 50
      • State Management Walk III
      • Lancaster Brewery Trip
    • Pictures From 2014 >
      • New Year's Eve (2014)
      • Boxing Night Triple Birthday Bash (2014)
      • State Management Historical Walk
      • Ewan's 50th Birthday Bash (Sept 2014)
      • Cheryl's Birthday (August 2014)
      • Triple Chum Birthday - 50ths (July 2014)
      • State Management Historical Walk (August 2014)
      • Summer 2014 (Odds and Sods)
      • Easter Events (April 2014)
      • Silver Cloud (March 2014)
    • Pictures From 2013 >
      • New Year's Eve (2013)
      • Boxing Night Double Birthday Bash
      • BEF, Chum Saturday and Christmas Eve (2013)
      • Nicky's Big Birthday (September 2013)
      • Triple Chum Birthday (July 2013)
      • Newcastle Chum Day (June 2013)
      • Dee's BBQ (May 2013)
      • A Sunday In Penrith (May 2013)
      • Pics From Around Easter 2013
    • Pictures From 2012 >
      • New Year's Eve 2012
      • Xmas Eve and Boxing Night 2012
      • Halloween Night at the Lint.
      • Nicky's Birthday Night
      • Ewan's Birthday Night (Sept 2012)
      • Cheryl's Birthday Night Pics
      • Edinburgh Awa' Day (August 2012)
      • Another Triple Birthday Chum Night (July 2012)
      • A Bunch of Pics from June
      • Triple Birthday (Minus One) May 2012
      • Tragedy At The Brickyard (May 2012)
      • Newcastle Revisited (April 2012)
      • Silver Cloud and Friends April 2012
      • Paul and Ruth's Birthday Night (April 2012)
      • Judith's Birthday Bash
      • Nik Turner at the Brickyard (Feb 2012)
    • Pictures From 2011 >
      • New Year's Eve 2011
      • Boxing Night 2011
      • Xmas Eve 2011
      • Kimmer's And Paul's Birthday Night (Dec 2011)
      • The Fancy Dress House-Warming Halloween Spectacular (Oct 2011)
      • Jay's Afternoon and Evening Birthday Bash October 2011
      • Jay's Pictures October 2010 - July 2011
      • Nicky's Birthday and Charity Quiz Night (Oct 2011)
      • Neil and Kimmer's Night Out (Sept 2011)
      • Alison's Wedding and Club Rock (Sept 2011)
      • The Presidential Return (August 2011)
      • August 2011 Afternoon Odds and Sods
      • Cheryl's Pre-Birthday Night Out
      • Triple Chum Birthday (July 2011)
      • June and July Chum's Nights Out
      • Triple Birthday Night (May 2011)
      • One Big Denton Holme Weekend
      • Royal Wedding Club (April 2011)
      • Pictures From NottingChum 2011 >
        • The Easter Friday After Notting-Chum
        • The Friday
        • The Saturday
        • The Sunday
      • ** Years Old!
      • Paul's Birthday Pics (April 2011)
      • Silvercloud: 2011 (25 Years on)
      • Helen's Birthday Night (January 2011)
    • Pictures From 2010 >
      • Odds and Sods of 2010/11
      • New Year's Eve pictures 2010
      • Nick's birthday Night (Dec 2010)
      • Xmas Eve 2010
      • Jovi's Birthday Night (Dec 2010)
      • Nicky's Birthday Night October 2010
      • Wedding and Stag/Hen Pictures - October 2010 >
        • The Tw*ttingham Ten; The Stag-do >
          • Friday
          • Saturday
          • Sunday
          • Monday
          • Tash Clones
        • The Hen Night
        • The 'Stenight' 2010 October 17th
        • The Wedding >
          • The Wedding Day
          • The Wedding Night
        • Honeymoon
      • Newcastle TRAINing Pics (August 2010)
      • Sun, Beer and Darts (Summer 2010)
      • Ewans Birthday September 2010
      • August Bank Holiday 2010
    • Pre-2010 Pictures >
      • Some Pictures from December 2008
      • Pictures from 2004
    • The Vintage and Memorabilia Pages >
      • Faces From The Past
      • Places From The Past
  • Chum Fun
    • All You Need Is Knob
    • Motivational Posters
    • The Best Pub Crawl In Carlisle
    • Previous Zeitgeist Pics Of The Week
    • The Testing/Dumping Ground
  • Chum Stuff
    • The Magic Words We Used
    • Behind You Chum
    • Chum's Look-a-like Page One
    • Chum's Look-a-like Page Two
    • Chum's Look-a-like Page Three
    • The Klamhydia Project
    • Poets Korner
    • Stealth Chumming >
      • Stealth Chumming - A Beginners Guide
    • Video Vault >
      • WCLC
      • Metal With A Difference
    • We REALLY Need A Logo
    • ...and we need a motto too
    • What Chums Like

State Management Historical Walk

The idea is simple enough - in one day, and without a break, drink a pint of beer in each of the sixteen pubs on the State Management Trail.

We'd had a 'Wet' run a few months before  to see if we were up to it-
read about it here

Did the Chums succeed? You betcha life we did and we have pictures to prove it...


Twas the night before the State Management Trail
By Andy


Twas the night before the State Management Trail,
The Chums were a stirring, thinking of lots of real ale,
It only happens once in a while,
That historical walk, around much of Carlisle.

The Chums were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of beer danced in their heads.
The route was planned, the time was set,
All were dreaming, of their whistles to whet.

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Could it be Nicky? No, she's gone to see Slash.

The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below.
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But Ewan McEwan, with eight pints of beer.

With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be our Nick.
More rapid than eagles his Chums they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name!

"Now Den! now, Shaggy! now, Macca and Paul!
On, Ripper! On, Neil! on, Andy and Giz!
To the top of the Napper! to the top of the wall!
Now drink away! Drink away! Drink away all!"

As dry mouths that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky.
So up to the Napper the Chums they all flew,
With a belly full of Beer, and Our President too.

And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and dancing of Ewan's wife Ruth
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney came Johnno, in time for next round!

He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot.
A crate full of beer he had flung on his back,
With a smile on his face, he emptied his sack.

His eyes-how they twinkled, he'd been on the sherry,
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
The beard of his chin was as white as the snow,
"To The Rambler", he shouted, "Let's do it, let's go"!

A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Led me to know, we'd left The King's Head,
"We're a Chum down" the Prez did believe,
"Not to worry", we said, " It's just Guinness Steve"

We spoke not a word, went straight to the bar,
Damien looked cool, playing his air guitar,
We filled all our glasses like true working classes,
Some of us even, eyed up the lasses.

Nick sprang to his feet, I thought he might puke,
He was only off to The Thin White Duke
But I heard him exclaim, ‘ere he drove out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all, what a bloomin' good-night!"






So Which Pubs Are On The Trail?

Picture
Click to visit The State Management Scheme Website

Picture
The Five intrepid 'Mustgetbeers' - Andy, Ewan, Wilson, Den and Nick. Neil Joined us for the final push.




So Who Were The Chums Who Were Brave Enough To Try It?







What Order Did We Do it?

Picture
Our high-tech state-of-the-art recording device indicates the order of the first 10 pubs. After that we got a bit...forgetful.









Who Was Always First At the Bar?


11:20 am - The Rambler

11:45 am - The Cumberland

12:15 pm - The Caledonian

12:40 pm- The Crown (Botchergate)


13:40 pm - The Currock

14:45 pm - The Thin White Duke

16:50 pm 'Lunch' at the Beehive

17:45 pm - The Apple Tree

18:30 pm The Howard Arms

19:26 pm The Crown (Stanwix)

20:15 pm - The Turf

21:30 pm - The Board

22:00 pm - The Joiners Arms

22:40 pm The Millboure Arms

23:00 pm - The Sportsman

23:15 pm - The King's Head

Lastly - The Documentation









The T-Shirt
The List
The Brochure
The Day Rider Bus Ticket

Picture

                                                                             SMT I

   SMT III          SMT IV

Back To The Home Page
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.