Tour Dates of Slow Road 2010

Sunday May 2nd: Sheffield
Heading to a few farm shops and looking at local eats. Looking at their Transition Town Movement and Grow Sheffield.

Tuesday May 4th: Lincolnshire
TBA…

Thursday May 6th: Nottingham
involving some Stilton, but mainly JT Beedham’s butcher in Sherwood: A tasting board of award winning products and tour of his smokehouse. Meal later in the evening at local restaurant.

Saturday May 8th: Rutland & Lincolnshire
Visiting award winning farms/farmers and ark products in the Rutland & Lincolnshire area.

Tuesday May 11th: Aylsham
TBA…

Thursday May 13th: Diss
Talk/discussion/debate about it all…

Saturday May 15th: Cambridgeshire
TBA…

Monday May 17th: Bedford
TBA…

Wednesday May 19th: London
TBA…

Friday May 21st: Whitstable
TBA…

Sunday May 23rd: Weald of Kent & Sussex
TBA…

Tuesday May 25th: Hastings
TBA…

Thursday May 27th: Brighton & Lewes
TBA…

Saturday May 29th: Solent
A little adventure on the best foodie street in the UK (Google Street Awards) and then on to Farley Mount Country Park for a picnic. Slow Food members and non-members welcome; e-mail: slowfoodsolent@hotmail.co.uk

Tuesday June 1st: Dorset
TBA…

Wednesday June 2nd: Jersey
TBA…

Friday June 4th: Guernsey
Bicycle tour of the island, visiting producers and end with a picnic in the evening.

Sunday June 6th: Plymouth
TBA…

Tuesday June 8th: Cornwall
Newlyn Fish Market, Polgoon Vineyard tour and taste, picnic at St Michael’s Mount and then a cycle up to Truro, stopping for afternoon tea on the way.

Friday June 11th: Devon
TBA…

Sunday June 13th: Somerset
Involving a Cheddar dairy and some cider drinking for certain… local press and possibly radio.

Tuesday June 15th: Bristol
Meeting Sustrans, lunch at local venue and chat about sustainable transport/living… then a game of bike polo.

Thursday June 17th: Berkshire & Wiltshire
TBC…

Saturday June 19th: Oxon
TBC…

Monday June 21st: Daylesford
TBA…

Wednesday June 23rd: Warwickshire
TBC…

Friday June 25th: Worcestershire
‘Bring and Share’ members event. Something with asparagus I hope…

Tuesday June 29th: Ludlow Marches
Visit the Ludlow Food Centre. Make their own cheese, bread, preserves, ice cream etc… then to the Green Café at the Mill on the Green

Thursday July 1st: Herefordshire
I’ll be finding some of that Herefordshire Cassis I hope though!

Monday July 5th: Carmarthenshire
possibly involving cheese and a cycle ride.

Thursday July 8th: Dyfi Valley
TBC…

Friday July 9th: Upper Severn Valley
Penarth Vineyard Tour

Sunday July 11th: Anglesey
TBA…

Tuesday July 13th: Mold Borderlands
TBA…

Thursday July 15th: Liverpool
TBA…

Saturday July 17th: Lancashire
shrimping boat trip (Edmondson’s) and cheese experience (Leagram Organic Dairy). Local press, radio, maybe.

Monday July 19th: Cumbria
stop off at Organic Mill, near Penrith, after a guided tour of Hawkshead Relish, in Hawkshead

Saturday July 24th: North East Ireland
TBA…

Tuesday July 27th: Saltire-Ayrshire
Clerkland farm dairy (award winning dunlop cheeses, Bonnet goats cheese and the very Scottish Crowdie)…other stops could include Petrie fine foods the home of clootie dumplings.

Thursday July 29th: Glasgow
TBA…

Tuesday August 3rd: West Highlands & Islands
involving whiskey at Oban (I hope), the Mull & Iona Abattoir, then a sample of croft living on Skye…

Friday August 6th: East Highlands & Moray
TBA…

Tuesday August 10th: Aberdeenshire
TBA…

Friday August 13th: Perth
TBA…

Sunday August 15th: Fife
TBA…

Tuesday August 17th: Linlithgow
TBA…

Thursday August 19th: Edinburgh
TBA…

Saturday August 21st: Berwick-upon-Tweed
local dairy farm.

Tuesday August 24th: Durham Tyne-Tees
TBA…

Thursday August 26th: North Yorkshire
TBC…

Saturday August 28th: West Yorkshire
TBC

Sunday August 29th: Manchester
TBA… The return home… End of the Slow Road UK 2010.