What a beautiful sunny day we had for our legendary Car Treasure Hunt at the Bulls Head. We also had a record number of cars with 17 (yes seventeen!) teams arriving to give the Treasure Hunt a good go.
The Treasure Hunters collected their packs with quiz questions and the hunt clues, before heading off into the lanes heading in the direction of our sister pub the Three Greyhounds Inn in Allostock and then returning to Mobberley via Lower Peover and Knutsford. Thank you to everyone who took part. We all hope you all enjoyed the day. The 17 teams competed very well for the title of Bulls Head Treasure Hunt Champions! Everyone enjoyed the drive out for 40 clues, as well as the random 20 quiz questions.
This is of course, the time when the 3p Car Club and the Goodfellows Car Club, both go ‘head-to-head’ to be treasure Hunt champions depending on which car gets first place! In third place, winning a £30 Gift Card for the Bulls Head were the Murphy’s Law Team in their Porsche 911. In second place, picking up a £50 Gift Card for the Bulls Head, were last year’s third placed team called Wide Eyed and Clueless in their Abarth 695! Well done all.
The Winners and 2025 14th anniversary Champions were the team called The Two H’s. This is the second time the Two H’s have won the Bulls Head Treasure Hunt, having won back in 2022!! A massive well done to Elaine and Sue, in their Skoda Citigo, who have won a £200 Gift Card to use in all our pubs plus some goodies, all kindly supplied by our treasure hunt sponsors Lucky Saint. The Two H’s have levelled the Famous Scooby Do’s who have also won twice but still out their with three victories are the Collins Girls.
Some nibbles were served up by Head Chef Andy, with our compliments, as a reward to the competing team’s endeavours and we raised a total of £190 for the Air Ambulance and this was very kindly doubled by one of our teams in recognition of the charity and our endeavours so £380 was the final total! Thank you again everyone!
Since the very first Bully Treasure Hunt, way back in 2011, the hunt has always been about the rivalry between the 3P (Porsche Pub and Pint) Club and the Good Fellows Car Club and this year the trophy once again went to the Good Fellows with The Two H’s making it 7-7 after 14 years…so nicely poised for next year.
Thank you again to all our enthusiastic competitors, it was great fun seeing everyone and we look forward to seeing you all in 2026.
We would like to take this opportunity to say a massive thank you to Lucky Saint for helping us put up the most marvellous prizes for the Treasure Hunt.
See you again next year!
On Tuesday 24th June, in London, our Bulls Head pub was crowned best Pub in Cheshire for 2025 and then went on to gain Best Pub in Northwest at the Pub and Bar Magazine’s National Awards 2025. This comes on the eve of our 15th Anniversary celebrations this coming weekend.
What great timing and yes, it is 15 years ago that owners Tim and Mary took on the Bulls Head on the verge of closure and turned around the fortunes of our great pub! Manager Steph, Head Chef Andy and Deputy Nathan travelled to London together and joined up with our Cholmondeley Arms manager Helen and Head Chef Richard who we also up for best in Cheshire.
Owner Tim said….”what a true honour this is for Steph, Andy, Nathan and Team Bully! No one would deny them the title of the Best Pub in the Northwest because it is! This is the perfect quintessential English village pub cooking great food, serving cracking local ales, a fine collection of whiskies, log fires in the winter, lovely garden in the summer, but most importantly a great team of people serving the loyalist customers, who have supported the Bulls Head over the years and of course our local suppliers too. A winning combination! Well done to everyone!”
Our boutique pub company Cheshire Cat Pubs and Inns celebrated triple success at the hospitality industry’s ‘Oscars’.
Cheshire Cat Pubs and Inns took home three titles on the night down in London, scooping the prize for Best Operations Team, Best Drinks Act and Best Food Act at The Publican Awards 2025.
The awards, organised by leading trade title The Morning Advertiser, celebrate the best in the business and culminate in an outstanding night at Evolution London, bringing together the leading pub and bar operators from across the UK.
Cheshire Cat Pubs and Inns has its base in the village of Mobberley, Cheshire and operates seven village and country pubs, five in Cheshire and two in North Staffordshire. They are celebrating their 15th year this year at their first pub in the Northwest, the Bulls Head in Mobberley. Owners Tim Bird and Mary McLaughlin were over the moon with such a great achievement!
“We took our managers and head chefs with us to London and what a night it turned out to be. To win one Publican Award is difficult enough but to win three is frankly amazing….. we are so proud! Our entire team across our seven pubs are the real winners, we are so delighted for all of them.”
The Morning Advertiser editor Ed Bedington said: “Big congratulations to all our finalists and winners tonight, particularly Cheshire Cat for pulling off the impressive feat of winning all three of its categories.
“These awards celebrate the best in the business and recognise operators that are performing at the very top of their game. The pub and bar sector, and the wider hospitality industry, is facing some unprecedented challenges, particularly in vastly increased taxation, but it is good to step back and recognise some of the amazing work that is going on.
“These awards show that despite the challenges everyone is facing, standards are not being allowed to slip and the sector remains committed to operating at the highest possible levels.”
First Team
What a great day once again. A dry and sunny day when the Treasure Hunters rocked up to collect their clues before heading off into the lanes around the area. A record 13 teams took part, an appropriate number for our 13th ‘Lucky For Some’ Treasure Hunt! Thank you to everyone who took part. We all hope you all enjoyed the day.
The 13 teams competed very well for the title of Bulls Head Treasure Hunt Champions! Everyone enjoyed the drive out for 42 clues, as well as the random pub questions.
This is of course, the time when the 3p Car Club and the Goodfellows Car Club, both go ‘head-to-head’ to be treasure Hunt champions depending on which car gets first place!
In third place, winning a £40 Gift Card for the Bulls Head were the ‘Dumb and Dumber’ Team. In second place, picking up a £60 Gift Card for the Bulls Head, were team ‘Brum and Coke’. Well done all.
The Winners and 2024 13th anniversary Champions were the ‘Where’s Woody?’ Team in an Aston! A massive well done to Joe and Laura who have won a £200 Gift Card to use in all our pubs, kindly supplied by our sponsors Lucky Saint.
Pub Plates were served up by Head Chef Andy, with our compliments, as a reward to the competing team’s endeavours and we raised a total of £140 for the Air Ambulance.
Since the very first Bully Treasure Hunt, way back in 2011, the hunt has always been about the rivalry between the 3P (Porsche Pub and Pint) Club and the Good Fellows Car Club and this year the trophy once again went to the Good Fellows with ‘Where’s Woody’ in their Aston Martin making it 7-6 in favour of the 3P Club so the Good Fellows are catching up!
Thank you again to all our enthusiastic competitors with two ladies dressed as Bavarian Fräuleins, all brought a smile to proceedings, it was great fun seeing everyone and we look forward to seeing you all in 2025.
We would like to take this opportunity to say a massive thank you to Lucky Saint for helping us put up the most marvellous prizes for the Treasure Hunt.
See you next year!
Second Team
Third Team