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Halloween Party at the Bully best yet!

It was another spooky night at the Bulls Head Halloween party! Steph dressed the pub to an award winning standard! People were phoning in the ask if they could bring the family down to see the pub dressed out to its horrible best! Steph was up half the night getting everything ready for our scary Saturday night party. House band Dave and Howard rocked up to play Halloween hits and many regulars turned up dressed beyond recognition! Dave and Pete our regular fancy dress kings decided to make the most of the foggy night and came as ‘Del and Rodney’ dressed as Batman and Robin at the wrong party! (I am sure everyone remembers that episode of ‘Only Fools and Horses?’) The winner was a rather sinister red haired clown, but a great effort was made by so many that we awarded the best ten, who all got a bottle of wine with the first prize of a £50 gift card and wine going to the Clown! Thank you to Steph once again for the amazing effort she made decking the pub so well. Thanks too, to the Bully team who all dressed up and looked amazing! But the biggest thanks is to all our customers that made such a great effort.

Here’s to next year when Halloween is actually on the Saturday next year!! See you here!

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Car Club Meet 19, a great sign off to a great year!

Car Meet 19 (like Car Meet 17) had to be moved because of the weather to Sunday 20th October, as we welcomed over 40 cars at least to another great meet here at the Cholmondeley Arms. The weather wasn’t as forecasted, as showers hampered proceedings somewhat, but the turnout was fantastic for the time of year! Thank you to everyone who ‘rocked up’. It was great to see familiar faces along with some new cars and owners too. The owners gathered inside the Chum, in the main and enjoyed warming coffees and teas and of course the bacon butties.

COLIN AND HIS VW BEETLE
MIKE AND HIS FORD GT 40
TERRY AND HIS AMPHICAR 770 FROM 1962

The Cars of the Day were Mike and his impressive Ford GT 40, pictured, then Colin and his unique VW Beetle who picked up ‘best in class’ and finally Terry in his amazing Amphicar 770 from 1962 which still doubles up as a boat at 7 miles an hour and a car at 70 miles an hour, hence the numbers after the name! This was ‘Cherished car of the day’.

Pictured as well, are all the cars (hope I didn’t miss anyone!) that kindly joined us for the morning. In the end the sun came out and all was well for the final meet of the season.

I just want to say how very grateful we are, for all the amazing support the car events have had this season. We have seen an array of wonderful cars in all aspects across the pubs, dating back to Veterans and Vintages and many Classics plus of course ‘performance’ and ‘cherished cars’ too. We look forward to some very special events next year. See you all next season. Events will kick of next April 2020.

Tim and the teams.

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Richard does half a marathon before work!!!

RICH THE BULLS HEAD CHEF DE PARTIE

Bulls Head Chef De Partie…. Richard, decided he would enter the Manchester half Marathon on Sunday morning. Richard, who has run a few marathons in his time, actually did the half marathon in his best time and still managed to be in to work at the Bulls Head by 2pm!!

Richard worked in the kitchen with his medal in his pocket! Mary took the photo as Richard stood in our Rugby World Cup Marquee proudly showing off his medal before jogging back to the kitchen to carry on cooking!

Well done Richard you’re a hero!

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Our First ‘Tour De Cat’ is a great success

On Sunday 13th October at 8.30am sharp, 18 cyclists braved the weather and took to the country roads that link our six wonderful pubs. They left from the Church Inn in Mobberley after registration.

With all the rain we did think we would have a poor showing, but to get 18 cyclists was amazing! In front of them was a one hundred mile challenge, taking them in to Staffordshire, to our Fitzherbert Arms pub via our Cholmondeley Arms and Three Greyhounds Inn before returning to Mobberley to pick off the Roebck Inn and Bulls Head. With the rain falling it was a gruelling, yet rewarding trip. Every rider had to collect a tiddlywink at each pub until they had the six. A Burger and a pint or three were waiting!!

Everyone completed the Cheshire Cat 6 other than three who missed out the Fitzherbert Arms, but did do the ‘Cheshire 5’ instead. The photos tell the story of how delighted everyone was to have risen to the challenge.

The Cheshire Cat Safari gets underway!
ADAM FROM BOUTINOT (RIGHT) POSES WITH THE REST OF THE CYCLISTS
AND FITS HIS WINE IN POSITION
ADAM AND NICK ARRIVE BACK AT THE BULLS HEAD FIRST
GUY CELEBRATES
BETH MANAGED 5 OUT OF SIX
RORY AFTER THE 100 MILE SLOG
AS DID HAMISH
A GREAT PINT OF ALE
A DESERVED GLASS OF WINE FOR CLARE
THE CYCLING 'TIM-BOLA'
BIKES STILL OUTSIDE THE PUB AFTER DARK!

All the riders arrived back safely to the Bulls Head in Mobberley with the exception of three riders who had started at the Fitzherbert Arms and circled round to finish there rather than the Bulls Head.

All enjoyed a drink and a burger ‘on the house’ before they took part in (Cheshire Cat owner) Tim’s cycling ‘Tim-bola’ which raised a few more pounds for our company charity ‘Action Against Hunger’. On the day we raised £315.00 for the charity! Which is a really great result. Despite the weather, the cyclists loved it and most importantly loved our pubs!!

We would like to thank cycling enthusiast Sam, from our bank HSBC, for supporting the event and for supplying the British Cycling Jerseys and books as prizes in the ‘Tim-bola’.

Bigger thanks have to go to Adam from our wine merchants Boutinot. Adam is a very keen cyclist too and made all the arrangements for the event with the help of Tim and the pubs too. Adam also helped with the wines for the ‘Tim-bola’ and cycled the 100 miles for good measure!

This is the first time we have held the ‘Safari’ and it will now be an annual feature on the Cheshire Cat calendar! Thank you to all the cyclists who took part, including Rory who travelled from London to have a go!

See you all next year!

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2019 Bulls Head Treasure Hunt has new winners!

The Bulls Head 2019 Treasure Hunt went off very well indeed. On a rather damp Saturday (28th September) 11 teams turned up to fight it out for the honour of becoming the Bulls Head Treasure Hunt Champions and scoop the first prize, which this year was…..a Porsche Cayman or Boxster for 24 hours!

The teams had to drive a route that took them out towards Ashley before heading back via Rostherne to Knutsford and then Mobberley. We weren’t blessed with many Porsches this year, with the weather probably playing a part. So the Good Fellows had a strong field indeed. The three-times winning Collins Girls couldn’t make it this year to defend their trophy, so this left other favourites the ‘Scooby Doo’s’ to take a possible steal in their absence! The teams had to collect 51 clues whilst driving carefully around the countryside and they also had to answer 30 very tough (and humorous) quiz questions too. The teams also had to take five photos to bring back featuring lots of red things. The drive took everyone around one and a half hours.

All the teams arrived back safely and took in the Bulls Head atmosphere, while the papers were marked by Tim and Mary. Everyone made a donation of £10 a car and we raised £110 for St. Wilfrid’s Church here in the village of Mobberley.

In third place were, twice previous Champions, the ‘Scooby Doo’s’ team in their Abarth! In second place just one point behind the champions were ‘Murphy’s Law’ in their classic Porsche 911. The Champions this year were ‘Team Eddo’. In their Volvo 590. They are pictured with the coveted trophy which will have their team name inscribed on and will be on show in the Bulls Head for the rest of the year.

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 went back to the Good fellows as Porsche finished second on the day. We need more Porsches next year please!!

Thank you to everyone who took part it was great fun seeing everyone and we look forward to seeing you all in 2020 for the special 10th Anniversary edition!

We would like to take this opportunity to say a massive thank you to Porsche Chester for putting up the most marvellous prize for the Treasure Hunt. I am sure the winning team will enjoy it.

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Mobberley Football Club, Umbro and The Bulls Head – success stories

MOBBERLEY Football Club are benefitting from Umbro’s ties to the village as they go from strength to strength.

They are looking ahead to a fresh season all kitted out in new gear – supported by the sportswear company and its birthplace, The Bulls Head, Mobberley. After a hiatus of nearly 40 years, MFC was re-established by a team of enthusiastic footballing parents in 2016.
Starting with just half a dozen children, MFC now boasts three full year groups of players from age five to 11 and have been playing matches in the Cheshire and Timperley District League since 2017.

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A wonderful sunny Village Fete!

Our luck held for another year and the sun shone down on the Bull’s Head’s Village Fete once again. As always, we had live music, a barbecue, our outdoor bar, the ever-popular dog show (won this year by a stunning Bernese Mountain Dog) judged by dog trainer Vic Barlow and sponsored by the amazing Ark Vets and Oscar dog food and the impressive bake off competition (see Roger on the left being awarded his prize by Rev. Ian Blay after scooping up the 1st place for both the savoury and sweet bakes!) This year we also had a hilarious and very competitive tug-of-war competition between the locals and the Bull’s Head team, won 2-0 by the locals! Thank you to everyone who made this fete another huge success-we hope to see you again next year!

DOG SHOW WINNERS

Golden Oldie – Venice the Labrador
Perfect Puppy – Effie the Toy Poodle
Prized Pedigree – Maddie the Bernese Mountain Dog
Cheeky Chum – Tali the Welsh Collie
Marvellous Mixed Breed – Poppy the Maltishit

Best in Show – Maddie the Bernese Mountain Dog

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Bentley gets third!
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