Not the first time CAMRA has recognised the beer in Traffers, but this was its first award since the turn of the century and the first to landlord Ian Ayers. As was explained when the award was made, LocAle is a CAMRA scheme to promote the sale of locally brewed beer in pubs, our branch defines local as within 35 miles, door to door, brewery to pub. Having voted Traffers LocAle Pub of the Year, branch members gathered at the pub to recognise its beer quality. Ironically, many of us tried a beer in good form which had travelled 60 miles to the pub, Lister’s Autumn Ale from Angmering in West Sussex, but those who tried the local beers declared them just as good.