Back in the 'Fax

In 2025 four beer aficionados from Oxford headed northbound to Wigan to explore the pubs, eat pies, and visit the beer festival. As it was a rip-roaring success we decided to head out on our travels again in 2026 - Gareth, Tanya, and myself cruising up the M1 in Chairman John's shiny new motor, rock soundtrack in full swing, on our way to Halifax.In 1858 Charles Dickens visited and declared it "as horrible a place as I ever saw".I'm not sure for how many years the average visitor would have agreed with Mr Dickens, but more recently Halifax has morphed into a West Yorkshire gem.Museums, an impressive list of big musical acts playing at the Piece Hall, a craft beer bar never more than a few minutes away... All they need is for some Hollywood folks to buy the football team.We arrived just after 2pm, dropped our bags off at the hotel, then set out to explore the town.Starting in the Victorian Arcade where the charity shop will fill all those gaps in your Genesis VHS collection...It's also…