Well, if you’re going to get cut off by snow, being in a pub isn’t the worst fate that can befall you.
England’s longest New Year party finally ended this morning when a snow plough and gritter reached Tan Hill Inn, the highest pub in the country, where 30 students and teachers had been cut off for two days.
Supplies of draught beer were down to Black Sheep’s Riggwelter as the group from Leeds University cross country club consoled themselves amid 7ft drifts.
They were joined by 17 people rescued from the nearby A66 which was closed between Bowes and Brough as heavy snowfall hit the whole Pennine chain yesterday . The Snake Pass between Manchester and Sheffield was also impassable after drifting caused by high winds.
Oh the humanity! Down to a single choice of draft beer!
The Tan Hill Inn appears to be a bed and breakfast type inn (with reports of somewhat eccentric service). I’m guessing that everyone was pretty well taken care of. And hey, they drank up all the rest of the beer. Couldn’t have been that bad a time.
And they’ll have stories to tell that don’t include haunch of tourist. Bonus!
A cautionary tale of the perils of Globalish Warmening.
I would like to go there, Tan Hill Inn. The highest pub in England…when it’s warmer.