English pub guests spend third night in pub

ISounds like the script for a commercial: After snow and wind over the weekend, visitors to a pub in northern England had to spend a third night in the pub. As Tan Hill Inn’s landlady, Nicola Townsend, said on BBC radio on Monday, it is still unclear when the road to the pub in Yorkshire Dales National Park can be cleared again. The 51-year-old was interviewed on various British news outlets on Monday morning.

The 60 or so guests were stranded after Oasis’ cover band performed on Friday evening. Autumn’s Hurricane Arwen also caused traffic chaos in other parts of Great Britain and power failures in many homes.

As Townsend reports, pub-goers spent time with karaoke, pub quizzes and board games. A planned competition for the best dressed snowman had to be canceled due to extreme cold and strong wind. You’ll have to improvise a bit at night: Many guests were accommodated in dorm rooms, while others slept on couches or on mattresses on the floor. Everyone was given the opportunity to take a bath regularly.

“As if you had a great group of friends over there”

The focus is also on supply. “We have a lot to eat,” Townsend told British broadcaster ITV. “It sounds like a cliché, but people will come in as strangers and leave as friends.” and to go. “It’s like having a big group of friends over for dinner,” Townsend joked, adding that it was nice not to have the real band Oasis as guests. their ex-front man Liam Gallagher considered controversial. Those who had had children have now left with the help of special vehicles. Townsend limited the serving of alcohol after 3 p.m.

Pictures showed snow around the car and the pub building. The real problem was the wind, Townsend explained. Snow blew against the building and obstacles including vehicles parked around it. According to a report in The Telegraph, the only regular road leading to the pub has been blocked by an overturned electric pole.